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Give the AI your assignment, rubric, and a draft you have written, then ask for a few prioritized observations and questions—not replacement sentences. Set a clear boundary against drafting or rewriting, make it wait for your response between rounds, and verify its suggestions against your course materials and instructor’s rules.
Use this prompt to keep the work yours
Adapt the prompt below to your assignment. It is an editorially composed starting point, not an officially tested prompt.
Act as a writing tutor. Help me improve my own essay rather than writing it for me. I will provide the assignment, rubric, and a draft. Do not write or rewrite sentences, produce a thesis, add evidence, or complete any section. First, briefly restate what the assignment asks and ask me one clarifying question if something important is missing. Then identify up to three high-priority issues in my draft. For each, point to the relevant passage, explain the issue as a question or observation, and ask me what I intended. Focus first on whether my claims answer the prompt, whether my reasoning is clear, and whether evidence supports the claims. Do not invent sources or facts. End with one next step I can do myself. Wait for my response before giving more feedback.
OpenAI’s published tutor example similarly uses staged questions, hints, and learner explanations rather than immediately supplying solutions. It instructs the tutor: “Do not provide immediate answers or solutions to problems but help students generate their own answers by asking leading questions.” (OpenAI’s teaching guide, 2023.)
Give the tutor enough context to respond to your actual assignment
Before asking for feedback, paste the assignment directions and rubric, then provide the whole draft or the section you want to discuss. Without that context, the tutor may comment on generic essay conventions rather than whether your work meets the task. If you share only a paragraph, say what role it plays in the essay and include the relevant prompt or rubric criteria.
If a key detail is missing—such as the intended audience or the meaning of a rubric term—the prompt asks the tutor to ask one clarifying question before commenting. Answer that question before requesting feedback.
Ask for a small number of specific, prioritized comments
A request for “feedback” alone can produce a broad list, a line edit, or an unsolicited rewrite. Ask for no more than three high-priority issues, tied to passages in your draft. The limit encourages attention to what matters most instead of a long set of competing edits.
Useful feedback can address three levels:
- Task: Does the claim or paragraph answer the assignment?
- Reasoning and process: Is the connection between the evidence and the claim clear?
- Next step: What should you check or revise yourself?
A 2025 review describes formative feedback in terms of helping learners understand where they are going, where they currently are, and how to move forward. The prompt applies that idea by asking for assignment-focused observations, reasoning questions, and one student-owned next step. The review is a preprint, not a settled consensus. (Sapolnach Prompiengchai, Charith Narreddy, and Steve Joordens, 2025.)
Run feedback as a conversation, not a one-shot edit
- Start with context: Share the assignment, rubric, and your draft or selected passage.
- Request priorities: Ask for a small set of passage-specific observations and questions, beginning with the highest-impact issue.
- Respond in your own words: Explain what you meant or what evidence you intended to use. The tutor should wait for your answer before moving on.
- Choose a revision yourself: Decide what to change, then ask a follow-up question if you need help thinking through the next issue.
This is formative feedback: UNESCO distinguishes automated writing evaluation intended to help students improve before submission from summative systems that score writing. For essay coaching, the useful aim is to support revision—not to treat an AI response as a grade. (UNESCO, 2021.)
Keep authorship, judgment, and fact-checking with the student
Use feedback as one perspective, not as a verdict about the essay’s quality or grade. OpenAI’s educator FAQ notes that models can be biased or inaccurate and cannot capture the full complexity of a student or educational context; it advises human oversight for assessment decisions. (OpenAI educator FAQ.)
Check factual claims and interpretations against assigned readings, credible primary sources, and your instructor’s guidance. OpenAI’s teacher guide likewise advises learners to consider whether ChatGPT’s answer is credible and accurate and to confirm information through primary resources. (OpenAI’s teaching guide.) If the tutor suggests a source or fact, verify it rather than assuming it exists or supports the point.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Check your course rules and privacy before sharing a draft
Whether AI-assisted feedback is allowed depends on your school, course, and instructor. Check the applicable policy before submitting coursework to an AI service. Also review the service’s current terms and privacy handling before sharing student work; the educator FAQ is subject to change and was reported updated shortly before October 4, 2026.
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1Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute2Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems3Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesThe key distinction is between receiving help that supports your own revision and asking a system to supply work you then present as your own. If a rule is unclear, ask your instructor what kinds of AI feedback are permitted.
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