LOCATE, ORGANIZE & INTERPRET INFORMATION
QAR EXPLANATION
This strategy helps students recognize where the answers to questions come from.
- Read or post the questions that need to be answered from reading the selection. Study or review questions will work, or you can also make up questions of your own.
- Questions should be created so that they belong to one of the following four categories:
Right There - The information for the answer is found directly in the text and is easy to find.
Think and Search - The information for the answer is found in the text, but is pulled from different parts of the text. The wording in the question may be different form the wording in the text. These questions are a little more difficult to answer.
Author and Me - The information for the answer is found in two places, in the text and from students' background knowledge and experiences. Students will need to put together information the author tells them and information they already know.
On My Own - The information for the answer is not in the text. Students need to think about what they already know from their own experiences to answer this type of question. These questions can be answered without reading the text.
Provide an overview of the different places students can find answers to questions, emphasizing that not all answers are directly stated in the text.
In the four-column QAR organizer have students write the questions in column one. In column two, students identify which of the four types of questions it is. In column three, students write their answer to the question. In column four, students write what they had to do to get their answer.
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