1. Question Answer
Relationship ?

2. Have you ever taken a test and noticed that some questions are easier to answer than others?

3. Have you ever read a question and thought…?
“What? I don’t know the answer! The story never said!”

4. When working on your homework, have you known exactly what to do on one question, but then had no idea where to even begin on the next question?

5. ? ? ?
Why? ? ? ? ? ?

6. A relationship is a connection or an association.
The reason that happens is because questions and answers have different relationships.
A relationship is a connection or an association.

7. Just like you have different relationships with different people, answers have different relationships with different types of questions.
Your relationship with your grandparents is
different from your relationship with your best
friend. And if you play sports, both of those relationships are different than the one you have with your coach.

8. Question and Answer Relationships
There are 4 main types of
Question and Answer Relationships
We can split them into 2 groups.
In The Book
Questions
Beyond The Text
Questions
and

9. I can find the sentence in the story that tells me the answer.
In The Book Questions
First Type
Right There
I can find the sentence in the story that tells me the answer.

10. Search and Find In The Book Questions Second Type
The answer is directly stated in the text,
but I have to look in more than one place to find it.

11. (Hint: inference or predictions)
Beyond The Text Questions
First Type
Author and Me
The author does not directly state the answer, but I can mix clues and evidence from the text with what I already know.
(Hint: inference or predictions)

12. On My Own Beyond The Text Questions Second Type
I do not need to depend on the text to answer the question.
(Hint: In Reading this would be opinions, feelings, or experiences.
In Math this would be explaining how you solved the problem.)

13. Let’s look at some examples.
Carefully read the following selection.
Robert and Marco stopped to get pizza to celebrate after the big game. Robert ordered his usual; a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms. Marco thought about trying the new Taco Pizza. When the waitress came, he asked for a few more minutes to think about what he wanted to order. When she came back, he decided to stick with his favorite… a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.
“Man, that was the best game ever,” said Robert.
“I know,” Marco agreed. “Did you see the look on
everyone’s faces when Scott went for the 3-point shot? I
never thought he would make it. When I heard the
swish of the net, I almost jumped out of my gym shorts.”
“No kidding,” said Robert. “I tried to congratulate him, but he could hardly hear me over the roar of the crowd.”

14. Here are some examples of Right There questions that
could be asked about that selection.
1. Who went for a 3-point shot?
Let’s go back to the text and see.

15. 1. Who went for a 3-point shot?
Robert and Marco stopped to get pizza to celebrate after the big game. Robert ordered his usual; a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms. Marco thought about trying the new Taco Pizza. When the waitress came, he asked for a few more minutes to think about what he wanted to order. When she came back, he decided to stick with his favorite… a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.
“Man, that was the best game ever,” said Robert.
“I know,” Marco agreed. “Did you see the look on
everyone’s faces when Scott went for the 3-point shot? I
never thought he would make it. When I heard the
swish of the net, I almost jumped out of my gym shorts.”
“No kidding,” said Robert. “I tried to congratulate him, but he could hardly hear me over the roar of the crowd.”

16. Let’s try another Right There question.
Here are some examples of
Right There questions that
could be asked about that selection.
1. Who went for a 3-point shot?
Scott went for a 3-point shot.
This answer was easy because the author gave us the exact
sentence that told us the answer. All we had to do was go
back and look.
Let’s try another Right There question.
2. Which type of pizza did Marco
think about trying?

17. 1. Who went for a 3-point shot?
2. Which type of pizza did Marco
think about trying?
Robert and Marco stopped to get pizza to celebrate after the big game. Robert ordered his usual; a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms. Marco thought about trying the new Taco Pizza. When the waitress came, he asked for a few more minutes to think about what he wanted to order. When she came back, he decided to stick with his favorite… a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.
“Man, that was the best game ever,” said Robert.
“I know,” Marco agreed. “Did you see the look on
everyone’s faces when Scott went for the 3-point shot? I
never thought he would make it. When I heard the
swish of the net, I almost jumped out of my gym shorts.”
“No kidding,” said Robert. “I tried to congratulate him, but he could hardly hear me over the roar of the crowd.”

18. Let’s try another Right There question.
Here are some examples of
Right There questions that
could be asked about that selection.
1. Who went for a 3-point shot?
Scott went for a 3-point shot.
This answer was easy because the author gave us the exact
sentence that told us the answer. All we had to do was go
back and look.
Let’s try another Right There question.
2. Which type of pizza did Marco
think about trying?
Marco thought about trying the Taco Pizza.

19. Search and Find Question
Now let’s look at a
Search and Find Question
This will be similar, but remember, this time we need
to look in more than one sentence to find the answer.
3. What did Robert and Marco
order?

