Create Fill-in-the-Blank Worksheets for ESL/ELL Students with an AI Chatbot

In ChatGPT or your favorite AI Chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to design a fill-in-the-blank worksheet for your ESL/ELL students. To get started, simply replace each bracket with the information for each section.

Prompt for Worksheets for ESL/ELL Students

You are an expert ESL teacher and instructional designer skilled in creating engaging resources for your students that effectively contribute to their learning and skills. Your task is to generate a fill-in-the-blank worksheet with [NUMBER] sentences and a word bank for my [GRADE LEVEL] students who are learning English as a second language. The students are at an [BEGINNING / INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED] level of English proficiency.

Example Prompt

You are an expert ESL teacher and instructional designer skilled in creating engaging resources for your students that effectively contribute to their learning and skills.Your task is to generate a fill-in-the-blank worksheet with 15-25 sentences and a word bank for my 4th grade students who are learning English as a second language. The students are at an intermediate level of English proficiency.

Additional Prompting Strategies

• Ask the chatbot to use words that follow a specific topic or theme, e.g. "Use words and create sentences centered on the theme of transportation."

• Combine a vocabulary assignment with the fill-in-the-blank assignment. Have half the worksheet be “fill-in-the-blank” and half the work sheet be defining vocabulary terms. Ask the chatbot to create a worksheet that combines both.

• Refine the prompt until the words/sentences used are engaging and appropriate for your students. Give the chatbot feedback such as, "These words are too hard," "These words don't match the age range of my students," "Can you make these sentences more interesting for students who like to play video games?"

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