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.
Question | Answer |
1. Drama | A story intended to portray life or a character involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and designed for theatrical performance. Classic dramas were divided into two categories: tragedies and comedies. | 2. Playwright | A person who writes plays | 3. Dramatis Personae | The list of important characters in the play, usually found in the beginning of the script | 4. Stage Directions | The playwright’s instructions in the text of a play which indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. | 5. Dialogue | Conversation of characters meant to be performed aloud on stage | 6. Cue | A signal to an actor to enter or begin their speech or performance, or for a sound or light effect. | 7. Props | Objects that appear on stage during a play. | 8. Scenery | The physical representation on stage of the play’s setting. | 9. Act | A major division in a play. Modern plays are typically divided into three Acts. | 10. Scene | Acts can be further divided into scenes. A new scene typically indicates (1) a change in time, (2) a change in place, (3) a jump from one plot to another, (4) introduces new characters, or (5) rearranges the actors on stage | 11. Monologue | A long speech by one actor on stage | 12. Aside | A remark made by a character meant to be heard by the audience, but not the other characters | 13. Tragic Hero | The protagonist in a tragedy. The character is doomed to fail, usually making some kind of error in judgment that leads to his or her own downfall | 14. Comic Relief | An amusing scene, incident, or speech in a play that usually occurs after a tense scene to provide temporary relief | 15. Foil | A character in similar circumstances that is compared to the main character. Dramatic foils help to highlight important qualities or traits in the protagonist | 16. Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. | 17. Script | The written text of the play which contains all the important words and actions meant to be performed |
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