QR Challenge: Expository Writing Notes Part 1
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1 Explains, describes, or gives information 2 Root of expository is “expose” 3 Factual 4 Organized 5 Clear and concise (to the point) | answer
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2. 1 Most school writing will be expository writing. 2 Expository writing teaches clear and logical thinking. 3 Expository writing helps you learn content. 4 Expository writing prepares you for the business world. | answer
| 3. 1 Introduction 2 Body Paragraphs 3 Conclusion | answer
| 4. 1 Organization is the key. 2 Topic sentences and controlling ideas are the heart. 3 Transitions are the bridges. 4 Examples, evidence, and explanations are the meat. 5 Conclusions tie it all together | answer
| 5. 1 Chronological: the arrangement of events in the order in which they happen 2 Compare-and-Contrast: tells how two things are alike or different 3 Cause and Effect: Shows the relationships between events, ideas, and trends 4 Problem and Solution: explain a problem and then explain one or more solutions 5 Proposition-and-Support: The writer first asserts an idea or opinion and then provides information to support the idea or opinion. | answer
| 6. 1 give background information 2 get your reader interested | answer
| 7. 1 First impressions are lasting impressions! 2 If your introduction is poor, your readers may stop there, or continue on with the wrong assumptions about your essay. 3 If it’s captivating, your readers will continue enthusiastically. | answer
| 8. 1 A controlling idea is one sentence that briefly states your main point. 2 It explains the focus and direction of your essay. 3 The thesis is usually the last sentence in introductory paragraph 4 A controlling idea must answer two questions for the reader: 5 What is your topic? 6 What is your opinion, or how do you feel about your topic? | answer
| 9. Too general 1 Rawlinson is a good school. Better 2 Experienced and dedicated teachers are helping Rawlinson students earn passing STAAR scores. | answer
| 10. Too Broad 1 The world is a magnificent place to live. Better 2 Good citizens make San Antonio a fantastic city to live in. | answer
| 11. A title 1 Cost of Living. Better 2 A positive aspect of residing in San Antonio is that the cost of living is lower than in many other cities in the United States. | answer
| 12. The Controlling Idea 1 Is the heart of the paper 2 Gives the main idea of the essay 3 Contains key words | answer |
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-Explains,-describes,-or-gives-information-2-Root-of-expository-is-“expose”-3--Factual-4-Organized-5-Clear-and-concise-(to-the-point)
Question 1 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-Most-school-writing-will-be-expository-writing.-2-Expository-writing-teaches-clear-and-logical-thinking.-3-Expository-writing-helps-you-learn-content.-4-Expository-writing-prepares-you-for-the-business-world.
Question 2 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-Introduction-2-Body-Paragraphs-3-Conclusion
Question 3 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-Organization-is-the-key.-2-Topic-sentences-and-controlling-ideas-are-the-heart.-3-Transitions-are-the-bridges.-4-Examples,-evidence,-and-explanations-are-the-meat.-5-Conclusions-tie-it-all-together
Question 4 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-Chronological:-the-arrangement-of-events-in-the-order-in-which-they-happen-2-Compare-and-Contrast:-tells-how-two-things-are-alike-or-different-3-Cause-and-Effect:-Shows-the-relationships-between-events,-ideas,-and-trends-4-Problem-and-Solution:-explain-a-problem-and-then-explain-one-or-more-solutions-5-Proposition-and-Support:-The-writer-first-asserts-an-idea-or-opinion-and-then-provides-information-to-support-the-idea-or-opinion.
Question 5 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-give-background-information-2-get-your-reader-interested
Question 6 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-First-impressions-are-lasting-impressions!-2-If-your-introduction-is-poor,-your-readers-may-stop-there,-or-continue-on-with-the-wrong-assumptions-about-your-essay.-3-If-it’s-captivating,-your-readers-will-continue-enthusiastically.
Question 7 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1-A-controlling-idea-is-one-sentence-that-briefly-states-your-main-point.-2-It-explains-the-focus-and-direction-of-your-essay.-3-The-thesis-is-usually-the-last-sentence-in-introductory-paragraph-4-A-controlling-idea-must-answer-two-questions-for-the-reader:-5-What-is-your-topic?-6-What-is-your-opinion,-or-how-do-you-feel-about-your-topic?
Question 8 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Too-general-1-Rawlinson-is-a-good-school.-Better-2-Experienced-and-dedicated-teachers-are-helping-Rawlinson-students-earn-passing-STAAR-scores.
Question 9 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Too-Broad-1-The-world-is-a-magnificent-place-to-live.-Better-2-Good-citizens-make-San-Antonio-a-fantastic-city-to-live-in.
Question 10 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-title-1-Cost-of-Living.-Better-2-A-positive-aspect-of-residing-in-San-Antonio-is-that-the-cost-of-living-is-lower-than-in-many-other-cities-in-the-United-States.
Question 11 (of 12)
Expository Writing Notes Part 1: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-Controlling-Idea-1-Is-the-heart-of-the-paper-2-Gives-the-main-idea-of-the-essay-3-Contains-key-words
Question 12 (of 12)
