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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. What is narrative writing | a multi-paragraph story | 2. What is expository writing | A paragraph or multi-paragraph essay or report that gives information | 3. What is argumentative writing | A paragraph or multi-paragraph essay to convince someone to believe what you believe | 4. What are FANBOYS | conjunctions | 5. What are conjunctions | Words that connect other words or sentences | 6. What does the F in FANBOYS stand for | For | 7. What does the A in FANBOYS stand for | And | 8. What does the N in FANBOYS stand for | Nor | 9. What does the B in FANBOYS stand for | But | 10. What does the O in FANBOYS stand for | Or | 11. What does the Y in FANBOYS stand for | Yet | 12. What does the S in FANBOYS stand for | So | 13. What is the job of the topic sentence in a paragraph | Main idea sentence | 14. What is the job of detail sentences in a paragraph | support the main idea | 15. What is the job of a closing sentence in a paragraph | to sum up the main idea | 16. What does it mean to revise your writing | To change and improve your writing | 17. What does it mean to edit your writing | To fix or correct your writing | 18. What does ARMS stand for in writing | Add, Remove, Move or Substitute words or sentences in your writing | 19. What do the CPand S in CUPS stand for in writing | Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling | 20. Where is the HOOK in an essay | The very first sentence in the intro paragraph | 21. What is the job of the Hook in an essay | to catch the reader's attention | 22. Where is the CLINCHER in an essay | The very last sentence in the conclusion paragraph | 23. What is the job of the clincher | To sum up the main idea of the essay without giving new information | 24. What do we call the paragraph that introduces what the essay will be about | Introduction or introductory paragraph | 25. What do we call the paragraph that wraps up what the essay was all about | Conclusion paragraph | 26. What do we call the paragraphs that give all of the detailed information in an essay | The body paragraphs | 27. What is a fishbone graphic organizer | A diagram that helps us both brainstorm and organize our ideas BEFORE we write an essay |
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