Differentiated Instruction Generator for High School Teachers
Create differentiated lessons for struggling readers, ELLs, and advanced learners instantly
What You Can Do
You can rapidly create multiple versions of the same lesson at different cognitive complexity levels, with customized scaffolding strategies for struggling readers, English language learners, and advanced students. Claude generates aligned materials including simplified texts, guided notes, vocabulary supports, extension activities, and assessment variations—all tied to your content standard—saving hours of differentiation planning while ensuring equitable access across your classroom.
Features
Automatically generates simplified, grade-level, and advanced versions of the same instructional material
Builds in guided notes templates, vocabulary supports, sentence frames, and step-by-step breakdowns for struggling learners
Creates cognate connections, language objective callouts, visual supports, and reduced linguistic load variations
Organizes tiered materials into coherent sequences with clear entry and exit points for each learner group
Generates aligned formative and summative assessments matched to each complexity level with modified response formats
Includes text-to-speech considerations, high-contrast formatting notes, and alternative modality suggestions
Maintains explicit connections to your state/national content standards across all differentiated versions
Example Output
Example 1: Literature Analysis Lesson
- Struggling Reader Version: Highlighted text excerpt (250 words), word bank with definitions, guided questions with sentence starters ("The author shows... by...")
- Grade-Level Version: Full text passage (800 words), close reading questions requiring textual evidence, vocabulary in context
- Advanced Version: Complete chapter excerpt, synthesis questions comparing author's techniques across multiple texts, independent research extension
Example 2: Biology Concept Lesson
- Simplified: Labeled diagram with color-coded parts, 3-word definition, fill-in-the-blank notes
- Standard: Detailed explanation with embedded formative checks, compare/contrast graphic organizer
- Advanced: Peer-reviewed article excerpt, analysis of experimental design, extension to related biological concepts
Example 3: Assessment Materials
- Struggling learners: Multiple choice with visual supports, extended time accommodation note
- Grade-level: Short answer with rubric
- Advanced: Open-ended problem-solving with sub-questions
What's Included
- SKILL.md instruction file with core workflow and prompt templates:
- Differentiation Planning Template: worksheet to define your content standard, learner groups, and success criteria
- Complexity Level Framework: guidelines for translating grade-level content into simplified, standard, and advanced versions
- Scaffolding Strategy Checklist: vocabulary support, guided notes, sentence frames, and visual aid options by learner type
- Tiered Assessment Bundle: templates for creating aligned assessments across three complexity levels
Who It's For
- High school English/Language Arts teachers managing mixed reading levels and ELL students in the same classroom
- Content-area teachers (science, social studies, math) working with inclusion students and advanced learners
- Special education specialists collaborating with general education teachers on co-taught courses
- ELL/ESL teachers differentiating academic content for students at varying English proficiency levels
- Instructional coaches supporting teachers in implementing differentiation at scale
Best For
- Rapid lesson material differentiation when you have limited prep time
- Creating scaffolded learning pathways aligned to content standards
- Generating accessible versions for students with documented IEP/504 modifications
- Building ELL-specific supports including language objectives and cognate bridges
- Designing tiered assessments that measure the same standard at different complexity levels
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Design complete differentiated lesson materials in minutes instead of hours. You provide your topic, learning objective, and student assessment data, and Claude generates three distinct content versions (below grade level, on grade level, advanced), scaffolded readings with adjusted vocabulary and complexity, tiered assignments with differentiated success criteria, and targeted intervention strategies for struggling learners. Every material maintains academic rigor while meeting students where they actually are.
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