QR Challenge: Non-fiction Text Features

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. The beginning page that tells the name of the book, who wrote it, and who published it.
2. Table of Contents	List of the parts of a book with their starting page numbers.
3. Glossary	A list of the important words (keywords) in a book with their meanings.
4. Index	List of important topics with their page number often found in the back of the book.
5. Subtitle	The title of a chapter or major section.
6. Heading	The title of a page or section that tells what the reader will be reading about.
7. Subheading	The title below the heading that categories the information into specific sections.
8. Keywords	Important words about the topic that stand out on the page, either in colour, bold or italic.
9. Caption	A phrase, sentence, or short paragraph that describes a picture.
10. Illustrations and Photographs	Pictures that show how something looks: Illustrations are drawings while photographs are made with a camera.
11. Diagrams	A picture that shows the parts of something or how something works.
12. Labels	Words that identify the parts of a drawing or photograph.
13. Map	A drawing or an are (land, oceans, or countries) that helps the reader understand where something happens.
14. Charts and Graphs	Drawings that explain information.
15. Text box	A separate box of text that tells interesting or important facts.
16. Timeline	A line that shows the order that events happened in time.

 

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