Predicting the Weather Report of Words

Students become “output forecasters,” predicting the tone, structure, and key details of an AI response based solely on a prompt’s wording. Each prompt-ranging from a news report to a historical speech to a diary entry-signals a different writing format, and students must analyze those signals to forecast what the AI’s answer will look and sound like. Learners explain their reasoning using text-based evidence and structural clues, strengthening their understanding of how prompt language influences output types. This activity builds genre awareness, tone prediction, and analytical reasoning.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Predicting Text Structure and Purpose

Writing – Identifying Genre Signals and Key Details

Technology Literacy – Understanding How Prompt Framing Shapes Output

Critical Thinking – Evidence-Based Forecasting

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