Check my essay draft against the assignment rubric
Rubric-by-rubric feedback on your own draft, with the biggest fixes first, so you can revise it yourself.
The prompt
Give me feedback on my essay draft, measured against my assignment's rubric. Do not rewrite the essay for me; I want to do the revising myself.
Assignment prompt: [PASTE THE ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS]
Rubric or grading criteria: [PASTE THE RUBRIC, or describe how it will be graded]
My draft: [PASTE YOUR DRAFT]
Course and level: [e.g. "11th grade English", "first-year college writing"]
Where I'm worried: [e.g. "my argument feels weak", "I'm over the word limit"]
How to review:
1. Go through the rubric one criterion at a time. For each, say where my draft currently sits (e.g. strong / getting there / missing) and quote the sentence or paragraph that shows it.
2. Check that I actually answered the question asked, not a nearby one.
3. Check my thesis, how each paragraph supports it, my use of evidence, and whether I explain the evidence instead of just dropping quotes.
4. Note any mechanics patterns (not every typo), e.g. run-on sentences or tense shifts.
Return:
- A table: Rubric criterion | Where I am now | Evidence from my draft | One specific thing to try.
- The 3 changes that would raise my grade most, in priority order.
- 2-3 questions I should ask myself while revising.
Rules: point to problems and explain why; if you show an example fix, use at most one sentence and label it as an illustration. Do not guess a grade. If the rubric is unclear, tell me what to ask my teacher.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PASTE THE ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
- PASTE THE RUBRIC, or describe how it will be graded
- PASTE YOUR DRAFT
- e.g. "11th grade English", "first-year college writing"
- e.g. "my argument feels weak", "I'm over the word limit"
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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