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.
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| 1. The plot of a story can best be described as | the sequence of events in a story. | 2. Characterization is | when an author provides details about a character or his or her motivations for action. This can be done implicitly or explicitly. | 3. Setting can be described as | where the story takes place. | 4. The most exciting part of a story is known as | the climax | 5. One characteristic of a short story is that is has only one | storyline. | 6. Vigilance can be defined as | alert attention, watchfulness. | 7. What does it mean to wince | to shrink involuntarily, especially in pain. | 8. If you are experiencing confused amazement or fear, you are experiencing | consternation. | 9. To cower is to | crouch down in fear. | 10. The theme of a story is best described as | the overall message which the author wishes to convey to society by telling a story. |
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