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Hooch Learning Studio and Mr. White's
9"‘ Honors English Project, Fall 2015
Target Notes
We have used our search maps to help us:
1. Thoughtfully think about the search terms we are using and how
we can build in the language of our topic to lead us to more strategic
results.
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essential to our topic without taking in-depth notes at this point since
we're focusing our topic at this point.
We now are going to use the Target Notes template to help us try and "connect the dots” of
these ideas in our search maps. This activity will be a way of looking closely at what we've read
and thought about as we've mapped to help us think about focal points for our
research/ project topic.
Generate, Sort, Connect, and Elaborate
Steg 1:
Look at your search map. We have used this map to generate a list of terms, phrases, and
concepts that we've discovered in the "presearch" phase of skimming, scanning, and building
our search vocabulary. What cultural values seem to be standing out, and what
concepts/ qualities/ aspects are essential to those cultural values? If you need help thinking
about questions to help you frame the ideas that stand out or how you might think about these
cultural aspects, please refer to the "question | enses" handout, a list of questions that can help
you examine your topic through different perspectives. These questions can also be helpful
when you hit a "sticking" point in further research to come and/ or with your analysis piece.
Steg 2:
Now, use the Target Notes template to:
. s_qg your ideas according to how central or tangential they are. Place central ideas
near the center and more tangential ideas toward the outside of the page.
o Connect your ideas by drawing connecting lines between ideas that have something in
common. Explain and write in a short sentence how the ideas are connected.
o In the box at the bottom, elaborate on any ofthe ideas/ thoughts you have written so
far by adding new ideas that expand, extend, or add to your initial ideas.

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Target Notes

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Nome: Dalei
Z Understand problems and
Looking at My Topic Through Different Question Lenses
perspectives, weigh options, and propose
solutions.
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Which one?
figp_<)s_e: Collect information to make an
informed choice.
Igfl: Twentieth century presidents
§)gm_p| _e: Which twentieth century president
did the most to promote civil rights, and how
do you see his effect on society today?
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T_o_; &: Pollution
Example: How should we solve the problem of
How?
water pollution in our neighborhood?
What if?
Purpose: Use the knowledge you have or learn
to pose a hypothesis and consider options.
Tgflc: Declaration of Independence
Example: What if the Declaration of
Independence abolished slavery, and how
would it affect race relations today?
Should?
Purpose: Make a moral or practical decision
based on evidence.
Epip: Cloning
Example: Should we clone humans?
Why?
Purpose: Understand and explain relationships
to get to the essence of a complicated issue.
Epjp: Child Abuse
Example: Why do people abuse children?
Reflection:
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