Launch a student-friendly lost-and-found portal where students post photos, search by item, location, and date, and receive pickup alerts. Add secure ID checks and campus-wide QR codes so misplaced belongings return faster while staff spend less time managing claims.
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EXAMPLE: lost-and-found
Which pitch would get a yes?
Vote A or B: if you ran the campus lost-and-found, which pitch would you say yes to? Then name the sentence that decided it.
To the front desk: in three weeks, four “lost AirPods” posts in our commuter group chat—twice the item was already in your box. Could you post a one-screen found-items list each afternoon? Two minutes of typing.
Pitch A is an AI model’s reply to one line: “Write a 40-word pitch to improve the lost-and-found at a college.” Pitch B is a synthetic student pitch written for class. B gets the yes: it names who can act, uses facts its writer saw, and asks for something doable.
Why this leads forwardNext: why not let AI write it?
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THE RULE
If AI can write it, why should you?
Alone, one minute, on your sheet: finish “I should write it myself because…” or “I shouldn’t, because…”. Then hear two voices from each side.
1 · THINKWrite your sentence before anyone speaks.
2 · COMPAREHear two voices from each side.
3 · REVISEKeep or change your sentence.
Working alone? Write both positions.
Writing is how you work out what you think. AI fills gaps with averages; only you have your details. Your name means you answer for every sentence.
Topic 4 rule: AI coaches—asks, critiques, points. You write every sentence.
Why this leads forwardFirst, a problem worth fixing—one you’ve actually lived.
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YOUR PITCH: one small fix
Pick your topic: a problem you’ve actually lived.
Two minutes, on your sheet: this problem is your topic for today and Thursday. Choose a lane below, or your own; write it in one line (who it hits, what goes wrong, when); then name who can say yes.
Example: “Commuters keep posting about lost AirPods that are already in the front-desk box.”
TIMEstudy rooms, registration, printing, parking
MONEYtextbooks, meal-plan money
LEFT OUTevening or transfer students missing information
YOUR TEAM OR JOBa recurring snag at work
Then tick the three tests:
- You’ve seen it yourself.
- Someone can say yes. (whoever can make the fix happen: an office, your manager, a club officer)
- A fix could start this semester.
Fix = a change or a one-screen tool. Not about a person; nothing private. Not AI rules or policy.
Too big: “Parking is bad.” Right size: “Evening commuters circle the main lot 4–6 p.m. because nothing says it’s full.” Small and specific makes a yes possible, and it’s the part AI can’t invent for you.
Why this leads forwardNext: everything you know about it, before any AI.
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YOUR PITCH: one small fix
Before any AI: what have you seen?
Alone, four minutes, on your sheet, no devices: one fact you’ve seen per line, each starting with the question it answers. Aim for eight.
- When? Where? How often?
- Who does it hit?
- What does it cost them: time, money, grades, sleep?
- What have people tried?
Example (Sam):
How often: four “lost AirPods” posts in our commuter chat in three weeks.
Where: the front-desk box; twice the item was already there.
Tried: people ask in the group chat.
These lines are your evidence, and no AI can see them. That’s why ideas come first: if AI goes first, its list becomes your list, and everyone’s.
Why this leads forwardNext: a coach who may only ask questions.
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YOUR PITCH: one small fix
The AI coach asks. You answer.
Six minutes, on your sheet: the coach asks one question at a time. Answer each in a few words, then circle the two answers that gave you a new idea.
AI COACH
Who exactly is affected, and when?
What have you seen with your own eyes?
What does it cost people now?
Why hasn’t it been fixed already?
What’s the smallest version that could start this month?
Who can actually say yes?
That’s the job you want from AI: questions that make you think, not answers that think for you.
To get it from any AI, ask for the job: “Be my writing coach. Don’t write or rewrite any of my sentences. Ask me one question at a time about my reader, my evidence and my ask, and wait for my answer.” Thursday, grill-me does this in Claude Code.
Why this leads forwardNext: give your ideas a shape.