20. 3. What did Robert and Marcos order?
Robert and Marco stopped to get pizza to celebrate after the big game. Robert ordered his usual; a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms. Marco thought about trying the new Taco Pizza. When the waitress came, he asked for a few more minutes to think about what he wanted to order. When she came back, he decided to stick with his favorite… a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.
“Man, that was the best game ever,” said Robert.
“I know,” Marco agreed. “Did you see the look on
everyone’s faces when Scott went for the 3-point shot? I
never thought he would make it. When I heard the
swish of the net, I almost jumped out of my gym shorts.”
“No kidding,” said Robert. “I tried to congratulate him, but he could hardly hear me over the roar of the crowd.”

21. Search and Find Question
Now let’s look at a
Search and Find Question
This will be similar, but remember, this time we need
to look in more than one sentence to find the answer.
3. What did Robert and Marco
order?
Robert ordered a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms, and Marco ordered a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.

22. Author and Me Let’s go back to the text and see.
Great Work!! Now you are ready
to stretch your brain and go
Beyond The Text
Author and Me
4. Did Robert and Marco’s basketball
team win their game? Explain how
you know.
Let’s go back to the text and see.

23. 4. Did Robert and Marco’s basketball team win their game? Explain how
you know.
Robert and Marco stopped to get pizza to celebrate after the big game. Robert ordered his usual; a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms. Marco thought about trying the new Taco Pizza. When the waitress came, he asked for a few more minutes to think about what he wanted to order. When she came back, he decided to stick with his favorite… a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.
“Man, that was the best game ever,” said Robert.
“I know,” Marco agreed. “Did you see the look on
everyone’s faces when Scott went for the 3-point shot? I
never thought he would make it. When I heard the
swish of the net, I almost jumped out of my gym shorts.”
“No kidding,” said Robert. “I tried to congratulate him, but he could hardly hear me over the roar of the crowd.”

24. Oh No! But wait… I think the author left us some clues. Look again.
I don’t see any sentences in the selection
that directly state if their team won or not.
I can’t even find the words “win” or “lose” in
the whole selection.
But wait… I think the author
left us some clues. Look again.

25. 4. Did Robert and Marco’s basketball team win their game? Explain how
you know.
Robert and Marco stopped to get pizza to celebrate after the big game. Robert ordered his usual; a large pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms. Marco thought about trying the new Taco Pizza. When the waitress came, he asked for a few more minutes to think about what he wanted to order. When she came back, he decided to stick with his favorite… a medium pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.
“Man, that was the best game ever,” said Robert.
“I know,” Marco agreed. “Did you see the look on
everyone’s face when Scott went for the 3-point shot? I
never thought he would make it. When I heard the
swish of the net, I almost jumped out of my gym shorts.”
“No kidding,” said Robert. “I tried to congratulate him, but he could hardly hear me over the roar of the crowd.”

26. What the author
told me
What I already
know
People celebrate when something good has happened
The boys were
celebrating
You wouldn’t call a game you lost the “best game”
They said it was the
best game
The net makes that sound when the ball goes in. If the ball goes in, you scored the points.
The 3 point shot swished through the net
You congratulate someone who has done a good job
He wanted to congratulate Scott
A crowd roars, or cheers, when their team wins
The crowd roared

27. Mix It All Together 4. Did Robert and Marco’s basketball
Put the information the author told you together with what you already know and you can infer or draw a conclusion about the correct answer.
4. Did Robert and Marco’s basketball
team win their game? Explain how
you know.
Yes, their team won. I know because they
were celebrating and the text says that
the crowd roared. People celebrate and
cheer when a team wins.

28. On My Own Let’s go back to the text and see.
Now we are ready to practice the last type of
Beyond the Text questions.
On My Own
5. What is your favorite type of pizza
to order?
Let’s go back to the text and see.
Wait a minute. For this type, we don’t have
to go back. The author doesn’t know how I
like my pizza. I don’t need the text at all.
This answer comes only from me.

29. On My Own 5. What is your favorite type of pizza to order?
My favorite type of pizza to order depends
on the restaurant. At Pizza Hut, I
always order a medium cheese pizza. But,
if we are eating at Pizza Joe’s, I love to
order their veggie pizza.

30. Question - Answer Relationships
ASK FIRST:
Is it in the text or NOT in the text?
YES, it is in the
text.
NO, it is not in the
text.
Is it in one sentence or
more than one sentence?
Do I need to read the text at
all to answer the question?
One
More
Yes No
RIGHT
THERE
SEARCH
& FIND
AUTHOR
& ME
ON MY
OWN