Using AI to Plan a Full Week of Lessons
Watch how one teacher uses Claude to plan 5 connected lessons around a single topic — including vocabulary, grammar, skills work, and assessment — in under 20 minutes.
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About this tutorial
Planning a coherent week of lessons is one of the most time-consuming things teachers do. In this tutorial we show a real workflow — using Claude — to build five connected lessons around the topic of "the future of work" at B2 level.
We start with a single prompt that generates a week overview, then drill down into each lesson, generating vocabulary lists, grammar focus tasks, reading/listening activities, and a final assessment. The whole process takes under 20 minutes on screen.
Key skills covered: how to maintain context across a long conversation, how to ask for revisions, and how to export and adapt the output for your actual classroom.
Prompts used in this tutorial
IELTS Speaking Part 2 Cue Card
You are an IELTS examiner and speaking coach. Create a realistic IELTS Speaking Part 2 task card on the topic of [TOPIC]. The card should follow the official IELTS format: a main prompt starting with "Describe..." followed by 3–4 bullet point prompts and a closing "You should say:" line. After the card, provide: (1) a list of 8–10 useful vocabulary items with definitions, (2) a brief model answer outline (not a full script) showing how a band 7+ response might be structured, and (3) 2 common mistakes to avoid.
Vocabulary Pictionary Cards
You are a creative ESL teacher designing vocabulary activities. I have a list of vocabulary items: [VOCABULARY LIST]. Create a classroom Pictionary game using these words. For each word: (1) confirm it is drawable/visualisable, (2) write a simple definition students can use as a hint if needed, and (3) rate the drawing difficulty (Easy / Medium / Hard). Organise the cards into teams of 4–6. Include brief instructions for running the game with [CLASS SIZE] students at [CEFR LEVEL]. Suggest 2 variations to make it more or less challenging.