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A Writing Workshop for... Music Theatre
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Overview
What is an academic essay?
The writing process
Understanding essay questions
Paragraph planning
Writing introductions & conclusions
StyleReferencing
Proof reading
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Bloom’s TaxonomyBloom’s Taxonomy
understanding
knowledge
evaluation
synthesis
analysis
application
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knowledge
understanding
application
analysis
synthesis
evaluation
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evaluation
knowledge
understanding
application
analysis
synthesis
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The Writing Process
Identify your audience
Define your purpose
ollect ideas & data
Select rele!ant material
Structure your ideas
Write"
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Audience & Purpose
Who is your audience?
Target message to
address the tutor’s needsDefne your purpose
Get to grips with the
essay uestionWor! out what research
you need to do
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Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate !now"edge o# a critica"and conte$tua" "anguage genera" tocu"tura" e%ents and specifc toper#ormance
&pp"y an open and enuiring mind tothe in%estigation o# a range o# artspractices
'uccess#u""y initiate and underta!eindependent research
&ppreciate the !ey #actors in thesuccess#u" written dissemination o#ideas and fndings
# What I$m here to
tell you a%out today
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Analysing the question
• Topic
• (nstruction
•
)ocus
'plore the use of te't
in a num%er of
contemporary piecesfor !oice and music(
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The 5 step plan
Identify the su%)ect
Identify the instruction
Identify the *ey aspects
+oo* for significant
words
,s* questions
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D+-*/ -D/(/
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Apply the 5 step plan
/$p"ore the use o# te$t in a num3er o#
contemporary pieces #or %oice and music.
4ou may draw upon wor!s that ha%e 3eenstudied in the seminars or e$p"ore wor!so#
your choice.
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The 5 step plan
Identify the su%)ect
Identify the instruction
Identify the *ey aspects
+oo* for significant
words
,s* questions
*+,
-D/(/
D+-*/ -D/(/
(/
&+T&T/
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Apply the 5 step plan
/$p"ore the use o# te$t in a num3er o#
contemporary pieces #or %oice and music.
4ou may draw upon wor!s that ha%e 3eenstudied in the seminars or e$p"ore wor!so#
your choice.
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Apply the 5 step plan
/$p"ore the use o# te$t in a num3er o#
contemporary pieces #or %oice and music.
4ou may draw upon wor!s that ha%e 3eenstudied in the seminars or e$p"ore wor!so#
your choice.
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Apply the 5 step plan
/$p"ore the use o# te$t in a num3er o#
contemporary pieces #or %oice and music.
4ou may draw upon wor!s that ha%e 3eenstudied in the seminars or e$p"ore wor!so#
your choice.
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Apply the 5 step plan
/$p"ore the use o# te$t in a num3er o#
contemporary pieces #or %oice and music.
4ou may draw upon wor!s that ha%e 3eenstudied in the seminars or e$p"ore wor!so#
your choice.
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Paragraph Planning
INTRO
BODY
ON!"#ION
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The $o%y& %e'eloping anargu(ent
A sequence ofparagraphs
What #orm shou"dan argument ta!e?
A clear line of
thought
What is anargument?
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What are the #unctions o# the 6mas!’ intheatre and music theatre? (n what waydoes the mas! o3ecti#y the character onstage? What other imp"ications are there inusing mas!s? The wor!s considered can 3eta!en #rom 3oth theatre and musictheatre8musica"s.
(ntroduction to topic 9 3ac!ground in#ormation
)unctions o# the mas!
: e$amp"es
;ow the mas! ser%es to o3ecti#y the character on
stage: e$amp"es
+ther imp"ications o# the mas!: e$amp"es
'ummarise !ey points
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Paragraphs
ac!ed c"ear paragraph structureo "in!s 3etween paragraphs
What is a paragraph?Why do we need paragraphs?
What goes into a paragraph?
What is a topic sentence?
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1. Write a topic sentence to e$press the
<&( (D/& o# the paragraph
2. larify ) e*pan% the topic sentence
=. >ro%ide e%idence to support the main idea
. omment on the e%idence
5. onc"ude 3y mentioning conseuences or
imp"ications and then "in! to the ne$t
paragraph
;ow to write a paragraph
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The career image o# the hospita"ity industryis poor. (t appears that the industry is
percei%ed as ha%ing "ow rates o# pay andsecond"y@ "ow status. & report 3y the ;ote"and atering training ompany A200=B #oundthat o3s in the industry are common"y rated3y students as ha%ing "ower status than
other o3s reuiring simi"ar s!i""s andua"ifcations in other industries. This meansthat the industry is at a disad%antage inattracting and retaining good staC.-n#ortunate"y the industry seems to 3e doing"itt"e to com3at this perception. The sur%ey
a"so showed that careers in#ormationa%ai"a3"e to students and young peop"ema!ing decision a3out their #uture wasinadeuate and o# poor ua"ity.
'amp"e >aragraph Topic
sentence
larify
and
e'pand
Pro!ide
e!idence
omment on
the e!idence
onsequences-
implications
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Writing an Introduction
W./?
0rientate your reader to your essay - assignment(
Show the reader you are answering the question(
W.,T & .0W?
Define words - content of the title(
Pro!ide a %it of %ac*ground('plain the purpose of your essay - assignment
.int at conclusion?
0utline your plan(
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Writing a Conclusion
W./?
Draw together your argument(
Show the reader that you ha!e answered the
essay question & achie!ed the +0s(
W.,T & .0W?
Remind reader of the introduction-+0s(
Summarise main points
Show connections %etween them
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Academic Style Don’t …
use slang - colloquialisms - metaphors
use contractions 4don$t5 hasn$t5 isn$t etc(6
write in the first person
start a sentence with certain con)unctions 47and$ or
7%ut$ for e'ample
use too many long5 direct quotes
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Academic Style
Do…
Write impersonally
hoose connectors appropriately8
howe!er-although-
ne!ertheless-on the other hand5 whereas
Include references5 in the correct format
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Referencing
There are different methods of referencing
/ou should use the .ar!ard system
9 ways to ma*e a reference 4IT,TI0168
Direct quotation
Paraphrase
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Direct quotation
:T3 reflects the dum%ing down of modern society;
4<rown5 9==>896(
n!sentence quotation
<rown 49==>896 complains of a trend he calls5:the dum%ing down of modern society;(
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Paraphrase
"ame the author #ut use your own words
<rown 49==>6 points out that there is a
tendency in modern T3 society to o!ersimplifyissues(
or re$er to the author at the end o$ the
sentence%&&
Some critics %elie!e modern society suffers from a
tendency to o!ersimplify issues 4<rown59==>6(
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<i%liographies2ollow the con!entions
Deer5 @( and 3era5 R( D( 49==A6( Acting in Musical
Theatre; A Comprehensive Course. United
Bingdom8 Routledge(
In the essay itself the reference would loo* li*e this5
4Deer and 3era5 9==A6(
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Proo$!reading
>st ProofCread the structure of the argument
9nd ProofCread for grammar-spelling-punctuation
rd
hec* all references carefully & ma*e surethey correspond to the %i%liography
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Summary
Plan your essay first
Beep hold of all references
Include references e!erywhere
Eet the <i%liography right
ProofCread
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