Sophomore I-Search Checkpoints

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Checkpoints

In order to insure that you make steady progress on this project, we have established a set of checkpoints. You need to be prepared to show me your work at the beginning of the class in which the check point is due. Take these checkpoints quite seriously.

If you miss three checkpoints, you will be required to start all over with a new topic and an "F" averaged in with the final grade of your I-Search. (See calendar for actual due dates)

Part One, typed, with parental signature
5 sources with source cards; the best single background source picked out and defended
15 notecards from the best single background source, with source card
30 notes total from at least 5 different sources, with source cards and typed Works Cited
mid-research assessment -- typed paragraphs (400 words, minimum) using at least 3 sources and at least 2 topics, with citations that match Works Cited
research journal check: up-to-date notes on research process
interview date/time/questions, with some questions aimed at addressing two sides of issues found in research
interview done, with note cards
all sources, 50+ notecards, with source cards
note cards sorted in topic order; each topic-pile topped with a topic sentence
complete Works Cited (Part 4), typed
750 words of Part 3, with citations that match Works Cited -- a revision, with new sources integrated into the version submitted for Checkpoint 5
complete draft of Part 3
complete draft of Part 2
I-Search ready, Parts 1-4