{"id":"wri-par-school-absence-note","audience":"parents","category":"writing-emails","technique":"constraints","title":"Write an absence note in the exact form the school wants","free":false,"task":"Your daughter missed school, and the attendance office needs an email note. The first line must read 'Absence note: Lily Moreno, Grade 4, Room 12'. Then write at most 3 sentences: the exact dates and partial day, the reason using one of the school's four reason categories word for word, and nothing else (no medical details, no apology). Write a prompt that gets that note.","materialLabel":"School handbook excerpt and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY - Attendance (Family Handbook, p. 6)\nEmail attendance@maplegrove.example within 3 school days of the absence. Include the student's full name, grade, homeroom, the date(s) missed, and the reason. Reasons must be one of: \"Illness\", \"Family emergency\", \"Religious observance\", \"Appointment\". For partial days, include the time the student left or arrived.\n\nMY NOTES\n- Lily stayed home Monday Nov 10 and Tuesday Nov 11 with a stomach bug. Fever 101 Monday night, better Tuesday afternoon.\n- Wednesday Nov 12 she went to school.\n- Thursday Nov 13 I picked her up at 12:30 for her dentist cleaning (Dr. Shah, 1:15). She didn't go back after.\n- Wait, I wrote Nov 11 above but Tuesday was a teacher planning day, no school. So she only missed Monday for the stomach bug.\n- Lily's homeroom is Room 12, Ms. Carver. Grade 4.\n- She's worried about missing the spelling test. Ms. Carver said she can make it up Friday.\n- My husband thinks we don't need to say \"dentist\", just \"appointment\".","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":4}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not limiting the length","why":"The AI writes a friendly letter with background and thanks.","fix":"Be exact: \"After the first line, at most 3 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"Skipping the required first line","why":"The AI starts with \"Dear Attendance Office\" because it doesn't know the school's format.","fix":"Give it: \"First line exactly: Absence note: Lily Moreno, Grade 4, Room 12.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Copying the wrong date","why":"Your notes list Tuesday before you corrected it. The AI may include it.","fix":"Say it: \"She missed Monday, Nov 10 only (Tuesday was no school) and left Thursday at 12:30.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Over-explaining","why":"AI adds the fever, the dentist and an apology. The office only needs the category.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the words Illness and Appointment. No medical details, no apology.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the exact first line","patterns":["absence note:","first line"]},{"label":"Limits the sentences","patterns":["\\b(\\d|one|two|three|four|five|six)\\b.{0,12}sentences?","sentences?"]},{"label":"Fixes the dates","patterns":["monday","nov(ember)?\\s*10","12:30","not tuesday"]},{"label":"Uses the school's categories","patterns":["illness","appointment","categor"]},{"label":"Cuts the extra details","patterns":["no (medical|details|apolog)","don'?t (mention|include)","nothing else"]}],"hint":"Schools want a specific form, and your notes have a correction in them. Give the AI the exact first line, the right dates and the allowed reason words.","rubricLabels":["The first line reads exactly 'Absence note: Lily Moreno, Grade 4, Room 12' (no subject line or greeting before it)","Lists the absences correctly: all day Monday, Nov 10 (not Tuesday, Nov 11) and Thursday, Nov 13 after 12:30 pm","Uses the school's category words 'Illness' for Monday and 'Appointment' for Thursday, with no symptoms, fever, dentist or doctor details, no apology, and no mention of the spelling test"]}