Your term paper will be graded on two distinct but equally important points.

Content: How interesting and informed are your ideas? Is this paper a book report (bad) or your own original thinking, supported by ideas you have read and researched (good)? How well have you expressed those ideas? How thoroughly did you research your topic? Did you respond to suggestions on previous drafts and incorporate needed updates?
Presentation: Is the paper clear, concise, easy to follow and well-edited? Are there spelling or grammar mistakes? Is the paper well-written? Did you respond to suggestions on previous drafts and incorporate needed updates?
Make sure you have checked everything off on the formatting checklist before turning in your final draft. Term Paper Formatting Checklist Preview the document

Finally, have you uploaded your data files? If you are writing a data paper you need to submit your raw data files under the Term Paper Data assignment. If you are writing a curated literature review you do not have data to submit and thus may skip this step.

You additionally need to include a cover letter, addressed to me and roughly one page long addressing your process for writing the rough draft, any challenges you faced in researching or writing about your topic, any successes you faced in researching and writing the final draft and your overview of he entire research process.

Here are some sample final papers to see an overall A level paper. Please do not distribute or cite as these are working papers and the property of the authors.