QR Challenge: Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues
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.
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)
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1.The snake (slithered) through the grass. He was hunting | moved or traveled
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2. 2.The thought of eating a rat is (abhorrent)to most people | horrible,repugnant
| 3. 3.My(absent-minded) teacher loses his keys, his book and his chalk almost every day | not paying attention
| 4. 4.You can trust the salesmen at that store because they always conduct business in an (aboveboard) manner | honestly, openly
| 5. 5.Petra has so many friends because she is a (gregarious) person | friendly, outgoing
| 6. 6.The lovely (egret) is in danger of extinction because clothing manufacturers use their long,beautiful tail feathers to make ladies' hats | a type of bird
| 7. 7.I can't believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, Peter turned around (abruptly) and walked out of the room | suddenly, without notice
| 8. 8.After the harvest, we had an (abundant) amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples | plentiful
| 9. 9.When Sara was sick, her voice was almost (inaudible). We couldn't hear what she was trying to say clearly | very soft, hard to hear
| 10. 10.The hill was too(arduous) for us to climb. We had to walk our bicycles up the hill | difficult, steep
| 11. 11.The children in the orphanage might have starved had it not been for the (benevolence) of the nuns,who sacrificed their own small salaries to provide food for the children | kindness |
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.The_snake_(slithered)_through_the_grass._He_was_hunting
Question 1 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2.The_thought_of_eating_a_rat_is_(abhorrent)to_most_people
Question 2 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3.My(absent-minded)_teacher_loses_his_keys,_his_book_and__his_chalk_almost_every_day
Question 3 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4.You_can_trust_the_salesmen_at_that_store_because_they_always_conduct_business_in_an_(aboveboard)_manner
Question 4 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5.Petra_has_so_many_friends_because_she_is_a_(gregarious)_person
Question 5 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6.The_lovely_(egret)_is_in_danger_of_extinction_because_clothing_manufacturers_use_their_long,beautiful_tail_feathers_to_make_ladies'_hats
Question 6 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7.I_can't_believe_it!_Right_in_the_middle_of_our_conversation,_Peter_turned_around_(abruptly)_and_walked_out_of_the_room
Question 7 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8.After_the_harvest,_we_had_an_(abundant)_amount_of_apples._We_made_apple_pie,_apple_sauce,_and_apple_juice_because_we_had_so_many_apples
Question 8 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9.When_Sara_was_sick,_her_voice_was_almost_(inaudible)._We_couldn't_hear_what_she_was_trying_to_say_clearly
Question 9 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10.The_hill_was_too(arduous)_for_us_to_climb._We_had_to_walk_our_bicycles_up_the_hill
Question 10 (of 11)
Guess the meaning of the vocabulary in brackets in the sentences using contextual clues: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11.The_children_in_the_orphanage_might_have_starved_had_it_not_been_for_the_(benevolence)_of_the_nuns,who_sacrificed_their_own_small_salaries_to_provide_food_for_the_children
Question 11 (of 11)
