QR Challenge: Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Texas Revolution. | Entertain
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2. A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Texas Revolution. | Inform
| 3. An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player. | Inform
| 4. An article where the author argues that watching YOUTUBE is better than listening to music. | Persuade
| 5. A poem about why the IPHONE is the greatest electronic device ever made. | Entertain
| 6. The story of a young athlete who hits a home run to win a championship game. | Entertain
| 7. A medical report describing the effects of not getting enough rest. | Inform
| 8. A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules. | Inform
| 9. A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself. | Entertain
| 10. A pamphlet urging people not to eat fast food or junk food because it is unnecessary. | Persuade
| 11. A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes. | Entertain
| 12. A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts. | Inform
| 13. The story of a young woman who, after learning how to play the piano, became famous and toured the world performing on stage. | Entertain
| 14. Mr. C's speech about how A.R. reading should be practiced everyday. | Persuade
| 15. A poem about "Oakley," a dog who refuses to do his homework, even if his owners give him treats. | Entertain
| 16. A young girl's note to her parents giving reasons why they should buy a puppy. | Persuade |
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_story_about_a_family_trying_to_stick_together_and_survive_through_the_Texas_Revolution.
Question 1 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_section_in_a_history_book_describing_the_conditions_and_causes_of_the_Texas_Revolution.
Question 2 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_instructional_booklet_describing_how_to_operate_an_MP3_player.
Question 3 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_article_where_the_author_argues_that_watching_YOUTUBE_is_better_than_listening_to_music.
Question 4 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_poem_about_why_the_IPHONE_is_the_greatest_electronic_device_ever_made.
Question 5 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_story_of_a_young_athlete_who_hits_a_home_run_to_win_a_championship_game.
Question 6 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_medical_report_describing_the_effects_of_not_getting_enough_rest.
Question 7 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_booklet_containing_the_school_rules_and_the_consequences_for_violating_those_rules.
Question 8 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_story_written_about_a_young_boy_who_moves_to_a_new_school_and_is_bullied,_but_he_gains_self-confidence_by_joining_a_sports_team_and_learns_to_stand_up_for_himself.
Question 9 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_pamphlet_urging_people_not_to_eat_fast_food_or_junk_food_because_it_is_unnecessary.
Question 10 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_book_of_over_1,000_knock-knock_jokes.
Question 11 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_cook_book_containing_recipes_for_making_cakes,_cookies,_and_other_desserts.
Question 12 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_story_of_a_young_woman_who,_after_learning_how_to_play_the_piano,_became_famous_and_toured_the_world_performing_on_stage.
Question 13 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mr._C's_speech_about_how_A.R._reading_should_be_practiced_everyday.
Question 14 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_poem_about_"Oakley,"_a_dog_who_refuses_to_do_his_homework,_even_if_his_owners_give_him_treats.
Question 15 (of 16)
Authors Purpose Scavenger Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_young_girl's_note_to_her_parents_giving_reasons_why_they_should_buy_a_puppy.
Question 16 (of 16)
