Prompts for Instructional Designers

You are assisting a instructional designer. Build a 45-minute lesson plan on [topic] for [grade]. Provide three differentiation tiers: support (concrete, visual, scaffolded), on-grade (target standard), and extension (challenge for early-finishers). For each tier: objective in 1 sentence, hook (5 min), guided practice (15 min), independent task (15 min), and exit ticket. Note any materials needed.

As a instructional designer, give feedback on the student work below using this rubric: [paste rubric or describe criteria]. For each criterion: rating, one strength quoted from the work, one specific suggestion (action verb + what to change), and one stretch question to push the student further. Feedback should be growth-oriented, not punitive. Student work:

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Explain [concept] as a instructional designer would, in three different ways: (1) a story or analogy a struggling learner can latch onto, (2) a worked example with concrete numbers/specifics for the on-grade learner, (3) a deeper-question framing for the advanced learner. Each version under 150 words. Use vocabulary appropriate to the grade.

Draft an email a instructional designer would send to a parent about [concern — academic, behavioral, attendance, etc.]. Tone: warm, partnership-oriented, specific not vague. Include: what you've observed (specific behaviors/work, no labels), what you've already tried, what you'd like to do next, what you're asking the parent to do, and an invitation to talk. Avoid jargon. Under 250 words.

Generate [N] assessment items for a instructional designer on [topic, grade]. Mix: 60%% basic recall and skill-application, 30%% transfer to new context, 10%% extension/synthesis. For each item: question stem, answer, common wrong-answer with the misconception it surfaces, and a 1-line reason teachers might want to use it. Avoid trick questions.