{"id":"study-civics-bill-becomes-law-steps","audience":"high-school","category":"summarizing","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Boil a textbook section down to 5 steps","free":false,"task":"For your Civics test, you want the textbook section on how a bill becomes a law as exactly 5 numbered steps in order, each under 15 words, plain text, nothing else. Use only the textbook excerpt, not your friend's notes, which get the veto override wrong.","materialLabel":"Textbook excerpt and a friend's notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"TEXTBOOK: Civics in Action, ch. 6, p. 141\n\nA bill can begin in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, except for bills about raising taxes, which must begin in the House. A member of Congress introduces the bill, and it is sent to a committee.\n\nThe committee studies the bill, holds hearings, and may change it. Most bills die in committee. If the committee approves the bill, it goes to the full chamber for debate and a vote.\n\nIf one chamber passes the bill, it goes to the other chamber, which must pass the same version.\n\nThe bill then goes to the President. The President can sign it into law or veto it. If the President vetoes the bill, Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate, and the bill becomes law without the President's signature.\n\n---\nJAYLEN'S NOTES (texted to me)\nbill -> committee -> vote -> other house -> prez\nveto override = 3/4 of congress!!\nalso there's a filibuster and conference committees and pocket vetoes, Mr. Lin talked about them for like 2 min, prob not on the test\ntest is Wed, he said \"know the steps in order\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":85},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how many steps","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more steps than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered steps.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each step: \"each step under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Not naming your source","why":"The AI mixes in your friend's notes or what it already knows, including the wrong override number.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the textbook excerpt, not Jaylen's notes.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Not asking for order","why":"The AI may group facts by topic instead of the order a bill moves.","fix":"Add: \"In the order a bill moves, first step first.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols on a printed study sheet.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many steps","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}step"]},{"label":"Names the source to use","patterns":["textbook","only.{0,20}excerpt","not.{0,15}jaylen","ignore.{0,20}notes"]},{"label":"Asks for order","patterns":["in order","order","sequence","first"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Your material has two sources and one is wrong. Tell the AI which to trust, how many steps, how short each one is, and that they must be in order.","rubricLabels":["The 5 steps follow the textbook's order: introduced and sent to committee, committee review, vote in the first chamber, passage by the other chamber, then the President signs or vetoes (steps may be grouped slightly differently as long as the order holds)","If the veto override is mentioned, it says two-thirds of both chambers (not three-fourths)","Adds nothing from outside the textbook excerpt (no filibuster, conference committee, pocket veto or other extra facts) and has no intro, heading or closing note"]}