Question, Answer Relationship

QAR

QAR

Developed by Taffy Raphael, QAR is a strategy that students can use to help them to answer comprehension questions on reading tests. It allows them to use both text information and background knowledge rather than focusing on just one strategy.

Teaching students QAR allows them to see that answers from a question will either come from

the text (in the book) or from what they already know (in my head).

Students can then break these up into 4 different types of questions.

Right There, Think & Search,

Author & Me, On My Own

Why is QAR beneficial for NAPLAN?

Explicitly shows the relationship between questions and answers

Allows students to recognise different types of questions and how to answer them

Demonstrates to students that the text does not have all the answers (right there questions)

QAR appears in over 70% of NAPLAN

questions?

2 questions

1 questions

17 questions

6 questions

RightRightThereThere

Author &Author &MeMe

Think & Think & SearchSearch

On MyOn Myownown

How do I teach QAR?

Day 1Day 1 Day 2Day 2 Day 3Day 3 Day 4Day 4 Day 5Day 5

Introduce Introduce QAR QAR

Explore Explore through shared through shared

readingreading

Right ThereRight ThereStrategyStrategy

Right ThereRight ThereStrategyStrategy

Think & Think & SearchSearchStrategyStrategy

Day 6Day 6 Day 7Day 7 Day 8Day 8 Day 9Day 9 Day 10Day 10

Think & Think & SearchSearchStrategyStrategy

Author & MeAuthor & MeStrategyStrategy

Author & MeAuthor & MeStrategyStrategy

On My OwnOn My OwnStrategyStrategy

All QARAll QARStrategies Strategies

For more information on implementation,

see QAR Implementation

document.

http://comprehensionskills4naplan.wikispaces.com