QR Challenge: Senior Essay Scavenger 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. List at least three Senior Essay topics that are not allowed.	abortion, gun control, euthanasia, death penalty, religious/morality-based topics, marijuana legalization of any kind, evolution, animal testing
2. What will happen if you do not complete Senior Essay?	You will fail the term, leading to failure of the class.
3. How many sources must you have for the final draft?	Seven
4. What three essential parts of your paper must be reflected in every draft?	Argument essay, in-text parenthetical citations, works cited page
5. Where must all drafts be submitted?	Turnitin.com
6. I will be collecting all work done prior to completion of the final draft, so...	do not throw anything away!
7. How much credit will you receive if you do not include research in any draft?	zero
8. How much credit will you receive if you do not revise a draft?	zero
9. What happens if you do not complete a step in the Senior Essay process?	You cannot move on to the next step
10. When is your graded draft due?	BY December 21 (the day before Winter Break)
11. What are the only summatives for Senior Essay?	The graded draft and the final draft
12. When is your Senior Essay Contract due?	By November 20 (the day before Thanksgiving Break)

 

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