Use AI to Write Emails to Teachers, Coaches, and Adults

End-of-lesson check

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1. What is the primary role of AI when helping you write an email to a teacher or coach?

   1. AI checks your email for spelling and grammar errors only
   2. AI provides a first draft that you then edit and personalize
   3. AI should write the complete email for you to send exactly as-is
   4. AI automatically sends the email once you approve it

2. Why should you read an AI-generated email draft out loud before sending it?

   1. To count the number of words in the email
   2. To hear whether it sounds like your actual voice
   3. To check if the email has correct punctuation
   4. To make sure you didn't forget to add a subject line

3. What does it mean to 'make an AI-generated email sound like you'?

   1. Have a parent review and change the email
   2. Edit the draft to include your personality and details only you would know
   3. Copy the exact words the AI wrote without changes
   4. Add slang and casual language to sound cool

4. A classmate asks AI to write an email to a college coach requesting a visit. The AI produces a perfectly polished, formal email. What should your classmate do before sending it?

   1. Send it immediately since it sounds professional
   2. Rewrite the entire email from scratch without using AI
   3. Add personal details and adjust the tone to sound like their own voice
   4. Ask the coach if it's okay to use AI to write emails

5. Which statement best describes the 'most useful AI skill for teens' mentioned in the lesson?

   1. Creating entire essays without doing any work
   2. Getting unstuck on hard messages you haven't been able to write
   3. Using AI to do homework assignments
   4. Translating emails into different languages

6. Your AI-generated email to a teacher sounds very formal and uses words you never use. What is the best next step?

   1. Report the AI for writing poorly
   2. Delete the email and ask the teacher in person instead
   3. Send it anyway since it gets the point across
   4. Change the words to simpler ones you would actually say

7. What kind of details should you add to an AI draft to make it more genuine?

   1. Random facts about your favorite TV show
   2. Long paragraphs explaining your entire life story
   3. Compliments the AI wrote that you don't really mean
   4. Details only you would know that are relevant to the message

8. Which scenario shows the skill from this lesson being used correctly?

   1. Marcus asks AI for a draft, edits it to sound like himself, and sends the personalized version
   2. Jamila copies an AI email exactly and sends it to her coach
   3. Sofia uses AI to write an email to her counselor, then sends it without reading it
   4. Liam asks AI to write an email but then writes his own without looking at the AI version

9. What problem does using AI to help write emails solve for many teens?

   1. It makes emails more fun to write
   2. It automatically sends emails faster
   3. It guarantees teachers will give extensions
   4. It helps them get started on messages they feel stuck on

10. What is the main reason an AI-written email might sound 'robotic'?

    1. AI uses formal language and generic phrases without personal touches
    2. AI uses too many emojis
    3. AI always makes spelling mistakes
    4. AI writes emails that are too short

11. When emailing a teacher about an extension on an essay, what tone should the message have?

    1. Angry and demanding
    2. Overly dramatic
    3. Casual and fun
    4. Short and polite

12. Your friend says, 'I don't need to edit AI emails because AI writes them perfectly.' Based on the lesson, why is this thinking incorrect?

    1. AI emails are always perfect and need no changes
    2. AI writes emails that are always too short
    3. You should never use AI for email writing
    4. Editing is needed because the email might not sound like you

13. What should you do if an AI draft doesn't sound like your voice after reading it out loud?

    1. Change it until it does sound like you
    2. Stop using AI for email writing
    3. Ask the AI to write it again without telling it to sound like you
    4. Send it anyway since you can't improve it

14. Which email task would be appropriate to use AI for, based on the lesson?

    1. Writing a break-up text to a boyfriend or girlfriend
    2. Complaining to a principal about school lunch
    3. Drafting a respectful message to a coach about missing practice
    4. Gossiping about a classmate

15. What is the benefit of adding a 'detail only you would know' to an AI-generated email?

    1. It makes the email longer
    2. It shows the recipient that you actually wrote it and makes it more personal
    3. It makes the email sound more like it was written by an adult
    4. It confuses the recipient so they respond faster