student-language-guide

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Provide student-facing language rules for educational content. Use when writing lessons, checking language appropriateness, or validating content for students.

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[Lesson Planning]

When & Why to Use This Skill

This Claude skill serves as a specialized pedagogical style guide designed to optimize educational content for student clarity and engagement. It provides a robust framework for writing student-facing materials by enforcing clear language, eliminating internal jargon, and promoting the use of analogies for complex concepts. By standardizing the instructional tone and ensuring the use of active voice, this tool helps educators and content creators build more accessible, encouraging, and professional learning experiences.

Use Cases

  • Drafting new lesson plans: Use the guide to ensure all instructional text is accessible and matches the intended complexity level for students.
  • Content Auditing: Review existing educational modules to identify and remove internal labels or technical jargon that might confuse learners.
  • Simplifying Complex Concepts: Generate effective analogies for abstract or difficult topics to improve student comprehension and retention.
  • Tone Refinement: Validate that instructional prompts use an active voice and maintain an encouraging, non-condescending tone throughout the curriculum.
  • Quality Assurance for EdTech: Use as a checklist for content developers to maintain consistency across large-scale digital learning platforms.
namestudent-language-guide
descriptionProvide student-facing language rules for educational content. Use when writing lessons, checking language appropriateness, or validating content for students.
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Student Language Guide

Instructions

When writing student-facing content:

  1. Use clear, accessible language
  2. Avoid internal jargon and labels
  3. Include analogies for complex concepts
  4. Match language complexity to layer

Golden Rules

  1. Never expose internal labels (L1, L2, etc. to students)
  2. Avoid jargon without explanation
  3. Use active voice for instructions
  4. Include analogies for abstract concepts
  5. Be encouraging but not condescending

Language Dos and Don'ts

DO DON'T
"In this lesson, you'll learn..." "This L2 content covers..."
"Think of a robot like a..." "The robot abstraction..."
"Try this exercise" "Execute the following procedure"
"You've learned a lot!" "Basic concepts completed"

Reference

See examples.md for good/bad examples.