Exit Ticket: Video and Instructions

Purpose: To get a quick assessment of student learning and help learners apply skills outside the classroom.

Prep Time: 5 minutes (to decide on task)

Materials Needed: None

Procedure:

1. Decide what you want to accomplish with this activity. Some possibilities:
   • Find out how learners feel about their own understanding of the day’s lesson.
   • Help learners plan how to practice the lesson content outside the classroom.
   • Assess learners’ ability to read, write, or say something related to the lesson.
2. Choose a task you will have each learner do before they leave. It should be something simple and something they’ve already covered in class that day. It should take a minute or less for them to complete.
3. Stand at the door and ask each person to perform the task before they leave the classroom:

• Read a word from a stack of flashcards.
• Answer a simple question that you ask.
• “Tell me what you’re going to do after school.”
• “Tell me one thing you learned today.”
• Write a sentence about _____ on a note card.
• “How well did you understand class today: very well, so-so, a little?”
• “Name one place you’re going to speak English this weekend.”
• “Name one way you’re going to study English tonight.”

Watch a video of this activity and print a PDF of the instructions.