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YOUR PITCH: one small fix
Build the skeleton, one box at a time.
Seven minutes, on your sheet: one box at a time, notes not sentences. Sam’s notes show the size.
1 · PROBLEM who, when, how oftenSam: Commuters post about lost AirPods that are already in the front-desk box.
2 · FIX one change or a one-screen toolSam: A one-screen found-items list, posted each afternoon.
3 · TWO REASONS each backed by something you sawSam: Four posts in three weeks; twice the item was already in the box.
4 · THE STRONGEST “NO” and your answerSam: “We’re too busy.” Answer: two minutes of typing a day.
5 · ASK who says yes, to what, by whenSam: The front desk: post the list each afternoon, starting next week.
AI COACH Which box is weakest? Write one move to fix it.
Organizing is choosing the order this reader needs. That choice is the writing, so it stays yours: a coach can question your order; it shouldn’t hand you one.
Why this leads forwardNext: what happened when someone asked a chatbot for that.
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BACK TOlost-and-found: Sam asks a chatbot
Sam asked AI to improve the outline. What did it do?
Six minutes, step by step: predict, compare, discuss three questions, then vote and write Sam’s next message on your sheet.
SAM’S NOTES (screen 6)
- Problem: lost AirPods already in the front-desk box
- Fix: a one-screen list each afternoon
- Reasons: 4 posts in 3 weeks; twice already in the box
- “Too busy?” Two minutes a day
- Ask: the front desk, next week
SAM TYPED “Can you help make my outline better?”
Predict aloud: what will the chatbot send back?
THE CHATBOT SENT BACKsynthetic reply, written for class
“Sure! Here’s a stronger outline: 1. Lost items cost students $200 a year. 2. Build a campus-wide app with photos and alerts. 3. Launch next semester.”
Alone, one minute: compare it with Sam’s notes.
- AT YOUR TABLE What did Sam ask for, and what did the chatbot do instead?
- LOST What did the reply drop? Write it on your sheet.
- ADDED What did it add that Sam never saw? Write it on your sheet.
Tick one on your sheet, then write what Sam should type next.
It took over. Lost: Sam’s evidence, the small fix, and the answer to “too busy”. Added: “$200 a year” (nobody measured it), an app nobody asked for, and “next semester”.
Better next message: “Don’t rewrite it. Ask me three questions and name my weakest box.” Unless you say otherwise, AI does the work for you.
Why this leads forwardNext: the sentences.
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YOUR PITCH: one small fix
Write Draft 1: your words, no AI.
Twenty-five minutes, alone, on page 3 of your sheet (or typing with no AI open): write, then check, then mark.
1 · WRITE (20 min) Write a pitch about your Screen 3 problem, to the person you named there. Start with “To …:”. Go in box order: problem, fix, two reasons, the strongest “no”, the ask. 200–300 words; rough is fine, invented facts aren’t.
Step 1 of 3.
2 · CHECK (3 min) Tick each on your sheet: every fact is something you saw or can check (if not, make it a question) · the ask names who, what and by when · you could read every sentence aloud and explain it.
3 · MARK (1 min) Star ★ the one spot where a reader might get lost. Thursday starts there.
That mark is where Thursday starts: a coach points to where a reader gets lost, and you do the rewriting.
Why this leads forwardSave everything: Draft 1 is your baseline.
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YOUR PITCH: one small fix
Check your sheet, then hand it in.
Two minutes: tick each piece on your sheet, write your name on every page, then hand it in. You get it back at the start of Thursday’s class.
AI COACHES. YOU WRITE.
- You first.
- AI asks and points; it never writes or rewrites your sentences.
- You decide, and you can explain every sentence.
Last minute: say the rule in your own words to the person next to you.
Full credit needs no AI account. Never paste others’ words or private details into a tool.
Why this leads forwardThursday: make AI your coach. grill-me asks about your Draft 1; you do the rewriting.
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Today: three cases about AI feedback, then AI feedback on your own Draft 1.
