Procedures General Students choose a topic, write what they already know about it, then add what they want to learn about it.
Students generate specific questions from their prior knowledge activity.
Teacher models a simulation of researching and completing I-Charts for students. Students complete I-Charts as they research their topic. Completed I-Charts are conducive to creating an outline as a springboard for a final product. Keep a separate sheet of paper headed. Skim a source, and, as students come across information relative to one of their subtopics, they pull I-Chart and paraphrase the information on the chart.