This is the presentation I use to introduce the I-Search Paper/Project to my 7th graders.

1. I-SEARCH PAPER

2. 4 Phases

3. 4 Phases
Immersion

4. 4 Phases
Immersion

5. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan

6. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan
based on a driving question

7. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan
based on a driving question

8. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan
based on a driving question
Gathering Information

9. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan
based on a driving question
Gathering Information

10. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan
based on a driving question
Gathering Information
Producing a Report

11. 4 Phases
Immersion
Designing a Search Plan
based on a driving question
Gathering Information
Producing a Report

12. 5 Components

13. 5 Components
My Questions

14. 5 Components
My Questions
My Search Process

15. 5 Components
My Questions
My Search Process
What I Have Learned

16. 5 Components
My Questions
My Search Process
What I Have Learned
What this Means to Me

17. 5 Components
My Questions
My Search Process
What I Have Learned
What this Means to Me
Works Cited/References

18. My Questions

19. My Questions
In this section students will use questions to describe
what they already knew about this topic when they
began their search and why they cared about or were
interested in this question.

20. My Questions
In this section students will use questions to describe
what they already knew about this topic when they
began their search and why they cared about or were
interested in this question.
In the final step of this section students will choose a
driving question to lead them through the search
process.

21. My Questions
In this section students will use questions to describe
what they already knew about this topic when they
began their search and why they cared about or were
interested in this question.
In the final step of this section students will choose a
driving question to lead them through the search
process.

22. My Search Process

23. My Search Process
In this section, students will describe the sequence of
steps in the search. For example, students will describe
what sources they began with, and how these led to
further sources.

25. Students will describe problems or breakthroughs in
their search-tell when things really got interesting.

26. Students will describe problems or breakthroughs in
their search-tell when things really got interesting.
Students can also tell how their questions changed or
expanded as a result of the search process, and they
should acknowledge the help they received from others
in obtaining valuable sources.

27. Students will describe problems or breakthroughs in
their search-tell when things really got interesting.
Students can also tell how their questions changed or
expanded as a result of the search process, and they
should acknowledge the help they received from others
in obtaining valuable sources.
This will be based on the journal entries you keep as
you search.

28. Students will describe problems or breakthroughs in
their search-tell when things really got interesting.
Students can also tell how their questions changed or
expanded as a result of the search process, and they
should acknowledge the help they received from others
in obtaining valuable sources.
This will be based on the journal entries you keep as
you search.

29. What I Have Learned

30. What I Have Learned
Here students will focus on three or four major
findings or conclusions and support them with
examples, stories, or arguments that will help the
reader understand how they arrived at those
conclusions.

31. What I Have Learned
Here students will focus on three or four major
findings or conclusions and support them with
examples, stories, or arguments that will help the
reader understand how they arrived at those
conclusions.

32. What I Have Learned
Here students will focus on three or four major
findings or conclusions and support them with
examples, stories, or arguments that will help the
reader understand how they arrived at those
conclusions.
They will try to connect their findings with their
original questions.

33. What I Have Learned
Here students will focus on three or four major
findings or conclusions and support them with
examples, stories, or arguments that will help the
reader understand how they arrived at those
conclusions.
They will try to connect their findings with their
original questions.

34. What I Have Learned
Here students will focus on three or four major
findings or conclusions and support them with
examples, stories, or arguments that will help the
reader understand how they arrived at those
conclusions.
They will try to connect their findings with their
original questions.
They might also suggest further questions to explore in
the future. Students should include any analyses they
did (ex. cause and effect, pro/con, compare and contrast,

35. What This Means to Me

36. What This Means to Me

37. What This Means to Me

38. What This Means to Me
This section will give students a chance to describe how
they have developed as a researcher.

39. What This Means to Me
This section will give students a chance to describe how
they have developed as a researcher.

40. What This Means to Me
This section will give students a chance to describe how
they have developed as a researcher.
They will answer the question, "What do you now know
about searching for information that you didn't know
before?"

41. To answer this question, students will
describe those findings that meant the
most to them.
They might also discuss how their newly
found knowledge will affect the way they
act or think in the future.
Finally, they might want to talk about the
skills they have developed as a researcher
and as a writer.

42. References

43. References
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order.

44. References
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order.
This section will follow MLA standards for a
bibliography.

45. References
This section will contain all references, in alphabetical
order.
This section will follow MLA standards for a
bibliography.

46. References
This section will contain all references, in alphabetical
order.
This section will follow MLA standards for a
bibliography.