QR Challenge: ACT Vocab

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. abstract	theoretical
2. auspicious	(predicting)good
3. contemporary	modern
4. egregious	conspicuously bad or offensive
5. idealize	consider perfect
6. inveterate	long established, like a habit
7. obdurate	stubborn
8. paramount	of main concern or importance
9. prosaic	dull, ordinary, plain
10. superfluous	extra, unnecessary
11. aesthetic	having to do with the beauty of something
12. benevolent	generous
13. conviction	belief
14. exculpate	prove innocent
15. impartial	unbiased, not prejudice
16. laudatory	giving praise
17. objectivity	judgement not influenced
18. penitent	sorry for doing something
19. quandary	state of uncertainty
20. tenuous	not sure
21. alleviate	relieve
22. candor	honesty
23. diligent	hard working
24. florid	flowery
25. imperious	arrogant
26. maverick	rebel
27. obstinate	stubborn
28. pervasive	wide spread
29. rancorous	hateful
30. timorous	shy or timid

 

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