QR Challenge: Brave Irene

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. Authors use personification to describe non-living things by using human actions or emotions. The following quote from the story “Brave Irene” is an example of personification: “The wind swallowed up her words.” Wind is non-living and cannot swallow words. The author is saying it was so windy that Irene’s words could not be heard over the loud wind. Look through the rest of the book on your iPad to find 2-3 more examples of personification.
2. Irene's mother has many endearing pet names for her like "dumpling." How many other pet names does Mrs. Bobbin have for Irene? Write down all of the pet names she uses.
3. Authors use similes to compare two things using the words “like” or “as.” An example of a simile is: “He protected them LIKE a fierce mama bear.” How many similes can you find in Brave Irene? Write down what you find.
4. What is your favorite color?
5. What is the date?

 

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