WORKFORCE EDUCATION DIVISION

• Creating an outline.

Do not rush in writing your term paper. Think carefully what your subject and your purpose are and then what kind of materials you have found. Determine if you have gathered sufficient information to support your topic.

Finally, review your notes and look for main sub-divisions for your subject. Sort all of your note cards into groups and then try to name each group. Make use of these names for main divisions in your outline.

Try to sort again your note cards for information that you can place under the sub-sections for your outline. You will notice that your term paper is starting to look more coherent and already has a definite structure.

• Writing the first draft.

• Now that you have finished creating an outline, you are ready to write your term paper. Be sure to indicate in the first part of your term paper the purpose. Traditionally, the headings or sub-headings included are nouns and not verbs or phrases.
• Likewise, try to keep all information that is alike together. Consult your outline to help you in organizing the thoughts of your paper. Make sure that you don’t make unnecessary shift in the subject in the middle of a paragraph since this will tend to confuse your reader. Be sure also that all information under one heading in your outline is about the same general topic. Try also to avoid short, hanged sentences and similarly with long straggling sentences.
• • Editing the paper.

After you have written your term paper, you still need to edit them out. In editing your term paper, you need to look for grammatical errors, spelling, and other errors before checking to see that your ideas flow properly. Check all punctuation. Microsoft Word offers valuable editing tools.

A term paper is also referred to as a research paper. This is a common and often daunting assignment for students. It is primarily a record of intelligent reading from several sources about a particular subject. Term paper writing or research paper writing is not as daunting as one may think especially if one is following a systematic procedure in writing a term paper.

• The steps or procedures for writing a term paper consist of the following:

• Choosing a subject.