Transcript QAR (Question-answer relationships)

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relationships)
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Common Sense:
An Anansi Tale
Anansi the spider is a West African folk hero known
for his cleverness. Anansi loves to plan and
scheme, trying to outsmart everyone. Sometimes,
Anansi comes up with a clever plan and finds smart
solutions to puzzling problems. Other times, he
winds up causing lots of mischief.
Common Sense:
An Anansi Tale
Teir Two Words using:
Synonym Web
Antonym Analogies
Word Map
Multiple-Meaning Words
Keyword Method
Semantic Mapping
Symantic Feature Analysis
Context Clues
Definition Map
PAVE Map
Question
Answer
A calabash is like a great
What is a calabash?
big pumpkin.
What does Anansi think People will have to pay
will make him a powerful him for commonsense
spider?
advise.
He wants to keep if safe
Why does Anansi want to and sound because he
find a hiding place for the doesn’t want anyone to
common sense?
find it and take it from
him.
What are some
sommonsense answers to
Take a nap. Use an
QAR
Question
Answer
A calabash is like a great
What is a calabash?
big pumpkin.
What does Anansi think People will have to pay
will make him a powerful him for commonsense
spider?
advise.
He wants to keep if safe
Why does Anansi want to and sound because he
find a hiding place for the doesn’t want anyone to
common sense?
find it and take it from
him.
What are some
sommonsense answers to
Take a nap. Use an
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RIGHT
THERE
Question
Answer
A calabash is like a great
What is a calabash?
big pumpkin.
What does Anansi think People will have to pay
will make him a powerful him for commonsense
spider?
advise.
He wants to keep if safe
Why does Anansi want to and sound because he
find a hiding place for the doesn’t want anyone to
common sense?
find it and take it from
him.
What are some
sommonsense answers to
Take a nap. Use an
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RIGHT
THERE
THINK AND
SEARCH
Question
Answer
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A calabash is like a great RIGHT
What is a calabash?
THERE
big pumpkin.
What does Anansi think People will have to pay
THINK AND
will make him a powerful him for commonsense
SEARCH
spider?
advise.
He wants to keep if safe
Why does Anansi want to and sound because he
AUTHOR
find a hiding place for the doesn’t want anyone to
AND ME
common sense?
find it and take it from
him.
What are some
sommonsense answers to
Take a nap. Use an
Question
Answer
QAR
A calabash is like a great RIGHT
What is a calabash?
THERE
big pumpkin.
What does Anansi think People will have to pay
THINK AND
will make him a powerful him for commonsense
SEARCH
spider?
advise.
He wants to keep if safe
Why does Anansi want to and sound because he
AUTHOR
find a hiding place for the doesn’t want anyone to
AND ME
common sense?
find it and take it from
him.
What are some common
sense answers to the
Take a nap. Use an
ON MY OWN
Question
What does Anansi think is
the perfect hiding place for
the common sense?
How does Anansi feel when
he hears someone
laughing?
What did the thick rope do
to Anansi’s neck?
Why would tying the
calabash around his neck
like a necklace be a foolish
way for Anansi to climb the
Possible Answer
QAR
Question
What does Anansi think is
the perfect hiding place for
the common sense?
How does Anansi feel when
he hears someone
laughing?
What did the thick rope do
to Anansi’s neck?
Why would tying the
calabash around his neck
like a necklace be a foolish
way for Anansi to climb the
Possible Answer
QAR
Question
What does Anansi think is
the perfect hiding place for
the common sense?
How does Anansi feel when
he hears someone
laughing?
What did the thick rope do
to Anansi’s neck?
Why would tying the
calabash around his neck
like a necklace be a foolish
way for Anansi to climb the
Possible Answer
QAR
The top of the tallest
tree in the jungle.
RIGHT
THERE
Question
Possible Answer
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What does Anansi think is
the perfect hiding place for
the common sense?
The top of the tallest
tree in the jungle.
RIGHT
THERE
How does Anansi feel when
he hears someone
laughing?
He probably feels
surprised and maybe
afraid. He might be
mad.
ON MY OWN
What did the thick rope do
to Anansi’s neck?
Why would tying the
calabash around his neck
like a necklace be a foolish
Question
Possible Answer
QAR
What does Anansi think is
the perfect hiding place for
the common sense?
The top of the tallest
tree in the jungle.
RIGHT
THERE
How does Anansi feel when
he hears someone
laughing?
He probably feels
surprised and maybe
afraid. He might be
mad.
ON MY OWN
It burned his neck.
THINK AND
SEARCH
What did the thick rope do
to Anansi’s neck?
Why would tying the
calabash around his neck
like a necklace be a foolish
Question
Possible Answer
QAR
What does Anansi think is
the perfect hiding place for
the common sense?
The top of the tallest
tree in the jungle.
RIGHT
THERE
How does Anansi feel when
he hears someone
laughing?
He probably feels
surprised and maybe
afraid. He might be
mad.
ON MY OWN
It burned his neck.
THINK AND
SEARCH
What did the thick rope do
to Anansi’s neck?
Why would tying the
It would get in the way
calabash around his neck
and bang into him. It’s
like a necklace be a foolish
hard to climb a tree that
AUTHOR
AND ME
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Answer
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QAR STRATEGY
Sources of
Information
Type of QAR
(Question-Answer Relationship)
IN THE TEXT
Information comes
primarily from the text
itself
RIGHT THERE (Literal): The answer to the question is “right there”
in one sentence; the question and answer have the same wording.
IN MY HEAD
Information comes from
students’ own prior
knowledge
IN MY HEAD & IN THE
TEXT
THINK AND SEARCH (Literal): The answer to the question requires
searching across the text; the question and answer have different
wording.
ON MY OWN (Inferential and evaluative): The answer to the
question comes entirely from the students’ prior knowledge, without
even reading the text.
AUTHOR AND ME (Inferential): The answer to the question comes
from students’ prior knowledge and clues provided by the author.