50 Ways To Use CHATGPT Without Cheating

50 Ways To USe CHATGPT Without Cheating

I’ve spoken before about the benefits and dangers of using ChatGPT in schools and as a tool when studying. Today, let’s talk about the key phrases you can type into ChatGPT that will help you study (without cheating). The key with ChatGPT is entering your questions clearly and specifically so that you can get the answer you are looking for.

English

1.     Vocabulary Frontloading: Give me 10 important words I should know before reading ____________ to understand the text better. (Example: Give me 10 important words I should know before reading Shakespeare’s Othello).
2.     Vocabulary Practice: Give me a __________ quiz (matching, multiple choice, fill in the blank) for the following vocab words ______________ to remember their definitions. (Give me a matching quiz for the vocab words apathy, arrogance, equestrian, pastoral, euphoric, and sophomoric to remember their definitions).
3. Examples of Concepts: Give me 10 examples of ____________________ concept. (Example: Give me 10 examples of assonance in modern rap music).
4. Historical Context of a Text: Give me a timeline with key historical events that would be important background information when reading ____________________. (Example: Give me a timeline of the Great Depression and other historical events that would be important when reading The Grapes of Wrath).
5. Checking for Understanding: Give me a comprehension quiz at _____________ level for ________________. (Example: Give me a 10-question comprehension quiz at a senior in high school level to make sure I understand the first 3 chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God).
6. Staying Organized: Give me a list of key characters and why they are important for __________________. (Example: Give me a list of key characters and why they are important for the novel 1989).
7. Make in Plain English: Can you change this text into modern English at a _____ grade reading level? (Example: Can you change this passage from Taming of the Shrew into modern English at a 5th grade reading level?).
8. Template: Can you create a template for writing _____________________ (Example: Can you create a template for writing a personal statement for colleges).
9. Example Thesis Statements: Can you give me 5 example thesis statements for the following essay topic? (You can then use this to build a better essay) (Example: Can you give me 5 thesis statements to answer the prompt “how is the historical context relevant to the character development in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird”)
10. Standardized Testing: Can you give me 15 questions to study for the ____________ test for the _________________ section? (Example: can you give me 15 questions to study for the AP Literature test for the multiple-choice section?).

Math                                                                                                                                          

1. Vocabulary: Give me 10 key terms I should know when learning about  ________________ (Give me 10 key terms I should know when learning about the Pythagorean theorem).
2. Check my Homework: The question was ________ my answer was __________. Am I correct? (Example: For the question 4(3+2) – 1, my answer was 19, am I correct?)
3. Filling in Gaps or Missed Lessons: My teacher taught us how to _____________ but I still don’t get it. Give me a step-by-step process to solve this type of problem. (Example: My teacher taught us how to FOIL, but I still don’t get it. Give me a step-by-step process to solve this type of problem).
4. Why did I get this Wrong? For the question _______________, I got _____________ but my teacher/the answer key says I got it wrong. What did I do incorrectly? (Example: For the question 0.35 + 0.87 I got 1.12 but the answer key says I got it wrong. What did I do incorrectly?).
5. Walk me Through the Answer? For the question ____________________ can you walk me step-by-step through how to solve? (Example: for the question five eighths plus two thirds can you walk me step-by-step through how to solve?).
6. Demystifying Common Core Math: For the common core standard ________________ can you explain what it means and how to solve. (For the common core standard 5.NBT.A.1 can you explain what it means and how to solve. Can you explain how this type of math might be different than what we used to learn?).
7. Practice Problems: Can you give me a _________________ question exit ticket (or practice problems) on _____________________. (Example: Can you give me a three question exit ticket on standard 6.NBT.B).
8. Connecting to Real Life: When will I use _______________? Why do I need to know it? (Example: When will I use changing mixed numbers into improper fractions? Why do I need to know this in my real life?).
9. Ramping Up/Down: Can you give me a very easy problem for __________________. Can you make it even easier / give me a slightly harder question? (Example: Can you give me a very easy problem for solving geometric proofs on corresponding congruent angles. Can you give me a slightly harder question?).
10. Standardized Testing: Can you give me 20 practice questions for the __________ test math section? (Can you give me 20 practice questions for the SAT math section?).

