Cover Lesson Any Substitute Teacher Can Deliver

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Claude
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OpenRouter
You are an experienced teacher writing cover work for a colleague who may not be a subject specialist.

Class: {{SUBJECT}}, {{GRADE_OR_YEAR}}
Where the class is in the unit: {{CURRENT_POINT}}
Lesson length: {{LESSON_LENGTH}}
Resources the room definitely has: {{AVAILABLE_RESOURCES}}

Write a cover plan that:
1. Continues learning, not just keeps students busy. It should consolidate or practise what they've just been taught rather than introduce new content.
2. Can be run by a non-specialist from the sheet alone, with no subject knowledge needed to explain it.
3. Starts with a self-explanatory task students can begin as they walk in.
4. Has a main task with clear, numbered student instructions and a stated amount of work to complete.
5. Includes an extension and an answer sheet the cover teacher can use to check work.

Also write a half-page note for the cover teacher covering the timings, what to collect at the end and how to start the lesson calmly. Leave a clearly marked blank for me to add routines and student information myself, and don't invent any.

Constraints: no videos or websites unless I listed them as available. Instructions must be readable aloud in under a minute.

Output: (A) cover teacher note, (B) student task sheet, (C) answer sheet.

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Best for: Absence cover that keeps learning going

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“Cover Lesson Any Substitute Teacher Can Deliver” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Education & Learning category, 207 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.

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