QR Challenge: Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias
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. The reason an author writes is also called what? | Purpose
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2. The way an author feels about the topic is called what? | Viewpoint
| 3. When a writer has a clear prejudice or predisposition on the topic it is called a what? | Bias
| 4. A story about two best friends heading off to different high schools is what type of PIE? | Entertain
| 5. Give an example of an informative text. | Answers will vary
| 6. Directions to get to Lynnhaven mall is an example of what type of PIE? | Inform
| 7. Give an example of an entertaining text. | Answers will vary
| 8. An article trying to urge young students to be involved in sports is what type of PIE? | Persuade
| 9. Give an example of a persuasive text. | Answers will vary
| 10. A book full of scary stories is which type of PIE? | Entertain
| 11. The writer's feelings/attitude toward the characters and/or work is called what? | Tone
| 12. The feeling the reader gets when reading is called what? | Mood
| 13. To find viewpoint/bias you can look for the _________ _________ the writer uses. | Word Choice
| 14. ____________ is factual based and not trying to persuade the reader. | Inform
| 15. ____________ may have facts in it but is mostly opinionated. | Persuade
| 16. ______________ is meant to tell a story or describe events, real or fictional. | Entertain
| 17. A cookbook is an example of what type of PIE? | Inform
| 18. Song lyrics are an example of what type of PIE? | Entertain
| 19. An article about the best political candidate is most likely what type of PIE? | Persuade |
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_reason_an_author_writes_is_also_called_what?
Question 1 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_way_an_author_feels_about_the_topic_is_called_what?
Question 2 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_a_writer_has_a_clear_prejudice_or_predisposition_on_the_topic_it_is_called_a_what?
Question 3 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_story_about_two_best_friends_heading_off_to_different_high_schools_is_what_type_of_PIE?
Question 4 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_an_example_of_an_informative_text.
Question 5 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Directions_to_get_to_Lynnhaven_mall_is_an_example_of_what_type_of_PIE?
Question 6 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_an_example_of_an_entertaining_text.
Question 7 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_article_trying_to_urge_young_students_to_be_involved_in_sports_is_what_type_of_PIE?
Question 8 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_an_example_of_a_persuasive_text.
Question 9 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_book_full_of_scary_stories_is_which_type_of_PIE?
Question 10 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_writer's_feelings/attitude_toward_the_characters_and/or_work_is_called_what?
Question 11 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_feeling_the_reader_gets_when_reading_is_called_what?
Question 12 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=To_find_viewpoint/bias_you_can_look_for_the_____________________the_writer_uses.
Question 13 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=_____________is_factual_based_and_not_trying_to_persuade_the_reader.
Question 14 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=_____________may_have_facts_in_it_but_is_mostly_opinionated.
Question 15 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=_______________is_meant_to_tell_a_story_or_describe_events,_real_or_fictional.
Question 16 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_cookbook_is_an_example_of_what_type_of_PIE?
Question 17 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Song_lyrics_are_an_example_of_what_type_of_PIE?
Question 18 (of 19)
Author's Purpose, Viewpoint, and Bias: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_article_about_the_best_political_candidate_is_most_likely_what_type_of_PIE?
Question 19 (of 19)
