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    QAR is a comprehension strategy that helps students understand where to find answers to questions about a text. It involves categorizing questions as having answers that are directly stated in the text ("Right There"), requiring inferences ("Think and Search"), relating to background knowledge plus the text ("You and the Author"), or from background knowledge alone ("On Your Own"). The teacher models creating and answering example QAR questions for a known text. Students then practice using QAR to answer questions and discuss comprehension for an assigned reading. With practice, students learn to generate their own QAR questions to improve independent reading comprehension.

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    QAR is a comprehension strategy that helps students understand where to find answers to questions about a text. It involves categorizing questions as having answers that are directly stated in the text ("Right There"), requiring inferences ("Think and Search"), relating to background knowledge plus the text ("You and the Author"), or from background knowledge alone ("On Your Own"). The teacher models creating and answering example QAR questions for a known text. Students then practice using QAR to answer questions and discuss comprehension for an assigned reading. With practice, students learn to generate their own QAR questions to improve independent reading comprehension.

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    QAR is a comprehension strategy that helps students understand where to find answers to questions about a text. It involves categorizing questions as having answers that are directly stated in the text ("Right There"), requiring inferences ("Think and Search"), relating to background knowledge plus the text ("You and the Author"), or from background knowledge alone ("On Your Own"). The teacher models creating and answering example QAR questions for a known text. Students then practice using QAR to answer questions and discuss comprehension for an assigned reading. With practice, students learn to generate their own QAR questions to improve independent reading comprehension.

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    Q u eStio n - an Sw er rel atio n Ship ( Q ar)

    USE:AllContentAreasAllGradeLevelsDuringandAfterReading
    FOCUS:ComprehensionStrategies:DeterminingImportance,QuestioningandSynthesizing
    FORDETAILEDINFORMATIONSEE:Raphael,1982;Readence,Moore,Rickelman,2000

    QARisastrategythattargetsthequestionWhereistheanswer?byhavingtheclassroomteacher
    andeventuallythestudentscreatequestionsthattintoafourlevelthinkingguide.Thelevelof
    questionsrequiresstudentstouseexplicitandimplicitinformationinthetext:
    F irst level: RightThere! answers. Answers that are directly answered in the text. For
    example,usingthestoryofCinderella,aRightTherequestionmightbeHowmany
    stepsistersdidCinderellahave?
    Secondlevel:ThinkandSearch.Thisrequiresputtingtogetherinformationfromthe
    textandmakinganinference.Again,withtheCinderellastory,asecondlevelquestion
    mightbeHowdidthefairygodmotherhelpCinderella?orWhattasksdidCinderella
    havetodoathome?
    Thirdlevel:YouandtheAuthor.Theanswermightbefoundinthestudentsbackground
    knowledge,butwouldnotmakesenseunlessthestudenthadreadthetext,e.g.,Howdid
    theauthormakethecharactersinthestorybelievable?Howisthemaincharacterlikeor
    unlikeanyoneyouknoworhavereadabout?
    Fourthlevel:OnYourOwn.Posesaquestionforwhichtheanswermustcomefromthe
    studentsownbackgroundknowledge,e.g.,Whatdoyouthinkwouldhavehappenedif
    theprincehadbrokentheglassslipper?

    PROCEDURE(beginbyexplainingandmodeling):
    1. T he teacher makes up a series of QAR questions related to the materials to known to the
    studentsandaseriesofQARquestionsrelatedtothenextreadingassignment.
    2. TheteacherintroducesQARandexplainsthattherearetwokindsofinformationinabook:
    explicitandimplicit.
    3. Theteacherexplainsthelevelsofquestionsandwheretheanswersarefoundandgivesexamples
    thatareappropriatefortheagelevelandthecontent.AstorylikeCinderellathatisknownby
    moststudentsusuallyworkswellasanexample,eveninhighschoolclasses.
    4. TheteacherthenassignsareadingandtheQARquestionshe/shehasdevelopedforthereading.
    Studentsread,answertheQARquestionsanddiscusstheiranswers.
    5. The teacher and students discuss how they can use this strategy on their own and how it
    facilitatesunderstandingandcriticalthinking.
    6. AfterusingtheQARstrategyseveraltimes,thestudentscanbegintomakeuptheirownQAR
    questionsandinsmallgroupssharewiththeirclassmates.
    7. Theteacherclosesthisactivitywithadiscussionofhowstudentscanusethisstrategyintheir
    ownreadingandlearning.

    The ultimate goalofthisactivity (andmost of theactivities presentedhere) is for students to


    becomeveryprocientinusingtheactivityandeventuallyusetheactivityautomaticallytohelp
    themselvescomprehendtext.

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