How to Turn Online Articles into Classroom-Ready Worksheets with AI

In today’s fast-paced digital classroom, teachers are constantly on the lookout for smarter, faster ways to create engaging learning materials. One of the most exciting developments in education technology is the ability to AI-generate worksheets from any online article or website. Whether you're transforming a news story into a reading comprehension activity or turning a blog post into discussion questions, AI tools can save you hours of prep time while elevating your lesson plans. At TeachShare, we’re proud to offer the most intuitive and powerful solution for this exact task, designed specifically with teachers in mind. But we won’t stop there; in this article, we’ll also show you how to accomplish the same thing using other popular AI chatbots, so you can choose the method that works best for your classroom. Let’s dive in and transform how you create resources!

Why Use AI for Worksheet Creation?

AI worksheet generators can save you hours of prep work. Rather than starting from a blank page, you can simply share the link to an online article or website and let AI help you create engaging, standards-aligned worksheets in the blink of an eye.

Option 1: TeachShare – The Simplest Way to Create Worksheets from Online Articles

TeachShare was designed specifically for teachers. It’s not just an AI chatbot, it’s a complete AI worksheet creation platform built with teachers’ real-world needs in mind (so not your typical AI chatbot)

How TeachShare Works:

1. Open TeachShare and click on "Create any resource."

   
   

   

   
   

2. Add your online article or website: Click on Source and select Website Link to input any online article or webpage you want to turn into a worksheet.

   
   

   

   
   

3. Worksheet Creation: Enter the topic you want to cover in your worksheet in the prompt-box (P.S. don't worry about the details, TeachShare has an Enhance my Request feature which rewrites your prompt in a super comprehensive manner just by clicking the "Tab" key.

   
   

   

   
   

4. Customization: Personalize your worksheet with TeachShare’s easy-to-use customization options:

   • Grade: Choose your target grade level to automatically adjust language and question complexity.

   • Standards: Align your worksheet with curriculum standards for easy planning and reporting.

   • Boosts: Add instructional supports like Scaffolding, Inquiry, or Discourse to enhance engagement, differentiation, and deeper learning.

   • Lesson Phase: Choose the phase of the lesson you are using the worksheet in Introduce, Practice, Review, Assess and even your own custom lesson phase

5. Click the arrow to generate your worksheet!

Making Edits

After TeachShare generates your worksheet, in the Options Panel, you can:

• Modify questions or activities

• Adjust reading complexity

• Add additional tasks or outcomes

• Switch instructional supports (Boosts)

  
  

  

  
  

You can also use TeachShare’s built-in Chat feature to:

• Request edits, extra activities, or adjustments

• Revise tone, question types, or formats

• Generate differentiated versions of your worksheet from the same article to support various learning levels, all without starting over

  
  

  

  
  

Plus, you can track every version and return to previous ones at any time, making TeachShare the most flexible and teacher-friendly worksheet creator from online articles.

Get a Ready-to-Use Teacher Guide

TeachShare automatically creates a Teacher Guide with answer keys, time estimates, differentiation strategies, and teaching tips (this is a total life-saver, trust me!)

Export and Assign Your Worksheet:

Share your worksheet in the way that works for you:

• Assign digitally with auto-grading

• Post directly to Google Classroom

• Download as PDF for print or offline use

  
  

  

  
  

And just like that, you’ve quickly created classroom-ready worksheets from any online article or website using TeachShare.

Option 2: Using General Chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini

You can also use popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini to assist with worksheet creation. While these tools can be powerful, they have limitations when it comes to classroom-ready worksheet output (limitations you can avoid when using TeachShare)

Pros:

• Available anytime, anywhere

• Can brainstorm worksheet ideas and activities

• Free or low-cost access

Cons:

• Requires detailed and specific prompting

• Lacks built-in scaffolding or differentiation tools

• Does not format output as polished worksheets

• No built-in answer keys or standards alignment

• Can require a lot of back-and-forth to refine the output

  
  

Quick guide to get started using these tools:

1. Prepare Your Article or Website: Copy the text or ensure you have the link ready.

2. Paste or Upload Content: Open your AI chatbot of choice. If supported, upload the website/link or paste it directly into the chat.

3. Use Clear, Targeted Prompts: Try prompts like:

   • “Create a worksheet for middle school students based on this article.”

   • “Generate comprehension questions and vocabulary activities from this content.”

   • “Summarize the article and create a discussion guide.”

   • “Design a critical thinking activity based on this news article.”

   • “Make a worksheet with an answer key from this reading.”

4. Review and Edit: Carefully review the generated content to ensure it meets your goals and your students' needs. Make any needed adjustments.

5. Save and Reuse: Save your worksheet in your preferred format and adapt it easily by adjusting your prompts next time.

Ready to Save Hours on Worksheet Creation?

With TeachShare, you can instantly turn any article or website into polished, student-ready worksheets complete with teacher guides and supports in just a few clicks. Try TeachShare today and experience how easy and stress-free worksheet creation can be.