Transcript QAR PowerPoint - Washington Preparatory High School

How to appropriately answer
even the toughest questions
appropriately.
Mrs. Pollard
English 9.
Many students try to answer
questions using ONLY
information from the text.
Other students try to answer
questions using ONLY their
background knowledge.
Q.Question
A.Answer
R. Relationships
Question-Answer Relationships
Right There – Text explicit
Think & Search – Text implicit
Author & Me – Text implicit/experienced based
On My Own – experienced based
Question-Answer Relationships
Right There – The answer is directly
stated in the text. In fact, the words
from the question and the answer are
included in the same sentence.
 “Right There”
• The answer is in one
sentence of the text.
• The question and answer
usually have the same
wording.
• There is usually only one
right answer to Right
There questions
• Who is…
• Where is…
• How many…
• What is…
• When did…
Created by Tunisia Johnson
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel so
good. I love to do exactly as my teacher says I
should. I love to do my homework, I never
miss a day. I even love the men in white who
are taking me away.
What do I love to do?
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel so
good. I love to do exactly as my teacher says I
should. I love to do my homework, I never miss a
day. I even love the men in white who are taking
me away.
What does the speaker love to do?
The speaker loves to do their homework
Question-Answer Relationships
Think & Search- The answer is in the
text, but the words from the question
and the answer are not in the same
sentence.
 “Think
and Search”
• The answer is found in
several parts of the
text.
• The question and
answer have different
wordings.
• Answers are usually
short answers
 For
what reason…?
 How did…?
 Why was…?
 What caused…?
 Summarize…
 Compare/contrast
…
Created by Tunisia Johnson
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel
so good. I love to do exactly as my teacher
says I should. I love to do my homework, I
never miss a day. I even love the men in white
who are taking me away.
How do I feel when I do what my teacher
says I should?
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel
so good. I love to do exactly as my teacher
says I should. I love to do my homework, I
never miss a day. I even love the men in white
who are taking me away.
How does the speaker feel when they do what
the teacher says they should?
When the speaker does what the teacher says
they should he/she feels so good.
Question-Answer Relationships
Author & Me- The answer is not in the
text, but the text provides information
to use in the answer.
 “Author
and Me”
• The answer to the question
comes from both clues in
the text and student prior
knowledge.
• Students must synthesize
the text to fully understand
the question.
 Would
you…?
 Which
character…?
 Did you
agree…?
 What did you
think of…?
Created by Tunisia Johnson
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel
so good. I love to do exactly as my teacher
says I should. I love to do my homework, I
never miss a day. I even love the men in
white who are taking me away.
Where are they taking me?
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel so
good. I love to do exactly as my teacher says I
should. I love to do my homework, I never
miss a day. I even love the men in white who
are taking me away.
Where are they taking the speaker?
They are taking the speaker to the Mental Hospital.
Question-Answer Relationships
On My Own- The answer is not in the
text; it must come from the reader’s
own experiences.

“On My Own”
• The answers come
entirely from the
students’ prior
knowledge.
• These questions require
inferential and
evaluative thinking.
• Answers to not require
information from the
text, but do require that
students make some
type of judgment about
or relate to the topic.
Do you know…?
 Have you ever…?
 Would you ever…?

Created by Tunisia Johnson
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel
so good. I love to do exactly as my teacher
says I should. I love to do my homework, I
never miss a day. I even love the men in white
who are taking me away.
Why is homework an important part of
school?
I Love to Do My Homework
I love to do my homework, it makes me feel so
good. I love to do exactly as my teacher says I
should. I love to do my homework, I never miss a
day. I even love the men in white who are taking
me away.
Why is homework an important part of school?
Homework is important because it helps you
learn new concepts and it gives the teacher an idea
of how well you understand the concept.
 Read
the paragraph on the next slide
silently to yourself.
 Be prepared to share, an appropriate
answer to the question ( complete
sentence), and the QAR type.
 I will randomly call on students to
respond.
Jerry picked up his bat, ball, and his
glove. He went to the playing field.
Some boys were already hitting and
catching fly balls.
1. What did Jerry pick up?
2. Where did Jerry go?
3. What game is Jerry going to play?
4. What is your favorite game?
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Kiesha got up on the wrong foot this morning! When her alarm clock rang, missing
the snooze button, she accidentally turned it off. She rolled over and went back to
sleep. She finally woke up with the sound of her mother yelling to her at the door of
her bedroom, "Get up! It's late!" What a way to start her week! Kiesha missed the
bus, forgot about breakfast, and her mother rushed her to school. When she finally
got to school, Kiesha realized she had forgotten her lunch money and book bag
with her homework inside! She borrowed money from Lindsey, and had to redo her
homework during recess. To top her day off, in gym class, Kiesha was hit on her
head with a basketball. Apparently, she didn't see Erica making the pass to her. It
almost knocked her out! To make matters worse, her "crush" was sitting on the
sidelines watching the whole thing! The day finally ended, and Keisha boarded the
bus to go home. It turned out to be the worst day from beginning to end! "One
down, four to go," she thought as the bus slowly left DSA.....
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