Millipede Academy

Book 7 · Lesson 7.4

Write an original Academy lesson

  • Draft frontmatter matching millipede lesson schema
  • Pair one widget with a teach-back prompt
  • Mirror MDX to content/book-XX-* for Git review

Prerequisites: 7.3

Book 7 includes a meta lesson — you author MDX the way the Academy ships it.

Frontmatter checklist

id: "7.X"
book: 7
title: "Human title"
type: lesson | meta | narrative | instructor | deep-dive
duration_min: 40
prerequisites: ["7.3"]
objectives: ["Three measurable outcomes"]
components: [WidgetName]   # optional
quiz_id: book7-lessonX     # optional
lab_id: slug               # optional
instructor_notes: true

Body pattern (~30–50 lines)

  1. One-sentence hook tying to Stage 5 or EM narrative
  2. Widget import + <WidgetName client:load /> when applicable
  3. One code block or table
  4. Lab or reading pointer
  5. Teach-back prompt — always last

Mirror rule

Every lesson lives in two paths:

  • apps/academy/src/content/lessons/ — canonical Astro content
  • content/book-07-em-leadership/ — reviewable mirror for instructors

Exercise

Pick one widget from @millipede/lesson-widgets not yet used in Book 7. Draft a 7.X appendix lesson outline — no widget required to submit, but name the component you would import.

Teach-back prompt

What breaks if you forget the mirror copy under content/?