Case of the Missing Question

This worksheet is designed for Grades 6, 7, and 8 to help students strengthen inference, critical reading, writing clarity, and technology literacy by acting as “prompt detectives.” By analyzing an AI-generated response, learners infer the missing original prompt, using tone, topic clues, audience hints, and structure to guide their reasoning and revisions.

Academic Focus

• Inferring Missing Information (Grades 6-8)
  Students analyze clues within an AI response to determine what the original question or instruction must have been.
• Understanding Prompt Structure
  Learners examine how task, topic, audience, and tone shape AI outputs.
• Improving Clarity & Specificity
  Students revise inferred prompts to make them clearer, more detailed, and more effective.
• Evidence-Based Reasoning
  Activities require students to justify their inferences using concrete details from the response.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to make abstract AI concepts engaging and accessible.
• Detective-Style Engagement
  The mystery format motivates close reading and deeper analysis.
• Supports Writing & Revision Skills
  Encourages students to refine ideas rather than settle for vague answers.
• Flexible Classroom Use
  Works well in ELA, technology literacy, critical thinking lessons, or enrichment activities.

This printable worksheet helps students develop strong skills in inference, reasoning, prompt analysis, and revision while deepening their understanding of how AI responses are shaped. By reconstructing and improving missing prompts, learners become more thoughtful readers of AI output and more effective communicators themselves. It’s a practical, no-prep resource that works smoothly in both classroom and homeschool settings while supporting critical thinking and responsible technology use.

This worksheet is part of our Understanding Prompt Outputs Worksheets collection.