QR Challenge: Famous Pueto Rican Writers. Escritores Famosos de Puerto Rico

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. José de Diego	Statesman José De diego, was a statesman,journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain and from the United States who was referred to by his peers as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement" Born: April 16, 1866, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Died: July 16, 1918, New York City, NY Books: Complete Works of Jose De Diego Organizations founded: University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
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3. Esmeralda Santiago2	Author Esmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author and former actress known for her novels and memoirs. Born: May 17, 1948 (age 67), San Juan, Puerto Rico Spouse: Frank Cantor Movies: Almost a WomanEducation: High School of Performing Arts, Harvard University, Sarah Lawrence College2
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5. René Marqués3	Short story writer René Marqués was a Puerto Rican short story writer and playwright. Born: October 4, 1919, Arecibo, Puerto Rico Died: March 22, 1979, San Juan, Puerto Rico Education: Columbia University Books: La Carreta, The docile Puerto Rican, The Look Movies: Modesta, Juan Sin Seso
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7. Julia de Burgos4	Poet Julia de Burgos was a poet from Puerto Rico. As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Born: February 17, 1914, Carolina, Puerto Rico Died: July 6, 1953, Manhattan, New York City, NY Nationality: Puerto Rican Education: University of Havana Books: Song of the Simple Truth, Roses in the mirror Parents: Paula García de Burgos, Francisco Burgos Hans4
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9. Enrique Laguerre5	Critic Enrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez was a teacher and critic from Moca, Puerto Rico. His works include novels, plays and a writing newspaper columns for El Vocero newspaper. Born: May 3, 1906, Moca, Puerto Rico Died: June 16, 2005, Carolina, Puerto Rico
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11. Eugenio María de Hostos6	Eugenio María de Hostos, known as "El Gran Ciudadano de las Américas", was a Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, and Puerto Rican independence advocate. Born: January 11, 1839, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Died: August 11, 1903, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Spouse: Belinda de Ayala (m. 1877) Education: Complutense University of Madrid Books: Tratado De Sociologia., More Parents: María Hilaria de Bonilla y Cintrón, Eugenio María de Hostos y Rodríguez6
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13. Luis López Nieves7	author Luis López Nieves is one of the most influential and best-selling Puerto Rican authors in history. He has won the National Literature Prize on two occasions: first, in 2000, with his book of historical Born: January 17, 1950 (age 66), Puerto Rico Education: University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus Books: Seva7

 

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