Question-Answer-RelationshipsQuestion-Answer-Relationships(QAR)(QAR)

This procedure encourages higher levels of thinking. There are four questions types of questions:

1. Right there questions.◦ Answers found easily in text.

2. Think & Search questions.◦ Search in different parts of

text. 3. Author& Me questions.

◦ Author’s ideas + their own. 4. On my own questions.

◦ Use own ideas to answer.

QAR Procedure Steps: 1. Read questions first.

◦ Preview questions before reading.

2. Predict how to answer the question.◦ Predict the type of question.

3. Read the text.◦ Read while thinking of

questions. 4. Answer the question.

◦ Locate answers and write them.

5. Share answers.◦ Read answers allowed

Definition – a procedure used for learning where to locate comprehension questions in both narrative and expository texts.

Courtenay Jones &

Greg House