Case of the Missing Question

Students play the role of a “prompt detective” by examining an AI-generated response and inferring what the original missing prompt must have been. The worksheet teaches learners how tone, topic clues, audience hints, and response structure can help reverse-engineer a prompt. Students analyze the sample answer, propose the likely original prompt, and improve it by adding clarity, detail, and audience focus. This activity strengthens students’ ability to read AI output critically, understand how prompts shape responses, and craft more effective prompts of their own.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Inferring Missing Information

Writing – Improving Clarity and Specificity

Technology Literacy – Understanding AI Prompt Structure

Critical Thinking – Evidence-Based Reasoning

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