I-Search Worksheet

Name Topic____________________________________________________

1. What I already know about the topic: Don’t worry about writing out a coherent text here: brainstorm, list, mind-map or cluster, freewrite. Jot down everything you can think of that relates to your topic. Ask yourself, "What do I want to know, and why do I want to know it?

2. Research: This is the story of the hunt, a chronology of the moves you make and the details you encounter.

Places/sources searched so far

Information gathered so far

dead ends, problems encountered

Related facts and interesting notes

Key words

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Next move

3. What I discovered: Summarize your findings. What did you learn? What insights and new questions developed?

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