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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. | simile | 2. A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as. | metaphor | 3. When a poet paints a picture in the reader's mind by using the 5 senses. | imagery | 4. When human attributes are used to describe non human things. | personification | 5. The way an author feels towards the subject of his or her writing. | tone | 6. The feeling a reader derives from a piece of writing. | mood | 7. "The rain came down in long knitting needles." | metaphor | 8. The fog is as thick as pea soup. | simile | 9. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. | personification | 10. A 14 line poem popularized by William Shakespeare | sonnet | 11. A poem that consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables | haiku | 12. A poem that does not depend on rhyme | free verse | 13. The word 'buzz' is an example of? | onomatopoeia | 14. "She soothes your vision as you sail round her shores" is an example of? | personification | 15. Lazy lizards lying like lumps! is an example of? | alliteration | 16. When an author repeats a word or words to add emphasis. | repetition | 17. A group of lines in a poem is a? | stanza | 18. The formal word for our sense of smell | olfactory | 19. "Platter's Island wrapped in rainbows in an evening after fog" is an example of? | Visual Imagery | 20. Write a rap verse about Random Island Academy |
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.&choe=UTF-8
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A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as.&choe=UTF-8
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When a poet paints a picture in the reader's mind by using the 5 senses.&choe=UTF-8
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When human attributes are used to describe non human things.&choe=UTF-8
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The way an author feels towards the subject of his or her writing.&choe=UTF-8
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The feeling a reader derives from a piece of writing.&choe=UTF-8
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"The rain came down in long knitting needles."&choe=UTF-8
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The fog is as thick as pea soup.&choe=UTF-8
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The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.&choe=UTF-8
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A 14 line poem popularized by William Shakespeare&choe=UTF-8
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A poem that consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables&choe=UTF-8
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A poem that does not depend on rhyme&choe=UTF-8
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The word 'buzz' is an example of?&choe=UTF-8
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"She soothes your vision as you sail round her shores" is an example of?&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 20)
Lazy lizards lying like lumps! is an example of?&choe=UTF-8
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When an author repeats a word or words to add emphasis.&choe=UTF-8
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A group of lines in a poem is a?&choe=UTF-8
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The formal word for our sense of smell&choe=UTF-8
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"Platter's Island wrapped in rainbows in an evening after fog" is an example of?&choe=UTF-8
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Write a rap verse about Random Island Academy&choe=UTF-8
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