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QR Challenge: Oak Punctuation Scavenger Hunt

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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. Write the correct punctuation mark that should be used in the following sentence: How fragrant this candle is!
2. Rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation: The school offered three clubs for its students art dance and chess.The school offered three clubs for its students: art, dance and chess.
3. Add a hyphen in the correct place: There are thirty eleven year olds in Year 6 this year.There are thirty eleven-year-olds in Year 6 this year.
4. Write the relative pronoun in this sentence: Mangoes, which are grown in hot countries, are delicious.which
5. Rewrite the sentence with a pair of brackets in the correct place: Lisa and Ben both of whom were off school had been vomiting all morning.Lisa and Ben (both of whom were off school) had been vomiting all morning.
6. Rewrite the sentence as direct speech: She asked him if he wanted a banana.She asked him, "Would you like a banana?"
7. Rewrite the sentence with a dash in the correct place: African elephants are the largest animals on land they can weigh up to ten tonnes.African elephants are the largest animals on land - they can weigh up to ten tonnes.
8. Decide whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly: The wind was blowing howling, actually, so we headed home.No - the commas should be around 'howling actually' to show that is the extra information.
9. Rewrite the passage with correct capital letters: henry tudor married his first wife, catherine, in june 1509. they lived in london.Henry Tudor married his first wife, Catherine, in June 1509. They lived in London.
10. Write the name of the punctuation mark used between the two main clauses here: My sister loves team sports; my brother, on the other hand, prefers individual sports - such as athletics.Semi-colon.
11. Explain difference the apostrophe makes here: The squirrel's nest was full of nuts. The squirrels' nest was full of nuts.One vs group of squirrels.
12. Write the contracted form of will not and I have.Won't and I've.
13. Insert a comma to make it clear that only Sally and Bob went to the cinema: After they left Jon Sally and Bob went to the cinema.After they left Jon, Sally and Bob went to the cinema.
14. Write the word which contains a possessive apostrophe: It's five o'clock so let's leave now and we'll go to Emma's house.Emma's
15. Add a semi-colon into the following sentence: There are Roman ruins near our village they are being excavated next week.There are Roman ruins near our village; they are being excavated next week.
16. Susie and Alan are going to Liverpool to visit there Grandparents next week. What is wrong with this sentence?Their and grandparents.
17. "Surprise" shouted the children! What advice would you give the person who wrote this?"Surprise!"...children.
18. What punctuation marks should you put around a relative clause? (3 possibilities!)Brackets, commas, dashes.
19. Sugar free lollies are half price. Where would you use a hyphen?Sugar-free
20. Insert one comma into this sentence: Limping slightly the old man walked to the end of the road.Limping slightly,
21. Add the correct punctuation mark at the end of this sentence: Ask me what we had for dinner.
22. Add the correct punctuation mark at the end of this sentence: Can you guess what colour shoes I'm wearing?
23. Explain how the position of the apostrophe changes the meaning: Where are your brother's toys? Where are your brothers' toys?First is one brother, second is more than one.
24. Rewrite the sentence with one hyphen and one comma: My grandmother is a self employed plumber poet and singer.My grandmother is a self-employed plumber, poet and singer.
25. Add two commas to show that Mo has four favourite things: Mo's favourite things are camping holidays cycling and swimming.Mo's favourite things are camping, holidays, cycling and swimming.
26. Insert an apostrophe in the correct place: Pupils coats should be hung on the pegs.Pupils'
27. Write the words that should have a capital letter: when we visited the museum in manchester, gareth arranged to travel by train with aunt laura.When, Manchester, Gareth, Aunt, Laura.
28. Write the contracted form of 'shall not'.Shan't
29. Write the contracted form of 'need not'.Needn't

 


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Question 1 (of 29)

 


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Question 2 (of 29)

 


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Question 3 (of 29)

 


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Question 4 (of 29)

 


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Question 5 (of 29)

 


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Question 6 (of 29)

 


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Question 7 (of 29)

 


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Question 8 (of 29)

 


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Question 9 (of 29)

 


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Question 10 (of 29)

 


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Question 11 (of 29)

 


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Question 12 (of 29)

 


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Question 13 (of 29)

 


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Question 14 (of 29)

 


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Question 15 (of 29)

 


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Question 16 (of 29)

 


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Question 17 (of 29)

 


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Question 18 (of 29)

 


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Question 19 (of 29)

 


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Question 20 (of 29)

 


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Question 21 (of 29)

 


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Question 22 (of 29)

 


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Question 23 (of 29)

 


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Question 24 (of 29)

 


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Question 25 (of 29)

 


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Question 26 (of 29)

 


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Question 27 (of 29)

 


Oak Punctuation Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

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Question 28 (of 29)

 


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Question 29 (of 29)