The 5-Minute Conferencing Outline tool helps teachers quickly generate a focused, personalized discussion plan based on a student’s work. It’s perfect for guiding brief writing conferences, targeted feedback sessions, or revision check-ins.
What Can the 5-Minute Conferencing Outline Do?
The Conferencing Outline Generator:
Creates a concise, structured conversation guide based on student work and instructional goals
Helps target key revision areas like structure, grammar, or use of evidence
Supports conferences across content areas and grade levels
Allows file uploads to save time and ensure context is preserved
Gives you a quick and clear script to use during your student conference
This tool is ideal for writing workshop feedback, reteaching moments, or progress monitoring.
Using the Tool
Select the student’s Grade Level to help tailor the instructional language and goals.
Enter the Subject area the assignment falls under so the AI can better understand the context.
Choose how long your conference will be. Note: This tool works best for quick check-ins, like 5-minute discussions.
Type or paste the Assignment Description or writing prompt the student responded to.
Example: Students wrote a narrative about a time they had to make a difficult choice.
Include any instructional goals or areas of focus for the conversation in Instructional Focus. You can mention rubric categories or specific revision needs.
Example: Focus on elaborating on the main event and using transitions between paragraphs.
(Recommended) Paste or upload the Student’s Work so the tool can generate specific, actionable discussion points.
Click Generate and the tool will create a discussion outline that you can follow during your one-on-one conference with the student.
💡 Tip! Use specific language in the instructional focus box—mention grammar skills, writing standards, or rubric terms to guide more targeted feedback. This makes the outline more useful and personalized.
What’s Next?
Review the outline and adjust language or questions to match your tone and student needs.
Use it during your conference to keep the discussion focused and effective.
Ask HMH Assist to revise the outline, simplify it for younger students, or translate it into another language.
Save the outline to document progress or share with families as part of your feedback process.