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QR Challenge: Poetry & Poets

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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

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. When was Walt Whitman born?May 31, 1819
2. Where was Walt Whitman born?West Hills, NY
3. What was Walt Whitman's greatest work?Leaves of Grass
4. Why is Walt Whitman called the "Bard of Democracy"?all his poems were based on the idea of a universal brotherhood
5. When did Walt Whitman die?March 26, 1892
6. What is the title of the Walt Whitman poem that we will study?"I Hear America Singing
7. Why is Walt Whitman considered the "father of free verse"?he was the first to write free verse poetry
8. When was Langston Hughes born?February 1, 1902
9. Where was Langston Hughes born?Joplin, Missouri
10. What was the title of Langston Hughes's first book of poetry?The Weary Blues
11. What was Langston Hughes particularly know for?his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties
12. What is free verse poetry?poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
13. What is repetition in poetry?the repeating of similar sounds or words close together

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_Walt_Whitman_born?

Question 1 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_was_Walt_Whitman_born?

Question 2 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_Walt_Whitman's_greatest_work?

Question 3 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_is_Walt_Whitman_called_the_"Bard_of_Democracy"?

Question 4 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_did_Walt_Whitman_die?

Question 5 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_title_of_the_Walt_Whitman_poem_that_we_will_study?

Question 6 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_is_Walt_Whitman_considered_the_"father_of_free_verse"?

Question 7 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_Langston_Hughes_born?

Question 8 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_was_Langston_Hughes_born?

Question 9 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_title_of_Langston_Hughes's_first_book_of_poetry?

Question 10 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_Langston_Hughes_particularly_know_for?

Question 11 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_free_verse_poetry?

Question 12 (of 13)

 



Poetry & Poets: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_repetition_in_poetry?

Question 13 (of 13)