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. Look at page 5 and list 2 descriptive phrases that the author used. Example: "As Bethany floated happily on her board." | a | 2. What type of figurative language is this? "After what seemed like an eternity, the ambulance finally arrived at the remote beach." (page 7) Look at your blue chart if you need help. | a | 3. Look at page 7 at "Now What?" section. Who had courage and how did he/she have courage? | a | 4. Look at page 8 at "I was Not Afraid" section. Who had courage and how did he/she have courage? | a | 5. Look at the 2nd paragraph, 1st sentence in "I was Not Afraid". Add a sentence opener by either adding an adjective or adverb before the subject. Make the author's sentence better! | a | 6. True or False? Bethany Hamilton maintained her composure after she got attacked by the Tiger Shark? | a | 7. What is the tone of the section "I Just Got Attacked?" a) relaxed b) disappointed c) tense d) angry | a | 8. Use one of the Word Wall words in a sentence about Bethany Hamilton. Be creative - maybe even use a sentence opener! | a |
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