QR Challenge: Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets
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. 1.Joan loves to buy (exotic) foods:herbs from China, spices from India,and cheeses from France | From other places
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2. 2.Emotionally disturbed people may be troubled by(morbid)thoughts;they may often think about suicide or murder | depressing/sad
| 3. 3.The surgery seemed to be successful but later, the patient’s condition began to(deteriorate)over the next few days | Decline
| 4. 4.Richard is an(indulgent) father.He lets his daughter stay up as late as she likes and he never insists that she does her homework | lenient/tolerant
| 5. 5.My father died when I was a baby, but Mom told me so many stories about him that I feel I knew him well.One(anecdote) was about how he cried with joy when I was born | Story/ biographical account
| 6. 6. The decision Veronica made to study instead of going out with her friends was (prudent. She got an A on the exam, while her friends all got D’s | Careful and wise
| 7. 7. When my grandfather meets someone with that much knowledge in a field, he finds that their (erudition) frightens him | scholarly background
| 8. 8. When going to an office party you should show your best(decorum ):dress your best, drink and eat moderately, and be sure to thank the host before you leave | Civility and good manners
| 9. 9.We thought that the mother would be very (distraught) at hearing of her husband's accident;however, she took the news quite calmly | Anxious / worried
| 10. 10.It is refreshing to see students so excited, so(zealous) in doing their homework | Dedicated/devoted
| 11. 11. I expected truthfulness from a doctor; I was shocked by his (mendacity) | duplicity
| 12. 12.Petra has so many friends because she is a(gregarious)person | outgoing
| 13. 13.The lovely(egret)is in danger of extinction because clothing manufacturers use their beautiful tail feathers to make ladies' hats | A type of birds
| 14. 14.The hill was too(arduous) for us to climb.We had to walk our bicycles up the hill | hard to climb/steep
| 15. 15.The thought of eating a rat is (abhorrent)to most people | horrible,repugnant |
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.Joan_loves_to_buy_(exotic)_foods:herbs_from_China,_spices_from_India,and_cheeses_from_France
Question 1 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2.Emotionally_disturbed_people_may_be_troubled_by(morbid)thoughts;they_may_often_think_about_suicide_or_murder
Question 2 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3.The_surgery_seemed_to_be_successful_but_later,_the_patient’s_condition_began_to(deteriorate)over_the_next_few_days
Question 3 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4.Richard_is_an(indulgent)_father.He_lets_his_daughter_stay_up_as_late_as_she_likes_and_he_never_insists_that_she_does_her_homework
Question 4 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5.My_father_died_when_I_was_a_baby,_but_Mom_told_me_so_many_stories_about_him_that_I_feel_I_knew_him_well.One(anecdote)_was_about_how_he_cried_with_joy_when_I_was_born
Question 5 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6._The_decision_Veronica_made_to_study_instead_of_going_out_with_her_friends_was_(prudent._She_got_an_A_on_the_exam,_while_her_friends_all_got_D’s
Question 6 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7._When_my_grandfather_meets_someone_with_that_much_knowledge_in_a_field,_he_finds_that_their_(erudition)_frightens_him
Question 7 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8._When_going_to_an_office_party_you_should_show_your_best(decorum_):dress_your_best,_drink_and_eat_moderately,_and_be_sure_to_thank_the_host_before_you_leave
Question 8 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9.We_thought_that_the_mother_would_be_very_(distraught)_at_hearing_of_her_husband's_accident;however,_she_took_the_news_quite_calmly
Question 9 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10.It_is_refreshing_to_see_students_so_excited,_so(zealous)_in_doing_their_homework
Question 10 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11._I_expected_truthfulness_from_a_doctor;_I_was_shocked_by_his___(mendacity)
Question 11 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12.Petra_has_so_many_friends_because_she_is_a(gregarious)person
Question 12 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13.The_lovely(egret)is_in_danger_of_extinction_because_clothing_manufacturers_use_their_beautiful_tail_feathers_to_make_ladies'_hats
Question 13 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14.The_hill_was_too(arduous)_for_us_to_climb.We_had_to_walk_our_bicycles_up_the_hill
Question 14 (of 15)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15.The_thought_of_eating_a_rat_is_(abhorrent)to_most_people
Question 15 (of 15)
