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Transfer Prompt

A Transfer Prompt checks whether a skill survives a change of material — the same move, applied to something the lesson did not use. TeacherHero generates it for the Exit Ticket phase, which makes it the stricter of the exit checks: recall on the day's own text is not evidence of transfer.

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Exit Ticket: Transfer the Idea of Narrowed Choices

The Exit Ticket phase of a Grade 6 ELA lesson, as TeacherHero generated it. Planned for 4 minutes.

  1. Purpose

    Show independently how the informational text helps explain a new moment in Ada’s decision.

  2. The prompt

    Read the two source reminders. In 2–3 sentences, explain how Source 3’s idea about fear helps you understand Ada’s silence after the woman says she can get off the ferry. Use one short exact phrase from either source reminder and use resolve or obligation accurately.

  3. Success criteria

    • I explain Source 3’s idea about how fear can affect choices.
    • I connect that idea to Ada’s silence and the difficult decision she is weighing.
    • I use one exact phrase from either source reminder.
    • I use resolve or obligation accurately.

  4. Reteach signal

    Reteach if a response only retells Ada’s actions, treats fear as having disappeared, fails to connect Source 3 to Ada’s decision, or misuses resolve or obligation. Begin the next lesson by revisiting the article’s narrowing idea and asking students to identify the article idea, Ada’s choice, and the connecting explanation in separate colors.

Why the coach chose it here — The Transfer Prompt best fits the Grade 6 learning target because it asks students to independently apply the article’s explanation of fear to a new moment in Ada’s decision, rather than repeat the full paragraph written in You Do. It also continues the lesson’s sequence by fading the earlier organizers and sentence frames while keeping the final product’s core thinking: connect both texts and explain a character’s choice. The task uses retrieval practice and spaced practice by revisiting the article’s idea and the prior-lesson term resolve, while informative feedback is supported by a clear reteach signal. Its two- to three-sentence scope is realistic for the exact 4-minute allocation.

Frequently asked questions

Why ask about material the lesson did not cover?

Because a student can often reproduce a move on the exact passage it was modelled on without being able to use it anywhere else. Changing the material is what separates a skill from a memory of one lesson, and it is the harder and more informative check.

When is a transfer prompt the wrong choice?

Early in a sequence, when the move has been modelled once and practised once. Asking for transfer before there is anything to transfer produces a whole class of failed tickets and no usable information. A target check or micro-response fits that day better.

What tells you the class is ready to move on?

The success criteria and the reteach signal generated with the prompt. The criteria say what a passing response contains; the signal names the specific thing that means the modelling did not land. Both are written for that lesson rather than pulled from a bank.

Strategies that pair with it

Correct the Error

Exit Ticket · Revise a misconception and explain the correction.

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Learning Target Check

Exit Ticket · State progress toward the target with evidence.

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Micro-Response

Exit Ticket · Answer one rigorous target-aligned prompt.

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One-Sentence Response

Exit Ticket · Show the target in one precise sentence.

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