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Lesson Planner: Your book, ready for Monday's class.
A teacher finishes your book and loves it, then looks at the week ahead. There is no room to build a lesson from scratch, and a book that arrives ready to teach feels like the easier yes. Picture handing her a lesson she can use on Monday, made from your own story.
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You hand a teacher, a librarian, or a homeschool parent a lesson that is ready to teach.
Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.
What changes
Be the book that comes ready to teach.
Give teachers a reason to assign your book instead of recommending it. A teacher who loves your book still has a full week to plan, and a lesson in her hands makes saying yes cost her nothing. Picture her reaching for your book again next fall.
A yes that costs her nothing
A teacher who loves your book does not have to give up a weekend to build its lesson. She can say yes today, and your book becomes the easy one to teach.
No teaching degree required
You wrote a book, not a teacher's guide, and building a lesson from nothing is a job most authors were never trained to do. You can hand over a lesson laid out the way a teacher plans, and stop feeling out of your depth.
The right voice for the room
The questions that open up a sixth-grade discussion fall flat with tenth graders. You choose the grade, so the students in front of the teacher hear questions pitched at their age.
Your hopes for the lesson
You decide what students take away from your story. Say so when you start, and you hand over a lesson with your aim in it.
Students inside your story
You see your own story at the center of the class, not a worksheet that could belong to any book.
Where it helps
Ready for the next time someone asks.
These are the moments when a lesson in your hand changes the conversation.
When a teacher says she loves your book
Skip the pause that follows. Say you have a lesson, hand it over, and let her change whatever she likes.
When a homeschool parent picks up your book
A parent at your table asks how it fits her week. You hand her a lesson for her child's grade, and she leaves with something to use at home.
Before you pitch a school, district, or co-op
Arrive with the book and a lesson together, so the people deciding can picture your story in a classroom.
After a school visit
Leave a lesson with the teacher, so your book keeps working after you have gone.
When a librarian plans a program for young readers
Give her a lesson she can run with a group, so she does not have to build one around your book herself.
While you update your website
Put a lesson on an educator page, so a teacher who finds you leaves with something to teach.
Before launch day
A finished manuscript is enough, so the lesson is waiting when the first invitation arrives.
When the next book comes out
Give each book its own lesson, so your whole shelf is ready to teach and not only the newest title.
Authors who tried it.
You want to know it works for someone else. These two authors shared what happened when they tried it, including the editing one of them still did.
“I loved it... First I asked for a lesson plan for 7th grade and then I asked whether that kind of lesson was better suited to high school. When it answered yes, I then requested lesson plans for high school. It was really fun working with it.”
“I just did lesson plans for Relentless Obedience. As can be expected, it needed some editing. I totally redid the formatting. ... The tool was unbelievably helpful in drawing up ideas.”
Bring your book and pick a grade.
You bring
Your manuscript as one file, the grade the lesson is for (anywhere from kindergarten to college), your book's genre, and a few words on what you hope students take away.
Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.
You get
A formatted classroom lesson built around your book for one class session, ready to copy into a Word document and share with a teacher or homeschool parent. You can ask for changes in the chat, or run it again for another grade or goal.
Lesson Planner does not align lessons to state, national, or any other curriculum standards. It writes one lesson at a time, as text with headings and no finished design. It is an AI first draft, so read it against your book and edit it before you hand it over.
Lesson plan questions, answered.
What is Lesson Planner?
Lesson Planner helps you hand a teacher, a librarian, or a homeschool parent a lesson that is ready to teach from your book. It is made for authors who want teachers, librarians, and homeschool parents to be able to teach their books.
Who is Lesson Planner for?
It is for authors, indie or traditionally published, whose books a teacher, librarian, or homeschool parent could teach, from kindergarten classes to college courses. Whether you wrote fiction or nonfiction, you do not need a teaching background.
How do I make a lesson plan for my book?
You do not need a teaching degree or a free weekend. You start with a first draft, then ask for changes in the chat until the lesson sounds like you.
Do I need to be a teacher to use it?
No. Most authors have never written a lesson plan and do not have to learn. You hand over a lesson the teacher can adjust to their own class.
Will it match my state's standards?
Teachers plan around their own standards, so this is a fair worry. Lesson Planner does not align lessons to state or national standards, and a teacher who needs standards codes can add them.
What grade levels does it cover?
Everything from kindergarten to college. You can make a lesson for a younger class and another for an older one from the same book.
Can I use it for a school visit?
A lesson is for the teacher who teaches your book without you, so it fits the days before and after a visit. For what you do with students while you are in the room, use Classroom Activity Planner.
Can homeschool parents use it?
Yes, and it makes a warm offer at a homeschool event. You can run a lesson for the grade a parent names and hand it over, so she leaves with something to use at home.
Does it work for nonfiction books?
Yes. You can hand over a lesson whether you wrote fiction or nonfiction. Read it against your book to be sure the facts and terms are right.
What if my book is for adults?
Choose College and say what you hope students take away. Lesson Planner suits classrooms best, so for an adult book club or study group, Discussion Guide Builder may fit better.
Can I make more than one lesson from my book?
Yes. Run it again with a different grade or goal, or ask for changes in the chat. You can build a small collection of lessons for different classes.
Is the lesson ready to hand over as it is?
Treat it as a strong first draft, not a finished document. It is written by AI, so read it against your book, fix anything that is off, and make it sound like you before a teacher sees it.
Can it write a teacher's guide or educator guide for my book?
One lesson at a time is the heart of a teacher's guide. You can run it again for other grades or goals, then gather the lessons on an educator page or in a download of your own.
Does it also write quizzes or discussion guides?
You will not get a separate quiz or discussion guide from it. For a quiz to hand to teachers, use Quiz Maker. For a full discussion guide, use Discussion Guide Builder.
Will a lesson plan get my book adopted by a school?
No tool can promise that. You hand over something ready to teach, and the teacher, the school, and the district decide the rest.
Can I use it before my book is published?
Yes. A finished manuscript is enough, so your lesson is waiting when the first teacher or librarian asks. If you revise the book later, run it again so the lesson matches the final text.
Is there a limit on how long my book can be?
Yes. The form has a size limit, so a very long manuscript may not go through. If yours does not, ask in the Novel Marketing community.
Is my manuscript private?
Yes. Author Media does not store, track, or view anything you post to this tool. The tools reach each AI through its business API with privacy set to the maximum, so the AI companies do not train on your words.
How much does it cost?
Lesson Planner is included with any Novel Marketing Patreon membership of $10 per month or more. That membership also unlocks more than 80 other author tools in the Patron Toolbox. AI tool use draws from your membership's credit balance, and the amount used varies with the request.
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Build the whole classroom kit.
When you visit the school
Classroom Activity PlannerPlan what you do with the class while you are in the room. The lesson is for the teacher who teaches your book without you.
When a teacher wants a reading check
Quiz MakerGive the teacher a quiz to go with the lesson.
For talk after the reading
Discussion Guide BuilderDraft a discussion guide for classes, libraries, and book clubs.
For the youngest readers
Coloring Page MakerTurn a scene from your book into a coloring page to go with the lesson for early grades.
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