{"id":"study-tch-reading-check-no-spoilers","audience":"teachers","category":"studying","technique":"context","track":"study","title":"Write a reading check that doesn't spoil the next chapter","free":false,"task":"You teach 8th grade English and need a quick reading check on chapter 3 of the class novel. Get exactly 4 numbered questions, each answerable from chapter 3 with the page in parentheses, then all short answers under an 'Answers' line at the end, plain text. Nothing may hint at what happens in chapter 4, since students haven't read it yet.","materialLabel":"Your chapter notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ELA 8 - Mr. Sorensen - \"The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter\" (novel by Ada Penhallow)\nMy teaching notes\n\nCHAPTER 3 (pp. 31-44) - students read this for homework\n- p. 32: Nell finds her father's logbook hidden under the floorboard.\n- p. 35: The logbook says a ship, the Marigold, was due on October 12 but never arrived.\n- p. 38: Nell's friend Tomas says the old harbor master won't talk about the Marigold.\n- p. 41: A storm knocks out the lighthouse lamp, and Nell has to relight it alone.\n- p. 44: Chapter ends with Nell seeing a light on the water where no boat should be.\n\nCHAPTER 4 (pp. 45-60) - NOT READ YET, don't spoil!!\n- Nell learns her father was the one who turned off the light the night the Marigold sank.\n- The light on the water is Tomas's uncle in a rowboat.\n\nReading check purpose: did they actually read? Quick, factual, 5 minutes, on paper.\nLast year kids complained the questions were \"too tricky.\"\n\nGrading: 4 points, 1 per question. Copies due to the office by 2 PM.","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how many questions","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more questions than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered questions.\"","checks":["questionCount"]},{"title":"Not asking for page numbers","why":"Without pages, you can't quickly check a disputed answer or point a student back to the text.","fix":"Add: \"Put the page in parentheses after each question.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not flagging spoilers","why":"The AI sees your chapter 4 notes and may use them, ruining the next chapter.","fix":"Add: \"Use only chapter 3. Nothing from chapter 4.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No answer key","why":"Without a key at the end, grading 30 papers takes longer.","fix":"Add: \"Short answers at the end under 'Answers'.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}question"]},{"label":"Asks for page numbers","patterns":["page"]},{"label":"Rules out spoilers","patterns":["spoil","chapter 4","only.{0,15}chapter 3"]},{"label":"Puts answers at the end","patterns":["answers?.{0,30}(end|bottom|after|separate)","(end|bottom).{0,20}answers?","answer key"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Your notes include the next chapter, and the AI can't tell it's off-limits. Say which chapter only, how many questions, to cite pages, and where the answers go.","rubricLabels":["Each question is a factual question about chapter 3 and gives the matching page number in parentheses","Nothing in the questions or answers mentions or hints at chapter 4 events (the father turning off the light, the Marigold sinking, Tomas's uncle in a rowboat)","Short answers appear together after the last question under an 'Answers' line, and each matches the chapter 3 notes"]}