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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
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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| 1. Question1What is the theme in this passage and include evidence to show the theme? Even though they were sisters, Suzie and June were nothing alike. If Suzie wanted to jump rope, June wanted to play hopscotch. If June wanted to watch soap operas, Suzie wanted to watch talk shows. Tensions rose to the point that the girls could no longer stand one another’s company. It seemed that they had nothing in common, until the day that progress reports came out. While riding the bus home from school, the girls—startled by how upset the other looked—realized that they were both failing a subject. Suzie was failing math and June was failing reading. Since both girls wanted to pass their classes, they got to talking and agreed to help one another. So everyday after school for the next few weeks, Suzie tutored June in reading and then June tutored Suzie in math. By the time report cards came were distributed, Suzie and June were passing all of their classes. The girls were delighted, but their mother was happiest of all. Not just because her daughters passed their classes, but because they had learned to be good sisters. | answer1 Part 1:it's better to work together, everyone can learn something from someone else, two heads are better than one, etc. | 2. Question2 Is the point of view 1st or 3rd person? How do you know? Katelyn had no idea that, not far away, someone else was doing the exact same thing- just waiting for the right time to make a move. As fresh tears rolled down her cheeks, Katelyn took off the rest of her clothes, threw them on the floor, and plunged herself into the tub. Downstairs, her mother, Sandra, stood in the kitchen and poked at the congealing remains of a prime rib roast. She yanked at her blue sweater as she pulled it tighter on her shoulders and fumed. Sandra was cold and mad. Mad and cold. She searched her kitchen counters for the espresso maker. | answer2third person: she,her | 3. Question3 After reading the article,”Plants and Food”answer the question using RAPS. How can people learn about plants?The more you know about plants and foods, the healthier you will be. Some foods can provide you with essential vitamins to keep you healthy, but some foods can make you sick. It is very important to know how to distinguish between the two. You also need to learn how to keep foods safe and prevent them from spoiling. There’s so much to learn.There is a lot to learn about plants people eat, such as how to grow them and how to prepare them for eating. Scientists can learn how to keep them safe to eat. Sometimes people who don’t know something can make a mistake. For example, some mushrooms are poisonous, and people need to know which those are so they don’t eat them. People need to know about plants in order to stay healthy. If you don’t know about foods and plants, you can make a big mistake. You need to know which plants are safe to eat. At one time, people feared the tomato, because they believed it to be poisonous. They thought it was dangerous because it grows on a vine that looks like a poisonous plant called nightshade. Therefore, in the early 1800s, people in the United States were afraid to eat it. It took several years before the tomato was accepted as a food in the United States. Today, it is a big part of the American diet. It's found in things like soup and ketchup. | answer3Answer using Raps with evidence, title is Plants and Food | 4. Question4 Make a plan for the prompt: Through the years, new inventions have changed the way we live. Think about one invention that has had an impact on the way you live. Now write to explain to your teacher how this invention has changed your life. | answer4 plan shows how an invention changed their life | 5. Question5 Give 2 examples of personification in the poem,The Dawn’s Awake” and explain why you think the poet used personification. | answer5Part 1:dawn awake, whispers, singing hills, spring voices Part 2: example: gives subject more life etc. | 6. Question6 Give an example of a simile used in the poem, . | answer (I will ride upon this heaving surface As a boat rides upon the water.) | 7. Question7 What part of figurative language is this and what does it mean?That new car cost an arm and a leg | answer7Part 1: idiom Part 2: It cost a lot, it was really expensive | 8. Question8 What part of figurative language is this and what is its meaning? My mind is a puddle in the street soaking wet. | answer8Part 1: metaphor Part 2: Mind is useless, stuck, not its best | 9. Question9 What part of figurative language is this?The moon played hide and seek with the clouds. | answer9personification | 10. Question10What is the main idea of this text and find two pieces of evidence to support your answer. | answer10Part 1: Benjamin Franklin was an inventor and scientist.Part 2: examples: Always curious and imaginative, Franklin also invented the bifocal glasses.He was also an accomplished inventor and scientist. | 11. Question11What is the meaning of the word inquisitive?What context clues helped you?Some people think that my little brother is annoying because he asks so many questions, but I think that he just has an inquisitive nature. | answer11Part 1:curious, inquiring, showing a desire to learn the truth Part 2: asks so many questions | 12. Question12What is the purpose of this text? Find two pieces of evidence to back up your answer?One out of three people in New York City take public transportation to work. However, only around 1 in 10 jobs can be reached by public transportation in less than an hour. New Yorkers with cars can reach more than five times as many jobs in 60 minutes. Cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia and Sacramento tried to change streets to pedestrian-only areas in the 1960s and '70s. Customers stopped coming and businesses closed. Environmentalists