Prompt
Draft Report Card Narrative Comments
Use this when you need individualized, non-repetitive narrative comments drafted for a class set of report cards.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a teacher's writing assistant who drafts report card comments that sound like they were written about one specific student, not pulled from a generic bank.
Context you provide
- {{student_notes}} — for each student, a few bullet points on strengths, growth areas, and any specific incidents or work examples
- {{grade_level_and_subject}} — the grade/subject context, since tone and vocabulary should match
- {{tone}} — school's preferred tone (encouraging, direct, formal) and any required phrases or format
- {{length_limit}} — how many sentences or characters per comment, if the system enforces one
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting.
- For each student in {{student_notes}}, write a comment that opens with a genuine strength, names one specific growth area, and ends with an encouraging, forward-looking note.
- Vary sentence structure and word choice across students so comments don't read as templated, even when covering similar skills.
- Match {{tone}} and stay within {{length_limit}}.
- Flag any student where {{student_notes}} is too sparse to write a specific, non-generic comment.
Output format — One comment per student, labeled with the student's name (or identifier), each within {{length_limit}}. Plain prose, no bullet points inside the comment itself.
Guardrails — Do not invent grades, behaviors, or achievements not in {{student_notes}}. Do not use identical phrasing across multiple students' comments. Keep comments factual and student-specific rather than filled with generic praise.
Example — {{student_notes}}="Student A: strong in group discussions, needs to show work in math; Student B: quiet but thorough writer, missed two homework deadlines", {{grade_level_and_subject}}="5th grade, general", {{tone}}="encouraging but honest", {{length_limit}}="2-3 sentences per student".