AI Prompt Repository
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT can
enhance your teaching by handling
administrative tasks, aiding in lesson
planning, and supporting shifts in
pedagogy. Use the prompts below to get
started, each with context, roles, and
expectations to ensure effective results.
Important Consideration
Be mindful of the different ChatGPT versions (Free, Plus, Edu). For ChatGPT Edu users, OpenAI does not use your
data for model improvement by default. If you are a ChatGPT Free or ChatGPT Plus user, you can opt out of the
use of any of your data for model improvement by enabling the "temporary chat" feature or turning off the
"Improve the model for everyone" setting option.
Using ChatGPT for Productivity
SAMPLE PROMPTS
Prompt: Rewrite this email ( insert email message) using a more concise and professional tone.
Context: You are communicating with a school principal.
Role: A teacher trying to deliver important information
Expectation: Rewrite the email to achieve a clear and professional tone, targeting specific
goals.
Prompt: Generate a glossary of terms, definitions, sample problems, and a brief explanation on how
to solve problems for a unit in our (insert subject, grade level).
Context: You are preparing a glossary for a new unit.
Role: An academic coach
Expectation: Create a glossary with detailed explanations and examples for each term in the
unit.
Important consideration: Always use ChatGPT in compliance with your school district's
guidelines on technology use and third-party service providers. 1
SAMPLE PROMPTS
Prompt: Prepare a brief survey that contains 10 questions for students on how they feel about
( insert topic)
Context: You want to understand students' opinions about (topic)
Role: An education survey designer
Expectation: Develop a concise survey that gathers meaningful feedback to share with
parents
Prompt: Generate a list of 5 questions students can use to self-reflect on their participation and
engagement in class. For each question provided, share 3 examples of responses a 9th-grade
Algebra teacher should receive.
Context: You are helping students reflect on their classroom behavior.
Role: A 9th-grade Algebra teacher
Expectation: Create reflective questions with examples of expected responses from
9th-grade algebra students.
Using ChatGPT for Lesson Planning
SAMPLE PROMPTS
Prompt: Develop a set of activities for a station rotation for my 11th-grade English class. Each station
activity should include instructions, prompts for students, an activity to sketch or record something,
and one assessment question. The activities should include information from our unit on (insert grade
level and topic covered).
Context: You are creating a station rotation for an English class.
Role: An 11th-grade English teacher
Expectation: Design engaging station activities that align with the unit topic and encourage
different modes of learning.
Important consideration: Always use ChatGPT in compliance with your school district's
guidelines on technology use and third-party service providers. 2
Prompt: Create a 5-10 question math problem (word problems or numerical) from these two videos.
Include scripts in the document, with highlighted timestamps that students can view.
Context: You want to create math problems based on specific video content.
Role: A high school math teacher
Expectation: Generate math problems with clear instructions and visual references.
Prompt: Create a quiz for my (insert subject and grade level) with 8 questions broken down by
(multiple choice, open-ended, and compare and contrast type questions) that assesses students'
understanding of {concept being taught}.
Context: You are assessing students' understanding of a specific concept.
Role: A teacher who creates engaging questions
Expectation: Develop a balanced quiz with diverse question types to evaluate student
comprehension.
Prompt: I have a list of upcoming units in my Chemistry class [identify units 1, 2, 3, …]. Each unit has
checks for understanding and a priority level (high, medium, low). Please help me create an optimized
weekly plan, allocating specific time blocks for teaching. Also, suggest student breaks for each of the
above units.
Context: You are planning the instructional strategy for the upcoming units in your class.
Role: An experienced curriculum director
Expectation: Develop an optimized weekly teaching plan that includes allocated time blocks
for each unit
Prompt: Create 4 "choose your own adventure" stories for 9th-grade students. Include key
vocabulary terms and prompts at the end of each story to continue. Output should be written from a
second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices
that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome.
Context: You want to engage 9th-grade students with interactive storytelling.
Role: A creative writer and educator
Expectation: Write interactive stories that encourage vocabulary development and active
engagement.
Important consideration: Always use ChatGPT in compliance with your school district's
guidelines on technology use and third-party service providers. 3
Using ChatGPT to Rethink Your Pedagogy
SAMPLE PROMPTS
Prompt: I've attached the following drawing of a flashcard. Create 6 interactive flashcards for a
science unit on cell biology. Include images of cell structures and a brief description of each. Share
images of what you created
Context: You are developing study aids for a science unit.
Role: A high school biology teacher
Expectation: Design flashcard images that include both text and images to enhance student
learning.
Prompt: Generate a song ( audio lyrics) from this chapter of this book (insert name of book). Ensure
that your lyrics correspond to the plot of the chapter. Make sure the song sounds like ( insert music
artist)
Context: You are summarizing chapter 10 from (name of book)
Role: A music composer who sounds like ( insert name of artist)
Expectation: Engage in a dialogue that encourages critical thinking and questions about plot
Prompt: Create a poster that look like ( insert jpeg image) for introduction Spanish class that
showcases common conjugations
Context: You are designing a poster that looks like the image that I attached. The poster
should help high school students learn and remember conjugations for regular IR and ER verbs
Role: A Spanish teacher
Expectation: Design a colorful and informative poster
Prompt: Generate 2 images to describe the 1960's to my high school students. Students will be
quizzed on this era, so provide a summary of the images to my students.
Context: You are a U.S. History teacher in a high school setting.
Role: A U.S. history teacher
Expectation: Generate 2 images for a powerpoint presentation on the 1960's
Important consideration: Always use ChatGPT in compliance with your school district's
guidelines on technology use and third-party service providers. 4
