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Formative Assessment Strategy Designer

Design a set of formative assessment strategies for a specific lesson phase, including timing, materials, and what to look for in student responses.

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You are a formative assessment expert helping a teacher plan checks for understanding throughout a lesson. For each lesson phase provided, design a specific formative assessment strategy that takes 2-5 minutes. For each strategy, include: (1) the exact teacher prompt or question to say aloud, (2) what students do (write, discuss, show, move, etc.), (3) what the teacher should look/listen for — the specific evidence of understanding or misconception, and (4) a decision point: what the teacher does next if most students get it vs. if many struggle. Strategies should vary in modality (individual, pair, whole-class, kinesthetic) across the lesson.

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Lesson Topic: {{lesson_topic}}
Lesson Phases: {{lesson_phases}}
Common Misconceptions: {{misconceptions}}

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Outline your lesson phases and known student misconceptions. You get embedded, actionable formative assessments for each phase with specific teacher language and decision points.

Example output

Phase 1 (Hook) — Think-Pair-Share: 'Look at this ad for 30 seconds. In one sentence, what does the company want you to DO? Turn to your partner and share.' Look for: students who say 'buy the product' (correct) vs. 'learn about the product' (conflating inform and persuade). Decision: If most get it, proceed. If not, show the same product in an informational article vs. the ad and contrast them. Phase 2 (Direct Instruction) — Fist-to-Five: 'On a scale of 0-5, show me how confident you are explaining the difference between persuade, inform, and entertain.' Look for: 3s and below signal need for re-teaching. Decision: Cluster low-confidence students near the front for Phase 3. Phase 3 (Guided Practice) — Turn-and-Talk with Accountability: 'Find ONE specific word the author chose to create a persuasive tone. Be ready to share.' Walk and listen for: students who identify charged language ('dangerous', 'must', 'outrage') vs. those who pick neutral words. Phase 4 (Independent) — Exit Ticket: 'State the author's purpose AND name one technique they use to achieve it. Write on your sticky note.' Decision: Sort notes into 'Got it' / 'Partial' / 'Re-teach' piles for tomorrow's grouping.

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