QUESTION-ANSWER RELATIONSHIPS (QAR)

(See a sample of a student response to these questions)
 
Right There Questions (Level One) Explicit
Ask:
Who is?  Who did?  Where is? What is? When is? How many? List Name
Example:
 
 
 
Think and Search Questions (Level Two ) Implicit
Ask:
What caused? Explain Summarize Compare Contrast Retell to support How did? For what reason?  Why?
Example:
 
 
 
Author and You (Knowledge Based) Questions
Ask questions whose answers may come from information not in the text, but reading of text is necessary in order to understand what the question is asking.
Example:
 
 
 
On My Own ( Level Three) Open Ended, Global Questions  
Ask questions which are open-ended and which go beyond the text. Such questions are intended to provoke much thought, discussion, and debate of an abstract idea, controversial issue, or issues of universal human concern.
Example:
 
 
 

Note: Levels of Questions (Parenthesis) are from Building Success Program