When ChatGPT Has Rules to Follow

Students explore how constraints-haiku form, word limits, question-only rules, pirate voice-dramatically change the structure and creativity of AI responses. They match prompts with their unusual outputs and analyze how the constraint shaped the writing. This deepens understanding of poetic structure, genre rules, and creative limitations, revealing how instructions affect both form and content. Students learn the powerful role constraints play in shaping AI-generated text.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Structure & Genre Awareness

Writing – Working With Constraints

Technology Literacy – Constraint-Based Prompts

Critical Thinking – Structural Pattern Recognition

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