🚀 Level 3 · Advanced
📘 Chapter 3
⏱️ 16 minutes
Be the Author: Writing
Let Claude be your writing coach. Brainstorm ideas, plan your structure and write the words yourself, in your own voice.
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🔁 Remember:
🎭 Role
🎯 Task
📌 Details
📐 Format
Today the Role is “writing coach”, not “ghostwriter”!
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Important: Write with a parent or teacher nearby. You are the author. Follow your teacher’s rules on AI. Use made-up names in stories and never include real people’s private details, your address or your school’s name.
Your writing desk
Chapter 3 at a glance
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3.1 Brainstorm ideas
🎯 Goal: use Claude to spark ideas, then choose your own- Staring at a blank page? Ask Claude for 10 ideas about your topic.
- Ask for ideas in different directions: funny, serious, surprising.
- You choose your favourite 2 or 3. Then add your own.
- An idea from Claude is a spark. The writing is still yours.
🕸️ An idea web for “A day without electricity”
🌟 A day without electricity
🕯️ candle-lit dinner
🎲 board games return
🥶 melting ice cream
🌌 stars seen clearly
🤔 no way to charge a phone
🌍 Real-life examples
📖 Story ideaAsk for 10 story starters for Class 7, then pick one and add your own twist.
📝 Essay topicAsk for 8 angles on “My favourite festival”, then pick the one you know best.
🚀 Try it yourself
Act as a creative writing coach for Class 7. Give me 10 story ideas about “a day without electricity”: 3 funny, 3 mysterious, 4 surprising. One line each. Do not write the story.
❌ Weak prompt“Write a story for me.”
Now it is Claude’s story, not yours.
Now it is Claude’s story, not yours.
✅ Good prompt“Give me 10 one-line story ideas. Do not write the story.”
You get sparks and keep the pen.
You get sparks and keep the pen.
🎉 Fun fact: Many famous writers keep an “idea notebook” and jot down tiny thoughts. Start your own!
📝 Quick quiz
1. What should Claude give you when brainstorming?
✅ Ideas, not the finished writing.
2. Who picks the final idea?A) Claude B) You
✅ B. You choose and make it yours.
3. Why ask for ideas in different directions?
✅ You see more choices, such as funny, serious and surprising.
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3.2 Plan your structure
🎯 Goal: build a clear skeleton before you write- Good writing has a skeleton: a hook, a body and an ending.
- Each body paragraph can use PEEL: Point, Evidence, Explain, Link.
- Ask Claude for an outline only. You fill in the sentences.
- Change the outline if you disagree. It is your plan.
🦴 The essay skeleton
🎣 Hook
A surprising fact, question or tiny scene to start.
🧱 Body 1
Your first big point (one PEEL paragraph).
🧱 Body 2
Your second big point.
🧱 Body 3
Your third big point.
🏁 Ending
Wrap up in your own words and leave a final thought.
🍊 PEEL paragraph
P · Pointthe main idea
E · Evidencea fact or example
E · Explainwhy it matters
L · Linkback to the question
Trees are important for cities. For example, one large tree can cool a street by several degrees on a hot day. This means people stay more comfortable and use less energy for cooling. So planting more trees helps cities become healthier places to live.
🌍 Real-life examples
📜 EssayAsk for an outline with a hook and 3 body points, then write each PEEL paragraph yourself.
📖 StoryAsk for a beginning, problem, solution and ending outline, then add the details.
🚀 Try it yourself
Help me plan an essay on “Why trees matter in cities” for Class 8. Give me an outline only: a hook idea, 3 body points (each with Point, Evidence idea, Explain idea) and an ending idea. Do not write full paragraphs.
❌ Weak prompt“Write an essay on trees.”
Claude writes it all and you learn nothing.
Claude writes it all and you learn nothing.
✅ Good prompt“Give me an outline only, with PEEL ideas for each body point.”
You get a skeleton to build on.
You get a skeleton to build on.
🏆 Mini challenge: Make a 5-line outline for a topic you love. Try the PEEL Builder at the end of this chapter for one paragraph!
