{"id":"study-tch-rubric-comment-stems","audience":"teachers","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"audience","track":"study","title":"Turn a lab report rubric into student-friendly comment stems","free":false,"task":"You grade 120 high school lab reports and want reusable comments. Get exactly 4 numbered comment stems, one per rubric row, each under 15 words, written to a 10th grader as a next step (starting with a verb), with the rubric row name in parentheses at the end, plain text. No praise-only comments, and use the current rubric, not last year's.","materialLabel":"Your rubric notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CHEMISTRY 10 - Mr. Abiodun - Lab report rubric (2025-26 version)\n\nROWS (current):\n1. Hypothesis: testable \"if... then... because...\" statement\n2. Data table: units in every column header, consistent decimal places\n3. Analysis: uses specific numbers from the data to support the claim\n4. Error discussion: names a specific source of error and how it affected results (not just \"human error\")\n\nLAST YEAR'S ROW (removed this year): \"Neatness and presentation.\" Don't use it.\n\nCommon problems I see:\n- Hypotheses with no \"because\"\n- Missing units (they write \"Mass\" instead of \"Mass (g)\")\n- \"The data shows our hypothesis was right\" with no numbers\n- \"Human error\" as the only error source\n\nGoal: comments students can act on next time, in language a 10th grader understands. Students said last year's comments (\"Good job!\" \"Needs work\") didn't help.\n\nGrades due Monday. Parent conferences next week.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how many stems","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more stems than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered stems.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting vague comments","why":"The AI writes 'Great work!' and 'Needs more detail', the comments students said don't help.","fix":"Add: \"Each starts with a verb and names a concrete next step.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Not tying to rubric rows","why":"The AI writes general writing tips that don't map to how you grade.","fix":"Add: \"One per rubric row, with the row name in parentheses.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using last year's rubric","why":"The removed neatness row is still in your notes.","fix":"Add: \"Skip neatness; it was removed this year.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"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 stem: \"under 13 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your gradebook comments.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many comments","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}comment"]},{"label":"Ties to rubric rows","patterns":["rubric row","one per row","\\(.{0,20}\\)","row name"]},{"label":"Asks for next steps","patterns":["next step","start with a verb","actionable","concrete"]},{"label":"Says who reads it","patterns":["10th","tenth","student"]},{"label":"Rules out the old row","patterns":["neatness","last year","removed"]}],"hint":"Comment stems only help if students can act on them. Tie each to a rubric row, start with a verb, name the reader, and skip the row you removed.","rubricLabels":["Has 4 comment stems, one for each current rubric row (Hypothesis, Data table, Analysis, Error discussion), each ending with the row name in parentheses","Each stem starts with a verb and gives a concrete next step tied to a common problem in the notes (such as adding 'because', units in headers, citing specific numbers, naming a specific error source)","Has no praise-only comments like 'Good job', and nothing about neatness or presentation (last year's removed row)"]}