QR Challenge: Text Features

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

• 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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. a list of a book's sections found in the front to let the reader know what is contained in the book	Table of Contents
2. a list of words and their definitions located at the end of the text	Glossary
3. an alphabetical list of important subjects in the text that is located in the back of the book	Index
4. the main idea or topic of the text that helps the reader know what they are about to read	Title
5. a short phrase, sentence, or question that highlights a key point	Heading
6. identifies additional topics under the heading	Subheading
7. a photograph or drawing to represent the topic being dicussed	Picture or Illustration
8. single words, short phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that accompany illustrations, photographs, or diagrams	Caption or Label
9. an organized gathering of information in a clear, visual presentation	Graph or Chart
10. important information or facts that are organized in the text using numbers, bullets, asterisk, or other symbols	List
11. additional information found in boxes or at the side of the page	Sidebar, Textbox, or Inset
12. a visual image of a geographic feature often accompanied by a key or distance scale	Map
13. an illustration of an object or an inside look at what is being discussed that is usually labeled	Diagraph or Cutaway
14. information that expands upon the text and is placed in chronological order	Timeline
15. different ways to make words stand out in the text	Types of Print

 

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