First, play three short cases at your table: what should a writer do with AI feedback? Then grill-me questions your own Draft 1, Tuesday’s pitch on page 3 of your sheet, and you rewrite it.
1WRITER
2REVIEW PARTNER
3INSTRUCTOR
4EDITOR
Relay order: WRITER, then REVIEW PARTNER, then INSTRUCTOR, then EDITOR.
“AI points. You rewrite.”
Three moves for any AI question: ACT ON a real gap. ADAPT right idea, wrong fix. SET ASIDE wrong for your reader or facts. The button is not the evidence: your reason is—what you saw, your reader, a privacy rule, or human responsibility.
One laptop per table. Read the case, commit to a decision, explain your evidence, then reveal.
Open the Topic 4 Revision Simulation
Course boundary: polish is a revision signal, not proof of AI authorship. Judgment and evidence are graded here, not style.
Why this leads forwardCase 1: a detail Sam never saw.
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BACK TO Tuesday’s lost-and-found pitchCASE 1 · INVENTED DETAIL — the grill recommended a detail Sam never saw.
The grill recommended a number. Do you use it?
Nine minutes, four rounds, then your rule.
1WRITER
2REVIEW PARTNER
3INSTRUCTOR
4EDITOR
Relay order: WRITER, then REVIEW PARTNER, then INSTRUCTOR, then EDITOR.
The case. Sam ran /grill-me on the lost-and-found pitch. One question asked how often items go unclaimed, and its recommended answer said: “Say most items are never claimed—it makes the case stronger.” Sam has seen four chat posts and, twice, an item already sitting in the box. That is all Sam knows.
Tuesday’s Pitch B (Sam’s): “To the front desk: in three weeks, four “lost AirPods” posts in our commuter group chat—twice the item was already in your box. Could you post a one-screen found-items list each afternoon? Two minutes of typing.”
Why this matters: Part 5 of your packet asks where every fact came from.
Model clause. A revision may take an idea from a tool’s question, must show where every fact came from, and may never present a recommendation as something the writer saw.
Where the roles disagreed. The writer wanted the stronger line, the partner wanted its source, the instructor wanted something gradable, the editor wanted a lasting rule.
Specific is not the same as verified. The detail that improves a paragraph most is the one to check first.
Why this leads forwardNext case: evidence.
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CASE 2 · FEEDBACK EVIDENCE — the grill asked twelve questions and the pitch barely changed.
It asked twelve questions. Can you show what you did with them?
Nine minutes, four rounds, then your rule.
1WRITER
2REVIEW PARTNER
3INSTRUCTOR
4EDITOR
Relay order: WRITER, then REVIEW PARTNER, then INSTRUCTOR, then EDITOR.
The case. Sam’s grill asked twelve questions. Sam answered every one in the chat, thought hard, and changed two words in the pitch. The packet asks for evidence of what Sam did with the feedback. That is a true account, and it looks like nothing.
Why this matters: Part 4 of your packet is this feedback log: one question acted on, one adapted, one set aside, each with your reason.
Model clause. A revision may set most feedback aside, must show what the writer changed and refused and why, and may never offer a chat history as proof.
Where the roles disagreed. The writer wanted credit for thinking, the partner wanted something checkable, the instructor wanted comparable packets, the editor wanted a durable rule.
Never submit chat history, credentials, or private material as evidence. The packet asks for decisions, not transcripts.
Why this leads forwardNext case: disclosure.
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BACK TO the disclosure question from Topic 3, now inside your own packetCASE 3 · DISCLOSURE — one line, or the three places AI helped.
You used AI three ways. How many does the note mention?
Nine minutes, four rounds, then your rule.
1WRITER
2REVIEW PARTNER
3INSTRUCTOR
4EDITOR
Relay order: WRITER, then REVIEW PARTNER, then INSTRUCTOR, then EDITOR.
The case. Sam used AI three times: a coach prompt that asked questions before drafting, /grill-me on Draft 1, and a spelling check on the final. Every sentence is Sam’s. The disclosure field is four lines long. A classmate’s says: used AI.
