QR Challenge: Improvisation
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. Improv is, acting without a script, saying whatever comes to your mind, creating a character, acting out a scene | a
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2. You must listen to each other and respond to what is being said | a
| 3. Don't deny | a
| 4. Don't ask open ended questions | a
| 5. You don't have to be funny | a
| 6. You can look good if you make your partner look good | a
| 7. Tell a story | a
| 8. Take turns speaking | a
| 9. Pay attention, listen, and respond | a
| 10. Keep the dialogue moving | a
| 11. Avoid dead end words or phrases | a
| 12. Some dead end words are no, so, well, no negative responses | a
| 13. Avoid questions that can be answered with a yes or no | a
| 14. Always look for a way to end the scene | a
| 15. Communicate your character to the audience through dialogue and actions | a
| 16. Don't break character | a |
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Improv_is,_acting_without_a_script,_saying_whatever_comes_to_your_mind,_creating_a_character,_acting_out_a_scene
Question 1 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=You_must_listen_to_each_other_and_respond_to_what_is_being_said
Question 2 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Don't_deny
Question 3 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Don't_ask_open_ended_questions
Question 4 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=You_don't_have_to_be_funny
Question 5 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=You_can_look_good_if_you_make_your_partner_look_good
Question 6 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Tell_a_story
Question 7 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Take_turns_speaking
Question 8 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Pay_attention,_listen,_and_respond
Question 9 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Keep_the_dialogue_moving
Question 10 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Avoid_dead_end_words_or_phrases
Question 11 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Some_dead_end_words_are_no,_so,_well,_no_negative_responses
Question 12 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Avoid_questions_that_can_be_answered_with_a_yes_or_no
Question 13 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Always_look_for_a_way_to_end_the_scene
Question 14 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Communicate_your_character_to_the_audience_through_dialogue_and_actions
Question 15 (of 16)
Improvisation: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Don't_break_character
Question 16 (of 16)
