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=I-Search Paper=

For this I-Search Paper you will have to choose one of the following four topics to research on.
 * 1) Pollution
 * 2) Non-Profit Organizations
 * 3) Leisure Activities
 * 4) Social Networks

To help you review all the parts of the I-Search paper, scroll down and read through "Writing a Paper Using the I-Search Process". Most of you should already be familiar with the I-Search.


 * Requirements:**
 * 1) Follow the I-Search format and answer as fully as you can.
 * 2) Use academic words.
 * 3) For example: Pollution is bad. /// Pollution is harmful to the health of living things.
 * 4) How is it bad? What about it? Who does it affect? Where do you see it? Why is it bad? What does it to?)
 * 5) Substantiate what you say. Explain and give reasons to what you say.
 * 6) Pollution is harmful to the health of living things
 * 7) Well. . . . .How is it harmful? What about it? Who does it affect? Where do you see it? Why is it bad? What does it do?
 * 8) Follow regular in class paper formating
 * 9) Name, Class, Date in upper left hand corner

__**Suggested Time Line**__

FINAL DUE DATE : NOV. 24 2011 Week 1 - Start brainstorming and drafting section one of the I-Search - Nov. 3 Week 2 - Start researching your own questions and drafting part two - Nov. 10 Week 3 - Start reflecting on what you have done and draft part three and four - Nov 17 Week 4 - Write part 5, put all the parts together, revise and double check you have answered all sections of the I-Search Nov. 24

=__Writing A Paper Using The I-Search Process__=

To Write an I-Search paper, you pick a subject that you have a personal connection to and write about it from a personal point of view. Your paper will have five major parts.

1. MY QUESTION: What I Already Knew, What I Wanted to Know and Why
In this section, you introduce readers to what you knew about your subject before you began your research, what you wanted to know, and why you wanted to research your subject.
 * **Grab Your Readers' Attention.** Begin with an attention-getting statement about your question/topic.
 * **Tell What You Knew.** Briefly mention the most important information and ideas you already knew about your topic.
 * **Tell What You Wanted To Learn and Why.** Let readers know what you wanted to find out about your topic and why you wanted to learn this.
 * **State Your Question.** Tell your readers the question(s) you are going to answer in this paper.

2. MY SEARCH PROCESS: The Story of My Search
In this section, you describe the research steps you went through to find out what you wanted to know - including both the steps that led to useful information and the steps that turned out to be dead ends.
 * **Retrace Your Steps.** Describe the sources you began with.
 * **Explain.** How the first sources you looked at lead to further research sources.
 * **Tell** the successes and the problems you had when searching.
 * **Tell** how your question changed as a result of your research. (If applicable)
 * **Tell** who helped you to find out more about your topic or led you to a source that you did not find on your own.

3. WHAT I HAVE LEARND: My Finding and Conclusions
In this section, you give readers the answers to your question(s)
 * **Tell** the two or three major finding or conclusions that you reached. Devote at least one paragraph to each important research result.
 * **Support** your findings with direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries of information from your sources.
 * You may also want to use charts, tables, graphs or pictures to help **show** your findings in this section.

4. WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME: My Growth as a Researcher.
IN this section, you tell readers what the experience has taught you about doing research.
 * **Tell** what you learned about searching for information that you didn't know before.
 * **Tell** what research or writing skills you have practiced or strengthened.
 * **Tell** how your new knowledge about researching will change the way you research new topics in the future.
 * **Discuss** how your experience and your new knowledge might affect your future.

5. SOURCES/REFERENCES
In this section, list all of your references.
 * Online resources to come.

Adapted from: I-Search