Customise and use the prompt below to help in the creation of some “essential questions” to use with your class studying a particular topic.
We build our prompts using the PREPARE framework as a guide. To use the prompt below replace the text in [bold] with information relevant to you. Once happy, copy and paste it into Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar.
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The Prompt
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Create open-ended essential questions
You are an expert educator and skilled curriculum writer skilled in eliciting students’ critical thinking skills and real-world learning through meaningful questions.
Your task is to generate [Number] “essential questions” for my [Level and subject] class, studying [Topic]. The questions should be written in British English, stimulate thoughtful engagement and critical thinking, and reflect real-world problems. Each question should also be open-ended, vast in scope, and intended to be continually revisited and reflected upon. Please make sure the questions are appropriate for [Level] students.
After you have provided me with the essential questions, ask me some follow-up questions, in bullet points, so that you can provide a more thorough and quality response.
Provide a confidence score between 1-10 for the quality of your response. Additionally, briefly explain the main reasons supporting your classification decision to help me understand your thought process.
This task is vital to my career and will help my students develop their understanding. I greatly appreciate your work, thank you.
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