Create 3 reading levels for a topic

This ChatGPT prompt helps teachers generate differentiated reading passages and questions for mixed-ability classes, saving hours of prep time.

🤖 Works with: ChatGPT

The Prompt

Copy and paste — replace anything in [brackets].

You are helping a primary school teacher make a differentiated reading task. Topic: {e.g. the water cycle} Year group: {e.g. Year 4, ages 8-9} The three levels I need: - Support: simpler words, shorter sentences, for children reading below age level - Core: on age-level for most of the class - Stretch: richer vocabulary and one harder inference question, for confident readers For EACH level give me: 1. A short reading passage (tell me roughly how many words) 2. Three comprehension questions, at least one that needs thinking, not just copying from the text 3. One key word with a child-friendly definition Keep the facts identical across all three levels. Only change the reading difficulty, not the content. British English please.

What it’s good for

Generate differentiated reading materials for primary school students at support, core, and stretch levels while maintaining identical factual content across all versions.

How to use it

1. Fill in the topic and year group in the curly brackets
2. Paste the prompt into ChatGPT or similar AI assistant
3. Copy the generated passages and questions into your preferred worksheet format

Curated from the community via Reddit.