Part one of term paper
As you are reading the assigned/selected book, jot down themes, character traits, points relating to conflict, plot structure, quotations which you think you could us to illustrate theme, recurrent images, symbols etc... Do some research on the author- when and where he was born and lived, titles of some of his/her other books, recurrent thes ...

Part two of term paper
... with ever new aspect discussed. Comparisons are enriching. If you have read more than one book by the same author. compare/contrast them, look for common ground. Or compare with a movie/play/novel with similar background/plot etc. Select for discussion only those features of a book that were sufficiently outstanding to be worthy of comment. Do not summarize the entire book and never actually reveal the ending. You may discuss the kind of ending or resolution, eg. Was it startling, unexpe ...