QR Challenge: The Five Elements of a Story

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. What do the names Gruff and Tackleton suggest about these characters?	These names imply that the owners of the toy company may not be a very pleasant and kind person.
2. Where does the story take place?2	This story takes place on the property of the toy company Gruff & Tackleton, where Caleb Plummer and his blind daughter live alone in a tiny house.
3. What event had caused Beatrice to thank Mr. Tackleton?3	Beatrice thinks that a tiny rose tree that she receives as a gift is from Mr. Tackleton.
4. What is the conflict in the passage?4	The conflicts in the story are that Mr. Tackleton is a mean boss and that the Plummers live and work in a difficult and depressing environment.
5. what is a theme the author of Happy Birthday, Melena! uses in the passage?5	Don't forget to let people know that you love them; it's never too late to do something kind for someone; stay positive even if someone forgets you.

 

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