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Plan a month of ESL lessons with ChatGPT
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Jim S. planned over forty ESL lessons with ChatGPT in 30 days and cut planning time by around 60%, but verbatim use fell flat.
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Create a 60-minute ESL lesson plan for [level] students on the topic of [topic]. Include a 5-minute warm-up, a 15-minute vocabulary section with 8 target words, a 20-minute grammar focus on [grammar point], a 15-minute communicative speaking activity, and a 5-minute wrap-up. Make it practical and engaging for adult learners.
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Draft a timed ESL lesson plan I can adapt for my own class, with versions for mixed levels. Questions to ask me first: - What level and age are your students, and how many are in the class? - What topic and grammar point is this lesson on? - Do you need versions for mixed levels in the same room? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Level and age group: [LEVEL / AGE] - Topic: [TOPIC] - Grammar point: [GRAMMAR POINT] - Class length: [MINUTES] - Students' interests or recent topics: [INTERESTS] Rules: - Time every section, and make the times add up to the class length. - Keep grammar explanations at the students' level, with simple examples. - Give 8 target words with student-friendly definitions and one example each. - If I ask for mixed levels, keep the core task the same and adjust the language, support and expected output for each level. - Leave a note on where I should add a personal story or local example. Checkpoint: Show me the lesson outline with timings before writing the full activities. If you get stuck: If a section won't fit the time, tell me what to cut instead of rushing it. Verify before you finish: Check that the grammar explanation matches the level and that the timings add up. Output: A timed lesson plan with materials, then optional level versions of the main activity. Done when: I have a lesson I can adapt in a few minutes and teach with confidence.
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Draft a timed ESL lesson plan I can adapt for my own class, with versions for mixed levels. Questions to ask me first: - What level and age are your students, and how many are in the class? - What topic and grammar point is this lesson on? - Do you need versions for mixed levels in the same room? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Level and age group: [LEVEL / AGE] - Topic: [TOPIC] - Grammar point: [GRAMMAR POINT] - Class length: [MINUTES] - Students' interests or recent topics: [INTERESTS] Rules: - Time every section, and make the times add up to the class length. - Keep grammar explanations at the students' level, with simple examples. - Give 8 target words with student-friendly definitions and one example each. - If I ask for mixed levels, keep the core task the same and adjust the language, support and expected output for each level. - Leave a note on where I should add a personal story or local example. Checkpoint: Show me the lesson outline with timings before writing the full activities. If you get stuck: If a section won't fit the time, tell me what to cut instead of rushing it. Verify before you finish: Check that the grammar explanation matches the level and that the timings add up. Output: A timed lesson plan with materials, then optional level versions of the main activity. Done when: I have a lesson I can adapt in a few minutes and teach with confidence.
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Jim S., an ESL teacher who writes Teaching English is Fun, started every lesson plan for 30 days with an AI prompt, mostly in ChatGPT and sometimes Claude, then adapted the result before class. In week one, about 70% of the output was usable right away, 25% needed adapting and about 5% was thrown out; warm-ups and vocabulary were strong, while grammar explanations were sometimes too complex. Sunday planning went from two hours to about forty minutes. A differentiation prompt that turns one activity into beginner, intermediate and advanced versions became a weekly tool. In week three, using the output almost verbatim made lessons feel flat, and the students noticed. By the end of the month, Jim had planned over forty lessons and tracked a drop in planning time of around 60%.
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