- Paper 1
- Prompting
- Time allowed
- 15 minutes
- Answer
- all 3 parts
The anatomy of a prompt
Scene. Ask. Steer.
Getting something useful out of AI, in the tool you already have.
Instructions to candidates
- Brief it like a capable new colleague on their first morning.
- Bright, willing and astonishingly well-read. Knows nothing about you, your pupils or your scheme of work.
- This is not an exam. Conferring is encouraged.
that's the whole trick
Dr Dan CorbettSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast
1
A teacher types this into an AI tool. What would get a better answer?
[3 marks]
Section B
Your turn
[all the marks]
- 2
Try the one-liner in Copilot or Gemini.
[1]
- 3
Load the model answer. Run it. Compare what comes back.
[2]
- 4
Write your own. Get it marked. Make it better.
[3]
In school, the Department of Education strongly recommends the tools in your C2k service, Copilot and Gemini, over any others (Circular 2026/02).
Section C
Keep steering
First answers are first drafts.
- “Not quite. Keep everything else exactly as it is.”fixes one thing without losing the rest
- “Halve it.”length, in two words
- “Play devil's advocate: what's weak here?”these tools agree far too readily
- “What would you need to know to do this better? Ask me.”the magic question
The builder is yours to keep:
End of paper