Science

1. Vocabulary: Give me 20 key vocabulary terms for standard (or topic) ___________. (Example: Give me 20 key vocabulary words for 8th grade test on the polarity of water).
2. Concept Quiz: Give me _______ practice questions to study for my __________ grade test on _________________. (Example: Give me 20 practice questions to study for my 10th grade test on Eukaryotic cells).
3. Check my Understanding: I think _____________ but my textbook / answer key says ______________ why is this true? (Example: I think light strikes photosystem I in a plant cell first, but my textbook says it is photosystem II, why is this true?).
4. Practice Problems: Give me 10 problems to practice ___________________ make the first one easy and make each question after it a little bit harder (Example: Give me 10 problems to practice balancing chemical equations make the first one easy and each question after it a bit harder).
5. Explanations: Give me an easy way to understand __________________. (Example: Give me an easy way to understand how magnets and electricity are related).
6. Sorting: I need to memorize the difference between _____________ and ________________ give me 10 characteristics of each and do not include the term names in these characteristics so that I can print out this list, cut them, and sort them later. (I need to memorize the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, give me 10 characteristics of each and do not include the term names in these characteristics so that I can print out this list, cut them, and sort them later).
7. Examples: Can you give me ________ examples of __________. Make it easy for me to print these lists, cut them apart and use them to sort later. (Example: Can you give me 10 examples of mechanical, electrical, chemical, sound, thermal, and radiant energy. Make it easy for me to print out these lists, cut them apart, and use them to sort later).
8. Standardized Testing: Can you give me 20 practice questions focused on __________ topic for _____________ test? (Can you give me 20 practice questions focused on protein synthesis for the AP biology exam?).

Foreign Language

1. Vocabulary: Give me _________ words in _________ and their English translation about _________________ (Example: give me 50 Hebrew food words and their English translation).
2. Vocabulary Quiz: Use my vocabulary list ______________ to give me a __________ (matching, multiple choice, fill in the blank) quiz so I remember their English translation. (Example: Use my vocabulary list casa, biblioteca, mercado, libreria, centro commercial, bano, iglesia to give me a multiple-choice quiz so I remember their English translation).
3. Easy Passage Practice: Give me an easy passage to practice _______________ vocabulary in ___________________. (Example: give me an easy passage to practice location vocabulary in Spanish).
4. Make this Passage Easier: Take this reading passage in ___________ (language) and change it to an easier text at a _____________ level. (Take this reading passage in Mandarin and change it to an easier text at a third grad reading level).
5. Context of a Primary Source: In _________________, I am reading _________________, please give me a short, historical timeline of key events surrounding this text. (In Spanish, I am reading Don Quixote, please give me a short historical timeline of key events surrounding this text).
6. Understanding the Directions: Take these instructions in ______________ and help me understand them in English. (Example: Take these instructions in Arabic and help me understand them in English).
7. Reading Vocabulary: Write a short story in _______________ using ___________ vocabulary words (Example: Write a short story in Italian using the vocabulary words: camicia, stivale, scarpe, e pantaloni).
8. Walk me Through a Grammar Concept: Can you help me understand ______________ grammar idea step-by-step? (Example: Can you help me understand how the Okina is used in Native Hawaiian?).
9. Practice a Grammar Concept: Can you give me 30 questions to practice _____________ grammar concept where I have to (fill in the blank, use multiple choice)? (Example: Can you give me 30 questions to practice the difference between ser and estar in Spanish where I have to fill in the blank?).
10. Verb Conjugation: Can you conjugate the verb _____________ into _____________ tense? (Example: Can you conjugate the verb camminare into the past perfect, present, and future tense in Italian?).
11. Irregular Verbs: Can you give me a list of irregular verbs in ____________________ in the _________________ tense? (Example: Can you give me a list of irregular verbs in French in the present tense?).
12. Conversation Practice: I need to practice _____________ (concept) in ________________ (language), I have been studying this language for ___________ years. Start a conversation and correct my answers when I respond. (Example: I need to practice the preterite tense in Spanish, I have been studying this language for 4 years. Start a conversation with me and correct my answers when I respond).

Social Sciences

1. Vocabulary: Can you give me list of key vocabulary words that I should know when learning about ______________ in _______________ grade (Example: an you give me a list of key vocabulary words that I should know when learning about the Separation of Powers in the US Government in 11th Grade).
2. Primary Sources: Can you take ____________________ primary source and change it to be in simple English? (Example: can you take the first federalist paper and put it into simple English at a 5th grade reading level).
3. Legal Examples: Can you give me an example of how the court case _______________ is / was used __________________. (Example: Can you give me an example of how the court case Loving vs. Virginia is still used today?).
4. Concept Examples: Can you give me an example of ________________ in ________________ history (Can you give me an example of Manifest Destiny in United States history).
5. Causes / Effects: Can you give me a list of _________________________ causes / effects of ________________. (Example: Can you give me a list of 30 causes of the American Civil War).
6. Lists: Can you give me a list of ______________. (Example: Can you give me a list of US Presidents in order of their inauguration).
7. Compare and Contrast: Can you write a bullet point list comparing and contrasting (Example: Can you write a bullet point list comparing and contrasting the US and Canadian governmental systems?).
8. Frontload Timeline: Can you give me a timeline outlining the key events that happened in ______________________. (Example: Can you give me a timeline outlining the key events that happened in ______________________).
9. Sorting Timeline: Can you give me a timeline of key events during ________________. Now remove these years and dates and mix their order so that I have to put them back in the correct order. (Example: Can you give me a timeline of key events during the fall of the Egyptian Empire. Now remove these years and dates and mix their order so that I have to put them back in the correct order).

50. Standardized Tests: Can you give me a practice ___________________ open response question to study for the ________________________ test? (Example: can you give me a practice FRQ open response question to study for the AP US History Test).