One prompt every teacher should try this week
Forget the marketing demos. Here is one prompt — short, concrete, classroom-tested — that has worked in eleven different subjects this term.
You do not need a course to start. You need one prompt that works.
Here is the one we keep coming back to. We have watched teachers use it in eleven different subjects this term, from Grade 4 to Grade 12, in five countries. It is short, it is concrete, and it works on every model worth using.
"You are an experienced [SUBJECT] teacher. I am about to teach [TOPIC] to [GRADE]. Give me three classroom activities — one for the student who is ahead, one for the student who is on grade level, and one for the student who is struggling. Each activity should take 15 minutes, require no extra materials, and end with a written or spoken response I can quickly assess."
That is it. Try it tomorrow. If you get a result that surprises you — in either direction — write to us. The next Journal piece might be about your classroom.
Frequently asked
Any frontier model from this year — Gemini 3, GPT-5.5 or Claude. The prompt is model-agnostic.
Yes — the AI for Teachers cohort ships a 60-prompt subject-wise pack.
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