QR Challenge: Romeo and Juliet Act 2

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 is the Friar’s hobby?	He collects herbs to make natural medicines. According to the Friar, why are young people able to sleep more soundly than older people?
2. The Friar doesn’t think it’s such a good idea for Romeo and Juliet to wed, yet he agrees to perform the ceremony. Why?	He hopes it will inspire peace amongst the families.
3. This morning, Tybalt sent a note to Romeo’s house. What was the purpose of the note?	To challenge him to a duel.
4. Which one of Romeo’s friends does the Nurse hate, and why?	Mercutio. Because he makes fun of her, calls her rude/inappropriate names.
5. What is a “tackled stair?”	A rope ladder. Romeo will have one delivered to the Nurse in about an hour so that he may use the rope ladder tonight to be with Juliet.
6. At the beginning of the scene 5, Juliet is fretting because it’s taken the Nurse so long to return with news. The Nurse left at 9 a.m., but now it’s what time of day?	Noon
7. The Nurse delights in torturing Juliet a little bit before telling her about the wedding plans. Name one of the specific physical ailments the Nurse complains about having	Aching bones, breathlessness, headache.
8. The Friar warns the marrying couple that loving so intensely can be troublesome. Specifically, he compares Romeo and Juliet’s love to two items. Name one of the two	Fire and gunpowder.

 

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