📝 Quick quiz
1. What does PEEL stand for?
✅ Point, Evidence, Explain, Link.
2. What should the outline contain?A) Full paragraphs B) Hook, body points and ending ideas
✅ B. You write the sentences.
3. Who owns the plan?
✅ You do. Change it if you disagree.
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3.3 Write with a coach
🎯 Goal: write your own draft and ask for hints, not rewrites- You write the first draft. Even a messy one is great!
- Ask Claude for sentence starters, stronger word ideas or what to add.
- Ask for hints, not a rewrite: “Which sentence is unclear? Give me a hint.”
- Keep your own voice. If it does not sound like you, change it.
🔄 The Coach Loop
✍️1. You writefirst draft
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🧭2. Ask for hintsnot a rewrite
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🔧3. You improvein your own words
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🔁4. Repeatuntil proud
🎨 Show, do not tell
😐 Telling“The room was scary.”
✨ Showing“The door creaked, and a cold draught blew out the candle.”
🌍 Real-life examples
📖 Boring sentence“Give me 3 hints to make this sentence more vivid, but do not rewrite it.”
🔤 Word choice“Suggest 5 stronger words than ‘nice’ for a Class 6 reader.”
🚀 Try it yourself
Here is my own draft: [paste your writing]. Do not rewrite it. Act as my writing coach and give me 3 hints: one about the beginning, one about a sentence to make more vivid, and one about the ending.
❌ Weak prompt“Make my story better.”
Claude may rewrite everything.
Claude may rewrite everything.
✅ Good prompt“Give me 3 hints to improve my draft. Do not rewrite it.”
You keep the pen and your voice.
You keep the pen and your voice.
🎉 Fun fact: Professional authors write several drafts. The first draft is only meant to get the ideas on paper!
📝 Quick quiz
1. Who writes the first draft?
✅ You do.
2. Which is “showing”?A) “She was sad.” B) “She stared at her empty plate, her eyes shining.”
✅ B. It shows what you see and feel.
3. What should you ask Claude for instead of a rewrite?
✅ Hints, such as which sentence is unclear.
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3.4 Audience and purpose
🎯 Goal: match your writing to who reads it and why- Before writing, ask: Who will read this? and Why am I writing it?
- A letter to a friend sounds different from a letter to a principal.
- Tell Claude your audience when asking for tips: “My reader is a Class 5 student.”
- Check that your style, length and words suit the reader.
🎯 Same topic, different style
Writing
Reader
Style
✉️ Letter to a friend
A friend
Friendly, casual, chatty
📨 Letter to the principal
An adult in charge
Polite, formal, clear
🎤 Speech
The class
Short, strong, easy to hear
📖 Story
Readers who enjoy it
Vivid, with feelings
🌍 Real-life examples
🎤 Class speech“Give me tips to make my 2-minute speech easy to say aloud for my classmates.”
📨 Formal letter“What should a polite request to a school principal include? Give me a checklist.”
🚀 Try it yourself
I am writing a [letter / speech / story] for [reader] to [purpose]. Give me 5 tips on style, length and tone. Do not write it for me.
❌ Weak prompt“How do I write a letter?”
To whom? For what?
To whom? For what?
✅ Good prompt“I am writing to my principal to request a longer library hour. Give me 5 tips on tone and structure.”
Reader and purpose are clear.
Reader and purpose are clear.
🏆 Mini challenge: Write the same 2-line message to a friend and to your principal. How do the words change?
📝 Quick quiz
1. What 2 questions should you ask before writing?
✅ Who will read it, and why am I writing it?
2. Which style suits a letter to the principal?A) Casual and chatty B) Polite and formal
✅ B. Polite and formal.
3. Why tell Claude your reader?
✅ So its tips fit the right style and level.
🧱 PEEL Paragraph Builder
Write each part in your own words. Your paragraph builds below as you type. Nothing leaves your device.
0 wordsAim for 40–120
💡 Tip: Tap a starter to add it, then finish the sentence yourself. The checks only count your words, so read your paragraph aloud and ask your teacher for feedback.
Chapter 3 summary
Brainstorm ideas • Plan the skeleton • Write the draft yourself • Match your reader.