Prompt Sorting Machine

This worksheet is designed for Grades 5, 6, and 7 to help students strengthen genre awareness, critical thinking, and technology literacy by analyzing how prompt wording influences AI-generated writing. Through classification activities and reasoning practice, learners examine prompts and predict the type of output an AI would most likely produce, such as an essay, story, poem, report, dialogue, email, or set of instructions.

Learning Goals

• Genre Identification (Grades 5-7)
  Students recognize key features of narrative, informational, persuasive, and instructional writing.
• Understanding Purpose & Format
  Learners analyze how prompts signal audience, intent, and structure in written responses.
• Prompt-to-Output Recognition
  Activities highlight how specific words and phrases guide AI toward certain writing genres.
• Categorizing Evidence
  Students justify their classifications using clear clues found directly in the prompt.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to connect traditional ELA genre skills with modern AI literacy.
• Engaging Classification Format
  Turns genre analysis into an interactive sorting and reasoning task.
• Supports Writing Development
  Helps students understand how clear instructions lead to better-organized writing.
• Flexible Classroom Use
  Works well for ELA lessons, writing workshops, technology literacy units, or small-group practice.

This printable worksheet helps students build strong skills in genre recognition, reasoning, and writing analysis while deepening their understanding of how AI systems interpret prompts. By acting as “Output Classifiers,” learners become more aware of how structure and wording shape responses. It’s a practical, no-prep resource that works smoothly in both classroom and homeschool settings while supporting critical thinking and digital literacy growth.

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