Back in Topic 3: “I used ChatGPT.” was not a disclosure. A disclosure names the tool, the kind of help, the stage, and what you changed.
Why this matters: Part 5 of your packet asks you to disclose each stage this way.
Model clause. A revision may use AI at any stage the assignment allows, must show each stage and what the writer did after it, and may never be disclosed in a way that hides where the judgment was.
Where the roles disagreed. The writer wanted to look no worse, the partner wanted readability, the instructor wanted comparable packets, the editor wanted detail to pay.
Disclosure runs on summaries. Prompt summaries are the default; a complete transcript is not routine evidence.
Why this leads forwardNext: install grill-me and type Draft 1.
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YOUR PITCH: Draft 1 → feedback → your rewrite
Install grill-me: two text files.
Open this screen on your laptop, copy the line for your computer, and run it in a terminal. It downloads two text files, each named SKILL.md, and runs nothing.
Mac, Linux or WSL
curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o ~/.claude/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md https://monmouthaiteaching.com/learnai/tools/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md -o ~/.claude/skills/grilling/SKILL.md https://monmouthaiteaching.com/learnai/tools/skills/grilling/SKILL.mdWindows (PowerShell; in CMD, type powershell first)
ni -ItemType Directory -Force "$HOME\.claude\skills\grill-me","$HOME\.claude\skills\grilling" | Out-Null; iwr -UseBasicParsing https://monmouthaiteaching.com/learnai/tools/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md -OutFile "$HOME\.claude\skills\grill-me\SKILL.md"; iwr -UseBasicParsing https://monmouthaiteaching.com/learnai/tools/skills/grilling/SKILL.md -OutFile "$HOME\.claude\skills\grilling\SKILL.md"Open either link in a browser to read the file first. grill-me/SKILL.md grilling/SKILL.md They are Matt Pocock’s grill-me and grilling skills (MIT), unchanged.
Check: ls ~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md (Mac, Linux or WSL) or dir $HOME\.claude\skills\*\SKILL.md (Windows PowerShell) should list grill-me and grilling.
A skill is just instructions in a text file. You installed it by putting two files where Claude Code looks; nothing ran on your computer.
Why this leads forwardNext: your Draft 1 in a file, and Claude Code in plan mode.
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YOUR PITCH: Draft 1 → feedback → your rewrite
Put Draft 1 in a file.
Six minutes: type Draft 1 exactly as written, typos and all, into draft1.md, but replace any name or private detail with [removed]. Retyping reminds you what you argued; don’t fix anything yet. Not done? Save what you have; grill that part.
Your Draft 1 is Tuesday’s pitch about a problem you’ve lived: 200–300 words on page 3 of your sheet. Missed Tuesday? Write a short one now, without AI, and mark it “written Thursday”.
- In a terminal, make and enter a folder:
mkdir topic4and thencd topic4. - Create a file named
draft1.mdand type into it.- Mac:
touch draft1.md && open -e draft1.md. If TextEdit shows formatting, use Format → Make Plain Text. - Windows:
notepad draft1.md. - Linux or WSL:
nano draft1.md. - Save it.
- Mac:
Typed as written, the grill questions will be about what you actually wrote. Cleaning it up first would be revising before anyone asked. Tuesday’s sheet stays your Draft 1 for the packet.
Why this leads forwardNext: privacy first, then plan mode.
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YOUR PITCH: Draft 1 → feedback → your rewrite
Start Claude Code in plan mode.
Two minutes, in the same topic4 folder: read the privacy line, then start Claude Code.
- Privacy: Claude Code sends your draft to Anthropic through your account, so use only your own, non-private draft.
- Start Claude Code in plan mode, in the same folder:
claude --permission-mode plan.
No laptop, no Claude Code, or it won’t start? Use the six questions on page 2 of your Tuesday sheet (the coach card): read each one against your Draft 1, then pick three the same way. Same credit.
Plan mode is Week 2’s permission lesson doing Topic 4’s job: the tool can read your draft and ask, but it cannot rewrite it.
