QR Challenge: Chapter 1

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. 1. Why was Jared feeling humiliated that day? Explain your answer fully.	1
2. 2. How do we know Jared has been in trouble at school? Explain your answer.	2
3. 3. Find three fronted adverbials that tell us where Jared could see out of the window.	3
4. 4.Dilapidated is closest in meaning to: a) brand new b) in a bad condition c) from the olden days d) big and bulky	4
5. 5.Find a word that is closet in meaning to ‘beat’. (p7)	5
6. 6.‘Mallory thundered down the stairs lugging a large bag.’ Describe what this sentence tell us about Mallory’s movements.	6
7. 7.Which word is closet in meaning to ‘skittered’? Slithered Rolled Spun Darted	7
8. 8.What does the phrase ‘it bordered on obsessive’ tell us about Mallory’s training?	8
9. 9.The last line of the chapter says ‘…but what could he do except follow?’ Why did Jared follow Thimbletack?	9
10. 10.What does the word ‘dominated’ suggest about the desk in the room?	10
11. 11.Why were the kids at school ‘bothering’ Jared?	11
12. 12.Find three pieces of evidence from the text that suggest that Jared loves The Field Guide.	12
13. 13.In your own words, describe what starts to happen to Simon.	13

 

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