QR Challenge: Little Sister at the Circus - poetry comprehension

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. Read this line from the poem. "Clowns move, scampering." What does the word scampering mean? a) waiting b) laughing c) running d) climbing	c)running
2. What does the poem say is on the floor? a) cotton candy b) sawdust c) clowns d) Cracker Jacks	b)sawdust
3. Which of these describes what the poem is mostly about? a) A young girl gets popcorn in her hair at a circus b) Two children go to the circus and see lions c) Trapeze artists swing high above the center ring d) A young girl falls asleep at a noisy and colorful circus	d) A young girl falls asleep at a noisy and colorful circus.
4. What is the rhyme pattern of this poem's first two stanzas? a) AAABBB b) ABACBC c) AABBCC d) ABBABB	a) AAABBB
5. Which of the following phrases contains an example of figurative language? a) a creaking canvas sky b) colorful glow of the center ring c) there are bareback riders d) elephants' blare	a) a creaking canvas sky
6. Why does the poet most likely wait until the end of the poem to reveal that the younger sister is asleep? a) to confuse the reader b) to persuade the reader c) to surprise the reader d) to inform the reader	c) to surprise the reader

 

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