Preliminary Planning Sheet #1 Selecting Your Topic – Use this sheet to brainstorm any new topics or questions that you are interested in researching. List those questions/topics in the space below. Remember, if you only scratched the surface of your topic in IRP #1, then you are welcome to delve deeper into this topic for IRP #2. Are any of the topics/questions you listed above related? Can connections be made? You now need to identify an overarching question that you are focusing on. For example… “What impact has technology had on the comfort of shoes?” Write that question here: Preliminary Thesis Statement: Teacher Initials: ________________________ Date: ____________________________
Preliminary Planning Sheet #1 – Selecting Your Topic Use this sheet to brainstorm any new topics or questions that you are interested in researching. List those questions/topics in the space below. Remember, if you only scratched the surface of your topic in IRP #1, then you are welcome to delve deeper into this topic for IRP #2. Are any of the topics/questions you listed above related? Can connections be made? You now need to identify an overarching question that you are focusing on. For example… “What impact has technology had on the comfort of shoes?” Write that question here: Preliminary Thesis Statement: Teacher Initials: ________________________ Date: ____________________________