QR Challenge: Figurative Language QR Treasure Hunt

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. That baby is as cute as a button!	simile
2. Slam! When I heard the door slam, I knew I was in big trouble.2	onomatopoeia
3. The lottery winner's grin stretched from New York City to Los Angeles.3	hyperbole
4. After kicking a goal Tony felt on top of the world.4	idiom
5. As she dreamed about winning her eyes became stars twinkling with the possibilities.5	metaphor
6. The storm stared me down to my core with it's beady eyes.6	personification
7. The fog curled over the mountains like locks of hair.7	simile
8. Our lives are grapes, bitter and sweet.8	metaphor
9. Spellbinding stories spin the imagination of listeners.9	alliteration
10. The rose stretched her arms out and yawned after a long winter's nap.10	personification
11. The thump, boom, bang of my sister hitting tennis balls against our garage door was very irritating.11	onomatopoeia
12. Many Americans have never-ending bottomless stomachs on Thanksgiving.12	hyperbole
13. The lunch line reached from the beginning to the end of the Great Wall of China.13	hyperbole
14. My binder is an overflowing sea of papers.14	metaphor
15. Track coaches look for runners who sprint as fast as cheetahs.15	simile
16. Even diamonds are jealous of your beauty.16	personification
17. After winning the game, Tom was on top of the world.17	idiom
18. School is an endless ocean of knowledge.18	metaphor
19. Daffy duck doesn't like desserts.19	alliteration
20. His tires squealed as he skidded out of the parking lot.20	personification

 

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