QAR – Question-Answer Relationships Directions: This activity will help you understand the relationships that exist among different types of questions asked and the answers. Please read through the four different types of relationships so you know what type of answer I will be looking for. Question-Answer Relationships In the Text: • Right There – The answer is in the text. The words used in the question and the words used for the answer can usually be found in the same sentences. • Think and Search – The answer is in the text, but the words used in the question and those used for the answer are not in the same sentence. You need to think about different parts of the text and how ideas can be put together before you can answer the question.
In Your Head: • Author and You – The answer is not in the text. You need to think about what you know, what the author says, and how they fit together. • On Your Own – The text got you thinking, but the answer is inside your head. The author can’t help you much. So think about it, and use what you know already about the question.
Answer these questions, using the QAR strategy in parenthesis:
What were some of the rights granted by the English Bill of Rights? (Right There)
Explain specific ways colonists hoped to participate in government compared to how they had been under the rule of the King. (Think and Search)
Englishmen John Locke helped inspire many colonists as he argued that representative government was the only reasonable kind for the people. What were some of his reasons for this and why do you think he felt this way? (Author and You)
Do you think the colonies could have even attempted to declare independence if they hadn't come together? (On Your Own)
Directions: This activity will help you understand the relationships that exist among different types of questions asked and the answers. Please read through the four different types of relationships so you know what type of answer I will be looking for.
Question-Answer Relationships
In the Text:
• Right There – The answer is in the text. The words used in the question and the words used for the answer can usually be found in the same sentences.
• Think and Search – The answer is in the text, but the words used in the question and those used for the answer are not in the same sentence. You need to think about different parts of the text and how ideas can be put together before you can answer the question.
In Your Head:
• Author and You – The answer is not in the text. You need to think about what you know, what the author says, and how they fit together.
• On Your Own – The text got you thinking, but the answer is inside your head. The author can’t help you much. So think about it, and use what you know already about the question.
Answer these questions, using the QAR strategy in parenthesis: