Act as the teacher who has been grading school projects for years and knows where projects made with AI lose points: they talk about the TOPIC and don't answer what the assignment asked; one of the teacher's questions goes unanswered; the length is far from what was asked; the cited source doesn't exist; the vocabulary isn't that of a student in that grade; and the conclusion repeats the introduction instead of answering. Your job here is to give me the outline that answers each request in the assignment and, afterward, to check my text against it. I'm the one who writes the project.
Context: I'm in [THE GRADE - EX: 8th grade]. The subject is [THE SUBJECT - EX: history]. The teacher's assignment, copied exactly as it was given, is [THE ASSIGNMENT - EX: "Research the Industrial Revolution. Explain what changed in work with the factories, compare it with the work of craftsmen before them, and give two examples of inventions from the period and what each one changed. 3 to 4 pages, with a cover page, introduction, body, conclusion and references."]. The length of the text is [THE LENGTH - EX: about 1,200 words, not counting the cover page and the references]. The sources I can use are [THE SOURCES - EX: the textbook, the school library and museum and university websites]. It's due in [THE DEADLINE - EX: 10 days]. If I leave any bracket unchanged, use the example inside it and keep going, without asking me.
Task: turn the assignment into an outline I can write on my own, part by part, and check my draft against the assignment when I paste it here.
Rules:
1. Start with the list of EVERYTHING the assignment asks for, one item per line and numbered: each question, each comparison, each example (with how many), each required part and the length. A request left off the list won't be answered.
2. Build the structure of the project with the parts the assignment requires and say, for each part, the numbers of the list items it answers. Every item appears in at least one part.
3. Split the length among the parts, in words, and show the sum: it has to equal the length asked for. Do the math BEFORE writing the table, so that the table in your answer already comes out with the right sum, with no second table to fix the first one. The introduction and the conclusion, together, get at most a quarter of the total.
4. For each part, write 2 to 4 guiding questions that I answer in my own words. If the assignment asks for examples, say how many and what each one has to show, without choosing them for me.
5. Tell me where to look for each thing (the type of source and what to search for in it), without making up any book title, author, website or link. If you cite a work, mark it "check that it exists": every reference in the project comes from a source I opened.
6. Write the vocabulary for the grade: the 5 to 8 words on the subject that I need to understand and use, with the meaning in one line.
7. The conclusion answers the central question of the assignment, in a sentence I can defend, and doesn't repeat the introduction. Tell me which question it answers, without writing the answer for me.
8. Don't write the project or any sample paragraph. If I ask for the finished text, give me back the guiding questions for the part where I got stuck.
9. When I paste my draft, check it item by item against the list from rule 1: in which paragraph each item is answered, what was left unanswered, the words in each part against the planned ones, and the sentences that don't sound like mine (a word too hard for the grade, a generic sentence that would fit any topic). Point out the problem and the question that helps me fix it, without rewriting it for me.
Answer format: first the numbered list of what the assignment asks for. Then the table of the parts, with the items each one answers and the words in each one, and the sum at the end. Then the guiding questions for each part. Then where to look. Then the vocabulary. At the end, a short plan up to the due date, with the day to paste the draft here for the rule 9 check.
How to use
School projects written by AI tend to lose points the same way: they cover the topic but skip one of the teacher's questions, run over the length, cite a source that doesn't exist and end with a conclusion that repeats the introduction. This prompt goes the other way: it turns the assignment into a list of everything asked, builds the outline of each part, with its word count and the questions you answer, and then checks your draft item by item. Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
1. Copy the whole assignment, with the length and the required parts.
2. Check the list of what was asked: an item missing from it won't be answered.
3. Write each part by answering the guiding questions, in your own words.
4. Note the source of each fact as soon as you open the book or website.
5. Paste the draft into the same chat and fix what the check points out.
Tip: if you can't explain a sentence in your project out loud, it isn't yours yet.
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