QR Challenge: O'Connor Review

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. What religion did O'Connor practice?	Catholicism
2. What did O'Connor die from?	Lupus (Blood Disease)
3. Where did she study after Georgia State College for Women?	University of Iowa
4. What two devices does she integrate into her writing, especially in regard to Catholicism?	imagery and symbolism
5. What style of writing is a subgenre of the Gothic tradition?	Southern Gothic
6. What are settings like in Southern Gothic Literature?	Remote and bleak
7. What is the atmosphere like in Southern Gothic Literature?	Foreboding atmosphere encompassing mystery and terror
8. What are the characters like in Southern Gothic Literature?	Bizarre and twisted, demonstrate absurd or extreme behavior
9. Who is the author?	O'Connor
10. Describe Lucynell Crater (the daughter).	Large, deaf, mentally ill, in her 30's
11. What does Lucynell Crater (the mother) want?	A son-in-law, her daughter to get married
12. What does Lucynell Crater (the daughter) represent?	Innocence
13. What is the significance of Mr. Shiftlet's name?	It shows how he is shifty and shady. He does not stay in one place.
14. What is Mr. Shiftlet's true object of affection?	The car
15. Describe the symbolism in Mr. Shiftlet standing with his arms out like a cross.	It makes him appear as a savior. However, the cross has a stump in it, revealing that he is not a perfect, whole savior. He represents the anti-Christ.
16. Describe the significance of the story's title.	This warning was on a sign on the road. Mr. Shiftlet saved his own life by sacrificing / ending Lucynell's life. Some argue that he cannot be saved due to his inability of accepting grace and redemption.
17. In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," what does Mr. Shiftlet do to earn Mrs. Crater's trust?	He makes himself useful around the house (fixes the car and the roof) and teaches Lucynell a word.
18. The climax of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," occurs when Mr. Shiftlet...	Leaves Lucynell in the diner.
19. Why is it important that Mr. Shiftlet wears black?	He represents death and the underworld. He is symbolic of the devil.
20. Why are Lucynell’s eyes blue?	They represent the Virgin Mary; she is seen as a character of innocence and purity.
21. What does the starting of the old car represent?	It may be a symbol for raising Lazarus from the dead.
22. What is the symbolism behind Lucynell's last name, Crater?	A crater symbolizes emptiness.
23. What is the physical setting?	the porch of a small, Southern farm, evening time, a deserted diner
24. What is the geographical setting?	a farm in the South
25. What is the historical setting?	The 1950's, post WWII
26. What are some common themes?	Searching for the meaning of life, God and religion, seeking redemption, materialism

 

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