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Index
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Contents
Preface
FAQs about I-Search
1. Why are research skills important?
2. What is an I-Search paper?
3. What is the structure of the I-Search?
4. How does the I-Search relate to 21st century skills and lifelong learning?
5. How does the I-Search align with characteristics of the 21st century classroom?
6. As a teacher, what does I-Search require of me?
7. How does I-Search relate to the Common Core State Standards?
8. What do I need to know about the Common Core literacy standards?
9. What do I need to know about teaching writing in all content areas?
10. I’m not a reading or writing teacher, so how can I teach these skills?
11. Can I-Search address the CCSS requirement for both short and long pieces of writing?
12. If I don’t have time for assigning the whole process, can I still use the strategy?
13. I have students with a wide range of abilities; can I differentiate using this strategy?
14. How should I evaluate the I-Search?
15. How would a team of teachers use this method?
16. Can all disciplines use the I-Search process?
Chapter 1 Planning an I-Search Unit
Chapter 2 What I Know/What I Want to Know
Lesson 1: Introducing I-Search
Lesson 2: Settling on a Topic: What I Know
Lesson 3: Setting the Pace and Scheduling
Lesson 4: Writing What I Know
Lesson 5: Discovering What I Want to Know
Mini-lesson: How to analyze questions to narrow or broaden the topic
Chapter 3 The Research Journey
Lesson 6: Requirements, Format, and Models
Lesson 7: Finding Credible Sources
Lesson 8: Citations
Lesson 9: Conducting an Interview
Chapter 4 What I Learned
Lesson 10 Requirements and Format
Lesson 11 Writing a Thesis Statement
Lesson 12 Writing What I Learned
Lesson 13 Reflection
Chapter 5 We-Search and Other Time Savers
Chapter 6 More 21st Century Skills Strategies
Appendices
Appendix FAQ-1 The 21st Century Classroom
Appendix 1-1 A Parent’s Introduction to the I-Search Paper
Appendix 1-2 The 7 Domains of Lifelong Learning and I-Search
Appendix 1-3 CCSS Related to I-Search
Appendix 2-1 Finding a Researchable Topic
Appendix 2-2 Parent Letter and Topic Approval Form
Appendix 2-3 Cornell Notes
Appendix 2-4 Pacing Yourself Through the Project
Appendix 2-5 Scheduling the I-Search Project
Appendix 2-6 Student Checklist
Appendix 2-7 What I Know Standards-Based Rubric
Appendix 2-8 What I Know Self-Edit
Appendix 2-9 What I Know Peer-Edit
Appendix 2-10 Student Example of What I Know
Appendix 2-11 What I Want to Know Standards-Based Rubric
Appendix 2-12 What I Want to Know Self-Edit
Appendix 2-13 What I Want to Know Peer-Edit
Appendix 2-14 Developing a Research Question
Appendix 3-1 Research Journey Standards-Based Rubric
Appendix 3-2 Research Journey Self-Edit
Appendix 3-3 Research Journey Peer-Edit
Appendix 3-4 Example of Research Journey
Appendix 3-5 Website Evaluation Guide
Appendix 3-6 Whipping Up Works Cited
Appendix 3-7 The Art of Interviewing
Appendix 3-8 Interview Guide
Appendix 4-1 What I Learned Standards-Based Rubric
Appendix 4-2 What I Learned Self-Edit
Appendix 4-3 What I Learned Peer-Edit
Appendix 4-4 Summarizing and Synthesizing
Appendix 4-5 Key Phrases for Citing Evidence
Appendix 5-1 Presentation Software
Appendix 5-2 Presentation Rubric
References
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