QAR Comprehension Lessons Grades 6-8

16 Lessons With Text Passages That Use Question Answer Relationships to Make Reading trategies Concrete for All Students

by Taffy Raphael and Kathryn Au

A research-based approach for improving comprehension, Question Answer Relationships (QAR) has been helping students achieve in reading for more than 20 years. This unique book of lessons for teaching QAR in grades 6-8 introduces students to the QAR language and shows them how to answer questions in key comprehension areas—from determining importance to monitoring understanding. Each lesson includes a step-by-step teaching guide, an engaging nonfiction article, poem, or story to model the target QAR strategy, and an assessment activity. Includes a CD with strategy mini-posters, assessment tools, and whiteboard-ready passages for every lesson.

Grades 6-8, 128 pages