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QR Challenge: You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1

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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)

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1. Write a RULE for how commas are used in the following example: I am lucky to have an English teacher who is funny, smart, and lets me use my phone in class.Use commas to separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses written in a series (list).
2. Where do you put the comma when you are joining two independent clauses with a conjunction like BUT, SO, AND, FOR, YET?Before the conjunction.
3. After which word does the comma belong in the following sentence? When Mrs. Chortanoff is no longer my teacher I will be heartbroken.teacher
4. Explain why the commas are needed in the following sentence: You are, as I have often told you, brilliant and charming students.A pair of commas is needed to separate words, phrases, or clauses that are not essential (needed) to understanding the meaning of the sentence.
5. Write a sentence that demonstrates the following comma rule: Use commas to separate two or more adjectives that describe the same noun when the word "and" can be inserted between them.English class is a stimulating, mind-blowing experience.
6. Write a comma rule to explain the correct usage of commas in the following example: I met my most favorite students ever on August 27, 2013 in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, at Lower Dauphin Middle School with Mr. Dan Berra, principal. Use commas to separate all geographical names, items in dates, addresses, and titles in names.
7. When separating a direct quotation from the rest of the sentence, where do you place the comma? Use the following sentence as an example: Mrs. Chortanoff said, "Thank you for the lovely flowers you brought me because I helped you become comma experts!" Place the comma directly in front of the quoted material.
8. Where does the comma belong in the following sentence: To the class Mrs. Chortanoff was a comma queen. Place the commas after "class" in order to avoid confusion.
9. Why DON'T you need the comma in this sentence: I hate it when students write a compound predicates, and can't punctuate them correctly. You should not insert commas between parts of a compound predicate.
10. Write a sentence that demonstrates the following commas rule: Use a comma to separate a statement from a question when used in the same sentence.You love commas, don't you?
11. Explain why commas are used in the following sentences: After this lesson, I hope you all master the correct usage of the comma. If you don't, I fear that I will go crazy correcting your papers. Yes, that is correct, crazy! Commas are need to separate introductory words, phrases, and clauses from the main sentence. Also, commas are needed to separate contrasting parts of a sentence like "that is correct, crazy".
12. Which word in the following sentence is an interrupter that needs to be surrounded by a pair of commas? I would therefore like to declare the activity has come to and end. therefore
13. Finish this statement: I think this activity was... Answers may vary, but should contain: outstanding, excellent, fabulous, stupendous, unequalled, EPIC.

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write-a-RULE-for-how-commas-are-used-in-the-following-example:-I-am-lucky-to-have-an-English-teacher-who-is-funny,-smart,-and-lets-me-use-my-phone-in-class.

Question 1 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-do-you-put-the-comma-when-you-are-joining-two-independent-clauses-with-a-conjunction-like-BUT,-SO,-AND,-FOR,-YET?

Question 2 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=After-which-word-does-the-comma-belong-in-the-following-sentence?-When-Mrs.-Chortanoff-is-no-longer-my-teacher-I-will-be-heartbroken.

Question 3 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-why-the-commas-are-needed-in-the-following-sentence:-You-are,-as-I-have-often-told-you,-brilliant-and-charming-students.

Question 4 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write-a-sentence-that-demonstrates-the-following-comma-rule:-Use-commas-to-separate-two-or-more-adjectives-that-describe-the-same-noun-when-the-word-"and"-can-be-inserted-between-them.

Question 5 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write-a-comma-rule-to-explain-the-correct-usage-of-commas-in-the-following-example:-I-met-my-most-favorite-students-ever-on-August-27,-2013-in-Hummelstown,-Pennsylvania,-at-Lower-Dauphin-Middle-School-with-Mr.-Dan-Berra,-principal.

Question 6 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When-separating-a-direct-quotation-from-the-rest-of-the-sentence,-where-do-you-place-the-comma?-Use-the-following-sentence-as-an-example:-Mrs.-Chortanoff-said,-"Thank-you-for-the-lovely-flowers-you-brought-me-because-I-helped-you-become-comma-experts!"

Question 7 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-does-the-comma-belong-in-the-following-sentence:-To-the-class-Mrs.-Chortanoff-was-a-comma-queen.

Question 8 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why-DON'T-you-need-the-comma-in-this-sentence:-I-hate-it-when-students-write-a-compound-predicates,-and-can't-punctuate-them-correctly.

Question 9 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write-a-sentence-that-demonstrates-the-following-commas-rule:-Use-a-comma-to-separate-a-statement-from-a-question-when-used-in-the-same-sentence.

Question 10 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain-why-commas-are-used-in-the-following-sentences:-After-this-lesson,-I-hope-you-all-master-the-correct-usage-of-the-comma.-If-you-don't,-I-fear-that-I-will-go-crazy-correcting-your-papers.-Yes,-that-is-correct,-crazy!

Question 11 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-word-in-the-following-sentence-is-an-interrupter-that-needs-to-be-surrounded-by-a-pair-of-commas?-I-would-therefore-like-to-declare-the-activity-has-come-to-and-end.

Question 12 (of 13)

 


You ,Too, Can Prevent Comma-Cide 1: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Finish-this-statement:-I-think-this-activity-was...

Question 13 (of 13)