QAR Strategies

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QAR Strategies

• Question/Answer/Relationships

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Types of Questions

• Right There
• Read and Search
• Author and Me
• On My Own

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Types of Questions

• Right There This question uses the exact words
  from the text. The answers are found word for
  word in the text usually in one sentence.
• Example Who was the president in 1996?
• This answer would be found right in the text.

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Read and Search

• This answer is in the text but the reader must
  search for it in two or more places.
• Question What two houses were blown down in the
  story the Three Little Pigs?
• Answer You would need to look in two places-the
  first house was the straw house and the second
  house made of sticks

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Author and Me

• The answer might be found in the readers
  background knowledge but would not make sense
  without having read the text.
• Question Why did Marlin in Finding Nemo not
  want Dori to go find his son with him?
• Answer You would have to have seen Nemo to know
  that Dori was very forgetful, and then you would
  have to explain from your own perspective why she
  might not be a good travel companion

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On My Own

• The answer is found in the readers head
• Question What would you do if you had to travel
  with someone who you did not get along with?
• Answer You did not have to read the story or
  watch this movie to be able to answer this
  question it is usually your opinion

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Why QAR is Helpful

• Understanding the types of questions and
  identifying which type is being asked helps
  students find answers quickly and accurately.

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RIGHT THERE QUESTIONS

• Info is found in one spot/paragraph in the text
• Usually a literal question-words come right from
  text

• KEY WORDS
• Name
• When did
• How many
• What is
• When is
• Who is
• Where is
• List
• What kind of

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Right There

• A topographic map is a map showing the surface
  features of an area. Topographic maps use
  symbols to portray the land as if you were
  looking down on it from above. Topographic maps
  provide highly accurate information on the
  elevation, relief and slope of the ground
  surface.

• Name three things that topographic maps provide
  information on.
• What is a topographic map?
• What special feature does a topographic map have
  to portray the land?

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Read and Search

• The answer is in two places in the text and
  reader must search for it
• Reader must understand what question is asking
  for

• Key Words
• Find examples of
• Why did
• Summarize
• Compare/Contrast
• Explain
• How did
• What caused

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Read and Search

• In 3100 B.C., Menes, a king of Upper Egypt,
  changed the course of Egyptian history. Memes
  swept into Lower Egypt and united the two
  kingdoms. From that time on, the kings of
  ancient Egypt wore a double crown.
• Menes built the city of Memphis for his
  capital. Memphis was located where the stalk
  of Upper Egypt meets the blossom of Lower
  Egypt. There Menes built a great palace. After
  that, Egypts supreme ruler was always called
  pharaoh, which means great palace.

• Find three examples of how Menes changed the
  course of Egyptian history.

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Author and Me

• Info is found by connecting what you already know
  with what you read in the text
• Reader must relate text to their knowledge

• Key Words
• What would you do if
• Suggest
• Evaluate
• What do you think about
• How would this be different
• Apply
• What if
• Prove

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Author and Me

• The pharaohs had total power over the lives of
  their people. They made the laws that the people
  had to follow. Since the pharaohs owned all of
  Egypts land, the people had to pay rent and
  taxes. Farmers, for example, had to give three
  fifths of their crops and some of their livestock
  to the pharaohs in payment for using the land.
  They also had to spend a few months each year
  working on building projects ordered by the
  pharaohs.

• What would you do if you were a pharaoh during
  the ancient Egyptian civilization? Suggest two
  new laws that you would create for your empire.

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Author and Me

• The Homework Machine
• The Homework Machine, oh the Homework
  Machine. Most perfect contraption thats ever
  been seen. Just put in your homework, then drop
  in a dime, snap on the switch, and in ten
  seconds time, your homework comes out, quick and
  clean as can be. Here it is- nine plus four?
  and the answer is three. Three? Oh me I guess
  its not as perfect as I though it would be.

• How do you think the homework machine could be
  changed to be more effective?

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On My Own

• The answer is found in the readers background
• Reader does not need to have read the text to
  answer this question

• These answers are not found in a text, they are
  only found in your head

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On My Own

• When is your birthday?
• Have you ever seen a fossil?
• What country would you visit if you could visit
  any country in the world?