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AI prompts for lesson plans and course design

Lesson planning prompt templates for objectives, activities, prior-knowledge adaptation, discussion, classroom cases, pacing, materials, and evidence of learning

A lesson plan is useful when objectives, practice, evidence, and constraints align. These prompts help educators design reviewable sequences without inventing learner needs, available resources, or institutional requirements.

How to use this collection

Start with observable objectives, learner context, time, materials, and required standards.
Connect every activity to evidence that the objective was practiced or achieved.

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Learning & study 7 min setup

Write clear course or assignment instructions

Turn scattered requirements into a learner-facing specification without inventing policy

A scannable instruction sheet with task, deliverables, process, criteria, policies, and ambiguity log

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Teaching & education 10 min setup

Turn professional material into a classroom case

Convert authentic professional evidence into a bounded decision case without exposing sensitive details

A teachable case with evidence packet, decision task, facilitator guide, and source-change ledger

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Lesson planning 8 min setup

Turn learning objectives into classroom activities

Match each objective to learner practice, evidence, feedback, and accessible participation

An objective-activity-evidence map with adaptations and selection rationale

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Lesson planning 9 min setup

Design pre-class, in-class, and follow-up practice

Sequence preparation, guided application, feedback, and later retrieval around one learning target

A three-phase practice sequence with workload, feedback, access, and completion evidence

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Teaching & education 8 min setup

Design a lesson from learning objectives

Align instruction, learner activity, checks, differentiation, and timing to observable objectives

A timed lesson plan with alignment evidence, materials, adaptations, and a fallback

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Lesson planning 8 min setup

Create a low-tech backup lesson plan

Preserve the learning target when internet, projection, devices, printing, or specialist tools fail

A trigger-based backup with equivalent evidence, prepared materials, and restart rules

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Lesson planning 9 min setup

Create a lesson plan for a fixed class duration

Fit instruction, practice, checks, transitions, and contingency into a real time budget

A minute-by-minute lesson plan with observable checks and a compression fallback

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Rewriting & editing 9 min setup

Adapt the same course for learners with different prior knowledge

Keep shared learning outcomes while varying prerequisites, scaffolds, practice, pace, and extension

A differentiated lesson path with common standards, entry evidence, supports, and movement rules

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