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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. “Floating” What does Hà mean when she says, “Other girls must be made of bamboo, bending whichever way they are told.” | She means that other girls are not as stubborn or strong-willed as she is and that they are more flexible. | 2. “S-l-o-w-l-Y: Re-read the poem. Why does Mother look so sad at the end of the poem? | Mother looks sad because she feels badly that her children don't have enough to eat.2 | 3. “Rations” Explain how rations of rice are decided. | The amount of rice a person gets is determined by the person's size.3 | 4. “Routine" Describe the “bathrooms” on board the ship. | There are no bathrooms, so people go to the bathroom in buckets and/or in the ocean.4 | 5. “Brother Khôi’s Secret" How did Brother Khôi’s chick die?5 | It was crushed, in his pocket, when people were crowding onto the ship.5 | 6. “One Engine" What was good about the Commander taking the river route? | It was harder to be detected by the enemy.6 | 7. What was one negative about taking the river route? | It was a longer route and slower.7 | 8. “Amethyst Ring” What does Mother’s Amethyst ring symbolize? | The ring symbolizes her bond with father.8 | 9. “Choose”Why does Mother choose America instead of Paris? | Mother chooses America because she is told there are more opportunities there for her sons to get work and to go to school.9 | 10. “Alabama”How did Hà’s family get a sponsor to Alabama? | They are sponsored by a man who wants Vu to work for him as a mechanic.10 |
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