Blank-page planning is the slow part of teaching prep. The ideas are usually there. What takes the evening is turning them into a quiz, a rubric, and a lesson plan that a substitute could follow. TeachAny is a set of AI tools aimed at that paperwork: quizzes, rubrics, lesson plans, and other classroom materials.
How I use it without handing over the class
I treat the tool as a first draft, not as the teacher.
- Write the learning goal in one sentence before opening anything. Example: students can explain why a loop stops.
- Ask for a short quiz that checks that goal, with a mix of recall and one applied question.
- Read every item. Delete anything that tests trivia the lesson never taught.
- Generate a rubric only after the quiz is stable, so the criteria match the actual task.
- Build the lesson plan last: opener, the worked example, practice, and a check for understanding.
What to keep an eye on
- Answer keys can be confidently wrong. I solve the quiz myself before I print it.
- Reading level drifts. A prompt for a middle grade sometimes comes back sounding like a textbook for adults. I rewrite the stems in the words I would say out loud.
- Rubrics love vague rows like "shows understanding." I replace those with something a student can see, such as "labels the stopping condition of the loop."
A small set of materials is enough
For one lesson I usually leave with four things: a five-question quiz, an answer key I verified, a four-row rubric, and a one-page plan. TeachAny gets me to that pile quickly. The part I do not skip is the edit. Students notice a wrong key faster than any other mistake in the packet.
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