Section I What Do I Want to Know?
Lesson: Introducing the I-Search Project 4
Lesson: Why I Chose This Topic 22
2 Developing Questions 27
What I Knew Before I Started My I-Search 28
Lesson: What I Knew Before I Started My I-Search 29
Higher-Level Questions 32
Lesson: Higher-Level Questions 32
Creating I-Search Questions 35
Lesson: Creating I-Search Questions 37
Organize and Make a Plan for Research 40
Lesson: Make a Research Planner 41
Section II Where Can I Find the Answers to My Questions?
3 Finding Sources and Experts 49
Lesson: Conducting an Interview 53
Section III How Will I Record the Information That I Find?
4 Taking Notes and Citing Sources 63
Lesson: Notetaking and Citing Sources 65
Lesson: The Search Log 76
Location and Access of Sources 77
Lesson: Locating Sources 79
Section IV How Will I Show What I Learned?
6 Writing the I-Search Paper 87
Writing the I-Search Paper 88
Lesson: Why I Chose This Topic (Day One) 89
Lesson: Why I Chose This Topic (Day Two) 93
Lesson: Peer Conferencing 94
Writing Process for the Remainder of the Paper 100
Components of the Self-Directed Writing Sessions 100
Lesson: Writing The Search 101
Lesson: Writing the First Draft of What I Learned 103
7 Developing and Presenting the I-Search Project 107
Choosing an I-Search Project 108
Developing a Rubric for the Products 109
Designing the Product 109
I-Search Project Contracts 110
Presenting the I-Search Project and Developing Communication Skills 110
Lesson: Introduction and Eye Contact 112
Lesson: Speaking Clearly (Diction) and Volume 114
Lesson: Posture and Gestures 115
Communication Skills Rubric 119
Section V How Will I Know I Did a Good Job?
8 Teacher and Student Assessment and Evaluation 123
Lesson: Developing the I-Search Paper Rubric 125
I-Search Project Rubrics 129
Student Self Evaluation 133
Other Assessments and Evaluations 133
Appendix Student I-Search Papers 139
