Upon planning your term paper, I suggest that you use the writing processes as follows.
1. Prewriting: Selecting a topic and discovering ideas
a. Understand the assignment.
b. Select a specific topic.
c. Collect the information about the topic.
d. Decide which details you want to include in your writing.
e. Think about the best way to organize the details.
2. Writing: Developing the first draft
a. Concentrate on what the ideas you want to put in the paper.
b. Use details you collected.
c. Use your prewriting plan as general guides (yet, feel free to add new ideas).
d. Identify the beginning, the middle, and an ending.
e. Leave your first draft for a while.
There are a few more steps of the writing processes that I will provide more once everyone is clear about their topics. At this point, be prepared to discuss the given vocabulary and your plan for the term paper (I will ask you to talk about your interest and what you already know about that topic and what you need to look for more).