{"id":"wri-hs-counselor-schedule-change-email","audience":"high-school","category":"writing-emails","technique":"context","title":"Ask your counselor for a schedule change before the deadline","free":false,"task":"You want to switch from AP Chemistry to Honors Physics. Email your counselor under 90 words. The first line is 'Subject: Schedule change request - [your name], Grade 11', then say exactly which class you're dropping and adding with the period, give one honest reason, and confirm your parent approved. Use the real add/drop deadline. Write a prompt that gets that email.","materialLabel":"School rules and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"WESTFIELD HIGH - Schedule Changes (Student Handbook)\n- Requests go to your counselor by email.\n- Semester 2 add/drop deadline: Friday, Jan 16. (The flyer in the hallway says Jan 23; that was last year's date.)\n- Include: the class you're dropping, the class you're adding, and the period.\n- A parent or guardian must approve (reply to the email or sign the form).\n\nMY NOTES (Daniel Kim, Grade 11)\n- Counselor: Ms. Rivera.\n- Drop: AP Chemistry, Period 3. Add: Honors Physics, Period 3 (same period, has open seats).\n- Reason: I want to study engineering, and physics fits better. Also, honestly, AP Chem is really hard and I have a C.\n- Mom said yes on Sunday. She'll reply to the email if needed.\n- My friend Jake is in Honors Physics too.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"Subject line, then 4 sentences under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Skipping the subject format","why":"The AI writes a vague subject like \"Question\" or none at all.","fix":"Give it: \"First line: Subject: Schedule change request - Daniel Kim, Grade 11.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Leaving out what the office needs","why":"The AI forgets the periods or uses last year's Jan 23 date.","fix":"Add: \"Drop AP Chemistry P3, add Honors Physics P3. Deadline Jan 16.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the parent approval","why":"The handbook requires it. Without it, the request stalls.","fix":"Add: \"Say my mom approved and will reply. Don't mention Jake.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Gives the subject line","patterns":["subject","schedule change request"]},{"label":"Names both classes and period","patterns":["period 3","ap chem","honors physics"]},{"label":"Uses the right deadline","patterns":["jan(uary)?\\s*16"]},{"label":"Confirms parent approval","patterns":["mom","parent","approv"]}],"hint":"Counselors process these fast when everything's there. Give the AI the subject format, the classes and periods, the deadline and the approval.","rubricLabels":["The first line is exactly 'Subject: Schedule change request - Daniel Kim, Grade 11'","Says he's dropping AP Chemistry, Period 3 and adding Honors Physics, Period 3, gives an honest reason (engineering plans), and mentions the Jan 16 deadline (not Jan 23) if a deadline is mentioned","Confirms his mom approved (and can reply to confirm), and does not mention his friend Jake"]}