2. Choosing a topic
O Choosing the topic of your I-Search is an
important part of the process.
O You want to avoid broad topics that you
can’t cover completely. For example:
O Africa
O Professional basketball
O Wild animals
O Surfing
3. Narrowing your topic
O A narrow topic will allow you to be able to
complete your research
O If we narrow the broad topic examples from
the previous slide, we come up with topics
you can manage:
O How to plan a safari instead of Africa
O A specific professional basketball player
instead of the entire sport
O Bengal tigers instead of wild animals
O A specific professional surfer instead of surfing
4. Questions
O Writing good questions will help you to find
good research
O Good questions are ones that you can find the
answers to
O They are specific, not broad or vague
O Here are some examples of bad questions:
O What is Africa?
O Why do professional athletes behave badly?
O Why aren’t tigers green?
O Are surfers athletes?
5. Good Questions
O Here are some examples of good
questions:
O What countries in Africa are good for
planning a safari?
O How did LeBron James start his
professional career?
O How many Bengal tigers are left in the
world?
O What are considered the best breaks in the
world?
6. Review of Terms
O In order to understand the research paper,
you need to be familiar with certain terms
O Any research paper, including the I-
Search, requires you to research your
topic and use facts.
O When researching, you have to know
what sources you can trust, and are
reliable and which ones you can’t trust,
and are unreliable
7. Review of Terms cont’d
O You also need to use citations in your
paper, so I know where your information
came from
O Research papers include facts, not
opinions, so you should make sure you
don’t lean on one side or another, or have
bias in your paper
O You need to determine what your purpose,
or reason for writing is
O Your paper should have an objective tone
to it, so that the facts can be trusted
8. Assignments
O You had the following assignments in
Lesson 3:
O Quiz on I-Search terms
O Forum where you posted about your topic
and responded to at least two classmates
O A paragraph where you explained what
your topic is and what why you chose it
O A Voki where you told me about your topic
O If you received an 80 or below on any of
these assignments, please resubmit them
