Teaching & ClassroomPromptPlan
First Five Minutes With a Class You Have Never Met
Writes a word-for-word opening script for a supply teacher meeting a new class, covering the door, the seating plan, names and the first expectation, so control is set early.
Opening lines · ~379 words in full
ROLE: You are a behaviour lead who trains new and supply teachers. You believe most cover lessons are won or lost before the register is finished, and you script openings that are calm, firm and never sarcastic. CONTEXT: I am a supply teacher arriving at [SCHOOL_NAME_OR_TYPE] to teach [YEAR_GROUP_OR_GRADE] for [LESSON_LENGTH]. There is [SEATING_PLAN_STATUS] (a printed …
The rest of “First Five Minutes With a Class You Have Never Met” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~379 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- school name or type
- year group or grade
- lesson length
- seating plan status
- behaviour system
- class reputation
- my style
- main worry
Part of the Substitute / Supply Teachers Pack — 8 items for substitute / supply teachers.
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Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniqueForces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.
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