{"id":"wri-hs-coach-missed-practice-email","audience":"high-school","category":"writing-emails","technique":"context","title":"Email your coach about a missed practice, facts only","free":false,"task":"You're Maya, and you have to tell Coach Ramirez you'll miss this week's practice. He wants short emails, so write at most 4 sentences with no apologies at all (no 'sorry' or 'apologize'). Open with which practice you'll miss and why, say you'll make it up at Saturday conditioning without extra details (no ankle, no rides), and end by asking whether you can still start Tuesday's game. Write a prompt that gets you that email.","materialLabel":"Team rules, group chat and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"COACH RAMIREZ'S RULES (Lincoln High JV Soccer)\n- Missing practice: email me at least 48 hours ahead. Tell me which practice and why.\n- Missed practices can be made up at Saturday 8 am conditioning. If you don't make it up, you sit out the first half of the next game.\n- No texts. Email only.\n\nTEAM GROUP CHAT\nLily (captain), Mon: Reminder practice Thursday 3:30-5!!\nLily, Tue: CORRECTION. Coach moved this week's practice to WEDNESDAY 3:30-5 because the field is getting relined Thursday.\nDevon: ok\nPriya: wait so no Thursday??\nLily: no Thursday. Wednesday only.\n\nMY NOTES (Maya)\n- My SAT prep class is Wednesday 3-5 at Northside Library. It's the last session before the October 18 test, so I can't skip it.\n- I can do Saturday conditioning.\n- Tuesday's game is vs Westbrook. I've started the last 3 games.\n- I tweaked my ankle in gym class last week. It's fine now.\n- Mom can drive me Saturday.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":4}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how short","why":"The AI writes a full, polite letter with a warm-up paragraph and a long closing.","fix":"Be exact: \"At most 4 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"Using the old practice day","why":"The chat mentions Thursday first. Without a nudge, the AI may name the wrong day.","fix":"Say it: \"The practice is Wednesday (it moved from Thursday).\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Burying the question","why":"The AI tucks your question in the middle and ends with \"Thank you for understanding!\"","fix":"Add: \"End with my question about starting Tuesday's game.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Over-apologizing","why":"AI cushions bad news with \"I'm so sorry\" and \"I apologize for any inconvenience\", which Coach hates.","fix":"Add: \"No apologies at all. Don't mention my ankle or my mom driving.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Limits the sentences","patterns":["\\b(\\d|one|two|three|four|five|six)\\b.{0,12}sentences?","sentences?"]},{"label":"Names the right day","patterns":["wednesday","\\bwed\\b"]},{"label":"Bans apologies","patterns":["no apolog","don'?t apologi","no sorry","without apolog"]},{"label":"Says how to end","patterns":["end (with|by)","last sentence","finish with"]},{"label":"Says who it's for","patterns":["coach","ramirez"]}],"hint":"The AI's default is a long, apologetic email. Tell it the length, what goes first and last, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence (a greeting like 'Hi Coach Ramirez,' before it is fine) says Maya will miss Wednesday's practice (not Thursday) because of her SAT prep class","The last sentence asks whether she can still start Tuesday's game against Westbrook (a sign-off like 'Thanks, Maya' after it is fine)","Says she will make it up at Saturday conditioning, contains no apology anywhere (no 'sorry', 'apologize' or 'apologies'), and does not mention the ankle or how she'll get there (her mom driving)"]}