Transcript QAR - Salina USD 305

QAR
Right There Questions
• The answer is in the text.
• The words used to answer the
question are ‘right there’ in
the same sentence.
A Right There Question must
relate to important information in
the text.
A sample question from Johnny
Tremain might be:
What city is the setting for this
story?
It is important to know that the
whole story takes place in Boston.
• A weak Right There Question might
be
• How much did Mr. Hancock pay for
his sugar bowl?
• It is NOT important to know the
price of the sugar bowl.
Think and Search
• The answer is in the story but
you need to put things together
to find it.
• Words for the questions and
words for the answer are not
found in the same sentence;
they come from different
parts of the text.
• A sample Think and Search Question
might be
• Name the people who lived in the
Lapham household.
• This answer is found within several
paragraphs and it is important that
we know who all the characters are in
the story.
• A weak Think and Search question
would be
• How many people lived in the
Lapham house?
• It’s much more important to know
WHO lived in the house than how
many people lived there.
Author and Me
• The answer is NOT in the story.
• You need to think about what you
already know and about what the
author tells you in the text, and
how it all fits together. MUST
generate good discussion!
•
Good Author and Me questions make
people think before they answer. The
questions must relate to both of these
criteria:
1. Does it directly relate to the story and
include a specific mention of something in
the story?
2. Does it generate discussion? If the
question can be answered with just one or
two words, or if there is only ONE right
answer, it is not a good Author and Me
question.
A sample of a good Author and Me
question might be
How are Johnny and Rab alike
and how are they different?
This question directly relates to
the story and there are a number
of possible answers so it generates
good discussion.
• A weak Author and Me question
might be
• On a scale of 1 to10, how much do
you like Johnny?
• This answer requires a number, but
not much more. Again, questions that
can be answered with only one or two
words are not good discussion
questions.
On My Own
• The answer is NOT in the text.
• You can even answer the question
without reading the story.
• You need to use your own prior
knowledge.
• MUST generate good discussion!
On My Own questions must
meet three criteria:
• Does it relate to the text without
directly referring to the text?
• Can it be answered without reading
the text?
• Does it generate good discussion?
• A weak On My Own question would be
• What was Paul Revere’s job?
• Although this question meets the
first two criteria, it does NOT
generate discussion.
• Questions that can be answered with
either Yes or No are also NOT good
On My Own questions. For example,
“Would you fight in a war?” is NOT
a good question. However, “Why
would you fight in a war?” is a good
question because it generates
discussion.
• Another example of a weak On My
Own question would be
• How many men do you think
participated in the Boston Tea
Party?
• This meets the first two criteria, but
answers that require just a number
do not generate good discussion.
• A good example of a On My Own
question might be
• How is being handicapped today
different than being handicapped in
the colonial times?
• This question directly relates to the
text although it does not specifically
name the text, a person does not
need to read the text to answer it,
and it does generate good discussion!
• Another good On My Own question
might be
• How do people use propaganda
today?
• Again, this relates to the story
without mentioning the story, one
does not have to read the text to
answer it, and it generates good
discussion.
• If students have questions about
QAR, please come see the teacher
for assistance!