QR Challenge: Questions: Hiker story...

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. What effect does the word "blunt" have in the first paragraph?
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3. How many days was Aaron Ralston stuck in the canyon?
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5. In the first paragraph what adjective is used to describe the boulder that trapped Ralston? Why was this adjective used?
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7. Why does the article tell us that Ralston was a 'seasoned climber and outdoorsman'?
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9. What language techniques are used in paragraph 3 to capture the dramatic and terrible nature of Ralston's situation?
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11. What made rescuing Ralston particularly hard?
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13. What does Ralston history of 'adventures' tell us about the kind of person he is? Describe his character in some detail (3-7 lines) using evidence from the text.
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15. What does the word "precedent" mean?
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17. How is Bill Jeracki's story similar to Ralston's? WHOSE story is more astounding and why? Justify your answer.

 

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