Why this leads forwardNext: one round of questions, and only questions.
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YOUR PITCH: Draft 1 → feedback → your rewrite
grill-me asks about your Draft 1. You pick three.
Ten minutes: paste the command, read its questions, then pick three and write them on page 2 of your Meeting 2 sheet.
/grill-me My pitch is in draft1.md. Ask where a reader gets lost, what isn't supported, and whether my ask is clear. Questions only: no recommended answers, and never write or rewrite my sentences.It replies with a list of questions about your draft. Plan mode: it can’t change your file.
While it thinks: see what Sam’s questions looked like.
SAM’S QUESTIONS synthetic, from the packet’s example
- “Where does your evidence come from? Did you count those posts yourself…?”
- “Is your ask one request or two?…”
- “Who is your reader?…”
Before you pick: find your ★ on Tuesday’s page 3. A question that points there is a strong one to act on.
PICK THREE, ONE OF EACH
- ACT ON change it as asked. Sam: “I counted” the posts.
- ADAPT real problem, your own fix. Sam: one request; Sam shares the list.
- SET ASIDE not your reader or facts; say why. Sam: keeps the front desk.
If it recommends an answer anyway: that is Case 1, an idea to check, not a fact to use. If it asks to proceed with a plan: choose No; Yes ends plan mode. No laptop? Use the coach card’s six questions on your own; you pick three the same way.
The questions are its work; the answers and the rewrite are yours. Nothing from the chat goes into your pitch.
Why this leads forwardNext: rewrite, in your own words, where the questions point.
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YOUR PITCH: Draft 1 → feedback → your rewrite
Rewrite where the questions point.
Ten minutes, in your editor: revise draft1.md into your final pitch, in your own words, starting where the questions point or at your ★. Then log your three questions on the sheet.
The three-row log, on your Meeting 2 sheet and in packet Part 4:
- ACT ON: the question, the sentence you wrote, and why.
- ADAPT: the question, what you did instead, and why.
- SET ASIDE: the question, and why it does not fit your reader or your facts.
One Before/After/Why: a sentence from Draft 1, your new sentence, and why it reads better for this reader.
The check: Every sentence is mine; nothing came from the chat.
That log is packet Part 4, and the Before/After/Why is Part 6. You have already done most of the packet.
Why this leads forwardNext: the six parts, and what goes in each.
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Assemble one Reviewable Revision Packet.
The packet grades revision judgment and evidence preservation, not access to a particular product.
PARTS 1–2 · FRAMEPermission and privacy; Plan and Draft 1 ← the privacy line, Tuesday’s sheet
PARTS 3–4 · DECIDEFinal pitch; Feedback log ← draft1.md, the revise step
PART 5 · ACCOUNTVerification, disclosure, defense ← Cases 1 and 3; the defense is new
PART 6 · EXPLAINBefore / After / Why ← the revise step
ONE REVIEWABLE PDF
Make one PDF, then upload it
1. Parts 1–6 in the order shown, in one PDF: Lastname-Topic04-RevisionPacket.pdf.
2. Typed: fill in the packet page, then “Print or save as PDF”. With photos of Tuesday’s sheet: build Parts 1–6 in a Google Doc or Word file, paste the photos into Part 2, and export one PDF.
3. Upload that one PDF on eCampus before Topic 5.
Required once: Part 4 is the feedback log. Do not duplicate it in another section.
Never include: credentials, full private chat history, protected source material, account screens, or device evidence.
Why this leads forwardNext: what is graded, and what is practice.
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What is due, and what is practice?
Use the eCampus calendar for the exact due date, time, timezone, and late/resubmission rules.
Exit check: Write the one question you set aside and the reason you gave.
Do not confuse the routes: submit only the packet through eCampus. Use the separate lab to improve your process; self-critique is not proof that an answer is correct.
Why this leads forwardThe improvement lab rehearses contract, verification, stopping, handoff, and persistence. Topic 5 then applies the same evidence discipline to Data and Excel workflows.
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