Levels of Questions Levels of Questions

QAR Strategy – QAR Strategy – Question/Answer Question/Answer

RelationshipRelationship

What action is What action is usually usually

associated associated with this with this

color?color?

Green Green

Means Means

GO!!!GO!!!

Level One: Level One: Right ThereRight There

The answer is right there in The answer is right there in the text. the text.

It does not require the It does not require the students to think, only to read students to think, only to read and find the answer which is and find the answer which is RIGHT THERE!! RIGHT THERE!!

LEVEL 1LEVEL 1RIGHT THERERIGHT THERE

Blooms Level Blooms Level Associated with Associated with Level 1Level 1Knowledge Knowledge ComprehensionComprehension

What action is What action is usually usually

associated with associated with this color?this color?

Yellow Means Yellow Means

SLOWSLOW

DOWN!DOWN!

LEVEL 2LEVEL 2SEARCH & FINDSEARCH & FIND

• The information to answer the The information to answer the question is found in the passage. question is found in the passage.

• It may require the students to look It may require the students to look in more than one place to find the in more than one place to find the answer OR to make an inference answer OR to make an inference based on what they read.based on what they read.

• They have to SEARCH the passage They have to SEARCH the passage to FIND the answer.to FIND the answer.

LEVEL 2: LEVEL 2: SEARCH & FINDSEARCH & FIND

Blooms Level Blooms Level Associated with Associated with Level 2Level 2•Knowledge Knowledge

•Comprehension Comprehension

What action is What action is usually associated usually associated with this color?with this color?

Red Red

means means

STOP!!STOP!!

Level 3: Author and Me Level 3: Author and Me

• The answers to these questions are The answers to these questions are not found in the passage. not found in the passage.

• The questions require the students to The questions require the students to take what the author has given them take what the author has given them and use what they know to take it a and use what they know to take it a step further. step further.

• They must go beyond the text to get They must go beyond the text to get an answer. an answer.

• They must STOP and think. They must STOP and think.

LEVEL 3LEVEL 3AUTHOR & MEAUTHOR & ME

Blooms Level Associated Blooms Level Associated with Level 3with Level 3

•ApplicationApplication

•Analysis Analysis

•Synthesis Synthesis

What does this What does this picture picture

represent?represent?

Water: Free Water: Free flowingflowing

LEVEL 4: LEVEL 4: ON MY OWNON MY OWNoThese questions are opinion based. These questions are opinion based.

oThe answers to these questions are The answers to these questions are not found in the passage, they are not found in the passage, they are found within the student.found within the student.

oThese are opinion based questions. These are opinion based questions. What would you do, how would you What would you do, how would you feel, etc.feel, etc.

LEVEL 4LEVEL 4ON MY OWNON MY OWN

Blooms Level Blooms Level Associated with Associated with Level 4Level 4

•Evaluation Evaluation

Examples of questions from Examples of questions from “Officials crack down on booze-“Officials crack down on booze-serving parents”serving parents” Level 1 Right There: Level 1 Right There:

According to American Medical According to American Medical Association, how many teens Association, how many teens reported that it is easy to obtain reported that it is easy to obtain alcohol from their parents?alcohol from their parents?

Level 2 Search & Find Level 2 Search & Find

Give 2 tragedies from the article Give 2 tragedies from the article that occurred because of parents that occurred because of parents serving alcohol to high school teens.serving alcohol to high school teens.

Questions Continued Questions Continued

Level 3 Author & Me:Level 3 Author & Me:What effect would the social What effect would the social hosting law have on the STA hosting law have on the STA community if it was truly community if it was truly enforced?enforced?

Level 4 On My Own:Level 4 On My Own: In what ways can law In what ways can law

enforcement and citizens help to enforcement and citizens help to improve enforcement of the improve enforcement of the social hosting law?social hosting law?

Your TurnYour Turn

•Take the passage you brought Take the passage you brought today and create a question at today and create a question at each level:each level:–Level 1: Right ThereLevel 1: Right There–Level 2: Search and FindLevel 2: Search and Find–Level 3: Author & Me Level 3: Author & Me –Level 4: On My OwnLevel 4: On My Own