claim automobiles should be prohibited to curb air pollution. However, that's not quite right. Cars have become far cleaner in recent years and will be even cleaner still in the near future. | answer12Part 1: To persuade readers that there are issues with public transportation and getting rid of cars. Part 2: 2 pieces of evidence from text. | 13. Question13Punctute and use capitalization for all the dialogue correctly.I love to go to the movies Cameron said but there is nothing good showing at all I know Marcie replied it is crazy how many silly romantic comedies they churn out tell me about it Cameron exclaimed Cameron asked sounds like a plan Marcie agreed arm. | answer13”I love to go to the movies!,” Cameron said. “But there is nothing good showing at all I know,” Marcie replied.”It is crazy how many silly romantic comedies they churn out tell me about it!” Cameron exclaimed. Cameron asked, “Sounds like a plan,” Marcie agreed. | 14. settler? | answer14Part of? Answer. Evidence. Explain. | 15. Question15What would be the best topic sentence for this passage? North Americans send cards for many occasions. They send cards to family and friends on birthdays and holidays. They also send thank-you cards, get well cards, graduation cards, and congratulation cards. It is very common to buy cards in stores and send them through the mail, but turning on the computer and sending cards over the Internet is also popular. | answer15 Sending cards in North America is popular. | 16. Question16What are two character traits the character Lyle demonstrates in this text. Find a piece of evidence for each:Lyle's cousin Ted works at a packing plant. After Lyle asked Ted to get him a job there several times, Ted went out of his way and got Lyle hired. Tomorrow was Lyle's first day. Lyle stayed up late that night hanging out with friends. Consequently, he slept in and arrived at the packing plant an hour late. During his training, Lyle was yawning and almost fell asleep on the line. Ted shook his head in disgust. | answer16 Example answer: Lazy, irresponsible, ungrateful. “Lyle stayed up late that night hnaging out with friends.” “Consequently, he slept in and arrived at the packign plant an hour late.” “During his training, Lyle was yaning and almost fell asleep on the line.” | 17. Question17Make a plan for the prompt: Think of an experience when you realized that you suddenly understood an idea, a skill, or a concept you had been struggling with. Write a narrative telling the story of your movement toward understanding. Your story should help readers understand how you felt to struggle with the idea or skill and then to understand. | answer17narrative progressing towards understanding something in their life that has 5 paragraphs-plot | 18. Question18Fill in TAPP for this prompt: These passages both include events that did not happen exactly how the narrators expected them to happen. Write an essay describing how each narrators’ point of view influences how these events are described be sure to use details from both stories. | answer18T=Narrator's point of view on events in 2 stories A=formal/teacher P=to explain point of view of narrators point of view in 2 stories and how that affected events with evidence P=essay | 19. Question19Compare and contrast these three sources using a venn diagram or diagram. | answer19Venn Diagram with 4 things for each spot | 20. question20Answer this question using RAPS on “Tax Issues.” What is a serious problem if taxes aren’t paid? First of all, we need money to repair old roads and build new roads. We also need more to pay teachers’ salaries and to pay for services such as trash collection. Finally, more tax money is needed to give financial help to the poor citizens of the city. It is clear that the city will have serious problems if taxes are not raised soon. | answer20 title “Tax Issue” reasons: roads, teachers, trash, help poor | 21. Question21How does paragraph 1 contribute to meaning of passage? | answer21paragraph 1 helps introduce the story and the passion and author’s feelings and passion with the murals. | 22. Question22Read the sentence, Badger always had a good day—he never complained and always turned a problem into an opportunity. Explain how this sentence develops the plot of the passage? | answer22This sentence gives character traits of Badger and shows readers his outlook/personality and shows how he is at the start of the story. | 23. Question23Explain how the narrator’s attitude changes throughout the story. Find two pieces of evidence to show this change. | answer23Not concerned about/lazy/uninterested to worried/relieved/enlightened/learned lesson “but it was so cold that I didn’t want to go outside. Instead, I just opened the door and let the dog out by himself. “ and “Finally, I gave up and sulked home. When I was wrong, and, as a result, I have learned a very important lesson today. What seems easy initially may turn out to be difficult in the end. This was a very difficult morning for everyone.” | 24. Question24 Is the point of view 1st or 3rd person? How do you know? The sun may have been 90 million miles away, but it felt like it was right on top of me, weighing me down. There wasn't a lick of shade anywhere. Not so much as a flower to hide behind. The plains were barren and sweltering. A dust cloud whipped by me. I pulled my shirt over my mouth and nose, stretching out the neck hole. The shirt was baggier than I remembered it, or I was losing weight. Come to think of it, I felt a little lankier than usual. | answer241st person I,me | 25. Question25What is the meaning of the word eccentric? What phrase from the text supports the answer. After spending the week with him, Jenny told her mother, it was confirmed―Uncle Cedric was definitely eccentric. He let his German Shepherd sit at the table at dinner time; he refused to eat anything that was yellow; and he called his refrigerator Betsy. | answer25weird crazy /called refrigerator Betsey, dog at table etc. |
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