Brittany's ESOL Strategies Teaching Blog: ESOL STRATEGIES FOR READING!!! QAR Question-Answer Relationship

Question-Answer Relationship

QAR helps students understand what types of questions are out there, and how to address them. For instance, some answers to questions are plainly seen in the text, others need to be searched for, and some need to be answered "on my own". Either way the student needs to consider the question, before attempting to answer.

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

LA.3.1.7.8 The student will use strategies to repair comprehension of grade-appropriate text when self-monitoring indicates confusion, including but not limited to rereading, checking context clues, predicting, summarizing, questioning, and clarifying by checking other sources.

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

ESOL Standards
6) Apply current and effective ESOL teaching methodologies in planning and delivering instruction to LEP/ELL students.

How to use QAR

Explain to the students that their are four types of questions to consider and ask them to name and define them.

Right There Questions: Literal questions whose answers can be found in the text. Often the words used in the question are the same words found in the text.
Think and Search Questions: Answers are gathered from several parts of the text and put together to make meaning.
Author and You: These questions are based on information provided in the text but the student is required to relate it to their own experience. Although the answer does not lie directly in the text, the student must have read it in order to answer the question.
On My Own: These questions do not require the student to have read the passage but he/she must use their background or prior knowledge to answer the question.

2. Read a short passage aloud to your students

3. Have predetermined questions ready for students when you are finished reading. Help students decide which type of question they need to answer.

4. Show students how to find information to answer the questions (i.e., in the text, from your own experiences, etc.).

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