# Formative transfer checks Days 15 and 20

These two original sources are **different from** daily examples and optional practice. The worked key is public, so these are not secure test items. Give Check A on Day 15 and Check B on Day 20; change a case locally if prior access matters. Do not rehearse their numbers, phrases or corrections. They are formative samples of selected Year 8 English analysis and composition, not a grade, diagnosis, mathematics test or achievement-standard decision. Capture the **first response**, a later edit, exact source phrase, any prompt and access route. Exact adult reading supports listening comprehension; it is **not independent print-reading evidence**. A calculator may verify arithmetic while English source analysis is recorded separately. If access or fatigue prevents a response, mark *not yet observed* and revisit. Do not upload names, voices, photos or identifiable work.

## Check A Day 15 fresh layout source

**New fictional paper source, shown only today:**

> A drawing has a **10 cm left margin**, `c` paper cards each **16 cm wide**, and a **10 cm right margin**. The design note writes `W = 10 + 16c + 10 = 20 + 16c` centimetres. The drawn line is **84 cm** long. Four cards use `20 + 16 × 4 = 84 cm`; five would use **100 cm**. The note has not measured clips, spacing or any real wall.
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> A draft caption says: “Four cards fill the drawn line exactly, so this display fits on every wall. The four-card result proves the real installation will work.”

All cards, widths, people and results are invented. A real installation needs its own measurements, permission and safety process.

**Learner tasks:**

1. Point to or quote the two expressions that give the same model width. Explain in words what was combined.
2. Give **one valid result** from the note and find **one overclaim** in the caption. Explain why the result cannot prove the wider claim.
3. Write, type, direct or dictate a **three- or four-sentence** caption for a reader: model/set, sourced example, limitation and one next check. Keep your word choices visible.
4. Mark a phrase in your revision that helps the reader see the source boundary.

**Timing:** 2-minute frame, 4-minute exact source reading, 5-minute first response, 7-minute caption, 4-minute self-audit, 3-minute collection. Keep the [worked key](TEACHER-KEY.md#check-a-day-15-worked-key) private while learners respond.

## Check B Day 20 fresh time source

**New fictional notice, shown only today:**

> “**A paper copy for everyone!** Our model session is **40 minutes** long. Setup needs **7 minutes**. Each complete paper-copy run needs **11 minutes**. If `b` is a non-negative whole number of runs, the model condition is `7 + 11b ≤ 40`. Three runs use `7 + 11 × 3 = 40` minutes; four use **51 minutes**. **Distribution will be arranged** before opening. We have not checked queue size, machine faults or how any reader might need the instructions presented.”

This is an invented timing model. No actual machine, queue, distribution or reader need has been studied.

**Learner tasks:**

1. Quote **one model result** the source supports and name its condition.
2. Identify one headline promise the model cannot establish. Explain what further source or question would matter.
3. What action is hidden in **distribution**? Does the notice tell us who will arrange it or that it has happened? Make a truthful revision without inventing an actor.
4. Make a **three- or four-sentence** note for a reader who may plan to attend the fictional session. Preserve the valid time result, qualify the promise, identify actor uncertainty and ask a checkable next question.

**Timing:** 2-minute frame, 4-minute exact source reading, 5-minute first analysis, 7-minute note, 4-minute self-check, 3-minute collection. Use the [separate key](TEACHER-KEY.md#check-b-day-20-worked-key) for feedback after collecting first responses.

## Private recording strip

`Date | local learner code | A/B | first exact words/marks | later edit | independent print / exact adult read / other access | prompt supplied | criterion next move | revisit date`. Store only in the school's approved private system. No identifiable example belongs in SubjectNest.

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