{"id":"wri-par-pta-blurb-fact-check","audience":"parents","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"verification","title":"Fact-check a PTA newsletter blurb against the flyer","free":false,"task":"You wrote a PTA newsletter blurb about the book fair and want it checked against the official flyer. Ask for exactly 4 numbered lines labeled Date, Time, Cost and Location, each saying 'Correct' or 'Wrong' and, if wrong, the right detail from the flyer. Plain text, nothing else. Write a prompt that gets that check.","materialLabel":"Your blurb and the official flyer (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY DRAFT BLURB (for the Hawthorne Elementary PTA newsletter)\nBook Fair is coming! Join us Tuesday, Dec 9 through Thursday, Dec 11 in the school library from 8 am to 3:30 pm. Books start at just $3, and every purchase helps our classroom libraries. Volunteers needed - sign up at the front office!\n\nOFFICIAL FLYER (from the PTA president, updated Nov 5)\nHAWTHORNE BOOK FAIR\n- Dates: Tuesday, Dec 9 - Thursday, Dec 11\n- Hours: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm daily, plus Family Night Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00 pm\n- Location: school GYM (moved from the library this year because of the carpet replacement)\n- Prices: books from $5. Bookmarks and pencils from $1.\n- 25% of sales go to classroom libraries.\n- Volunteers: sign up online at hawthornepta.example/volunteer (not the front office).\n\nNOTES\n- I copied the blurb from last year's newsletter and changed the dates.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking \"does this look right?\"","why":"The AI says it looks great and offers a rewrite, without checking each fact.","fix":"Show it: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines: 1. Date: Correct or Wrong ...\"","checks":["numberedItems","r0"]},{"title":"Skimming instead of checking","why":"The AI may miss the moved location or the earlier closing time because the blurb sounds fine.","fix":"Add: \"Check each one against the official flyer and give the right detail if wrong.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a rewrite","why":"AI adds a fixed blurb and tips you didn't ask for.","fix":"Add: \"Nothing else. No rewritten blurb. Plain text.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,15}(lines|items|numbered|facts)","numbered"]},{"label":"Gives the labels","patterns":["date","time","cost","location"]},{"label":"Asks for Correct or Wrong","patterns":["correct","wrong","right or wrong"]},{"label":"Checks against the flyer","patterns":["flyer","official","against"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Fact-checks are reliable when each fact gets its own verdict. Give the AI the labels, the two verdict words and the source to check against.","rubricLabels":["The 4 numbered lines are labeled Date, Time, Cost and Location in that order, each marked Correct or Wrong","Date is marked Correct; Time is Wrong (8:00 am - 3:00 pm, plus Family Night Wednesday 5-7 pm); Cost is Wrong (books from $5, not $3); Location is Wrong (the gym, not the library)","Nothing else: no intro, no rewritten blurb, no extra notes (the volunteer sign-up issue may only appear inside one of the 4 lines, if at all)"]}