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QR Challenge: Flowers for Algernon revue

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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

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)

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1. What type of novel is Flowers for Algernon?Science fiction
2. What is the point of view of the story?First person
3. Give examples that support the type of point of view chosen.Charlie is writing the progress report, so we understand the story through his point of view. He is writing with the use of the pronoun “I”
4. Give 3 examples of a person vs person conflict and explain this conflict.Charlie vs. his coworkers – they often make fun of him. Charlie vs his the doctors – they are only doing this experiment for personal gain. Charlie vs his family – they neglected him as a child
5. Give an example of a person vs self-conflict and explain this conflict.Charlie vs himself – he is struggling internally against his disability and the old Charlie
6. Give 2 examples of a person vs nature conflict.Charlie vs Algernon – Charlie feels inferior to Algernon when he beats him in the maze. Charlie vs the natural ways of life (going against nature to become smart)
7. Is the time in Flowers for Algernon historical, seasonal, or temporal? Explain your choice.Seasonal because it takes place throughout months in the 1960s
8. Is the place in Flowers for Algernon geographical or physical? Explain your choice.Geographical it takes place in Boston
9. What is the atmosphere of the setting of the story?Happy/Hopeful/Peaceful
10. What is a flashback?Flashback is the insertion of a scene or event that took place in the past, often appearing as a memory in a story. The flashback is important in revealing information about the protagonist and his/her life
11. Give two examples of flashbacks in the story.The Harriet/locket incident. Doctor Guarino and the belt incident. Joe and Gimpy convince Charlie to create dough balls.
12. Charlie is what type of Character?Protagonist
13. What is Charlie’s IQ at the beginning of the story? What is it now?At the beginning, he has an IQ of 68. Now he has an IQ over 160
14. What does Charlie see the first time he is given the Rorschach Test?Ink on paper
15. Why is Charlie a good candidate for the operation?Because he has motivation and he is eager to learn
16. What are the consequences of Charlies IQ rising ? Name three consequences.His personality changes, because he starts developing more emotions (such as anger and frustration). He starts remembering his past, which makes him realize how people used to treat him. He is also having a hard time making decisions.His relationship with people change (especially with Miss Kinnian
17. What is the original reason why Charlie wants to learn?For the doctor and his family. He wants to become smart for them. To show that he can learn.
18. What does it mean to “pull a Charlie Gordon”?Doing something stupid
19. What was humorous about Charlie’s view or theory on the Thematic Apperception Test? (Test with pictures of people)He didn’t want to tell lies about people he didn’t know.
20. What are the names of the doctors working with Charlie?Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss
21. What is the name of the guy in the lab that helps run the tests for the doctors?Burt
22. Who are the three men who bully Charlie at work?Joe Carp, Frank Reilly and Gimpy
23. How does Charlie get fired from his job?The people at the factory all sign a petition, except for one woman. They feel intimidated by his intelligence
24. At the convention in Chicago, Charlie begins to feel that Nemur and Strauss are truly what kind of people?Are just humans, and are not genius.
25. After Norma is born, how does Rose treat Charlie?She cares less about him because she knows she can have a perfect child.
26. Why does Norma treat her brother the way she does?She feels like he is a baby and her parents treat him the same way. She always wants to prove to her parents that she is better than Charlie.
27. How does Charlie’s relationship with Alice change? Why does she push him away?He starts to love her, but she does not want to become attached because his personality changed and he will continue to become smarter and might change his mind about her
28. What does Uncle Herman do for Charlie?Takes him in so he doesn’t have to go the Warren state home and finds him a job and an apartment.

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_type_of_novel_is_Flowers_for_Algernon?

Question 1 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_point_of_view_of_the_story?

Question 2 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_examples_that_support_the_type_of_point_of_view_chosen.

Question 3 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_3_examples_of_a_person_vs_person_conflict_and_explain_this_conflict.

Question 4 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_an_example_of_a_person_vs_self-conflict_and_explain_this_conflict.

Question 5 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_2_examples_of_a_person_vs_nature_conflict.

Question 6 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Is_the_time_in_Flowers_for_Algernon_historical,_seasonal,_or_temporal?_Explain_your_choice.

Question 7 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Is_the_place_in_Flowers_for_Algernon_geographical_or_physical?_Explain_your_choice.

Question 8 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_atmosphere_of_the_setting_of_the_story?

Question 9 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_flashback?

Question 10 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_two_examples_of_flashbacks_in_the_story.

Question 11 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Charlie_is_what_type_of_Character?

Question 12 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_Charlie’s_IQ_at_the_beginning_of_the_story?_What_is_it_now?

Question 13 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_Charlie_see_the_first_time_he_is_given_the_Rorschach_Test?

Question 14 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_is_Charlie_a_good_candidate_for_the_operation?

Question 15 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_consequences_of_Charlies_IQ_rising_?_Name_three_consequences.

Question 16 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_original_reason_why_Charlie_wants_to_learn?

Question 17 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_it_mean_to_“pull_a_Charlie_Gordon”?

Question 18 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_humorous_about_Charlie’s_view_or_theory_on_the_Thematic_Apperception_Test?_(Test_with_pictures_of_people)

Question 19 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_names_of_the_doctors_working_with_Charlie?

Question 20 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_guy_in_the_lab_that_helps_run_the_tests_for_the_doctors?

Question 21 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_are_the_three_men_who_bully_Charlie_at_work?

Question 22 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_does_Charlie_get_fired_from_his_job?

Question 23 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=At_the_convention_in_Chicago,_Charlie_begins_to_feel_that_Nemur_and_Strauss_are_truly_what_kind_of_people?

Question 24 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=After_Norma_is_born,_how_does_Rose_treat_Charlie?

Question 25 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_does_Norma_treat_her_brother_the_way_she_does?

Question 26 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_does_Charlie’s_relationship_with_Alice_change?_Why_does_she_push_him_away?

Question 27 (of 28)

 


Flowers for Algernon revue : QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_Uncle_Herman_do_for_Charlie?

Question 28 (of 28)