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A Writing Workshop for... Music Theatre



Overview

What is an academic essay?

The writing process

Understanding essay questions

Paragraph planning

Writing introductions & conclusions

StyleReferencing

Proof reading



Bloom’s TaxonomyBloom’s Taxonomy

understanding

knowledge

evaluation

synthesis

analysis

application



knowledge

understanding

application

analysis

synthesis

evaluation



evaluation

knowledge

understanding

application

analysis

synthesis



The Writing Process

Identify your audience

Define your purpose

ollect ideas & data

Select rele!ant material

Structure your ideas

Write"



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



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



Analysing the question

• Topic

• (nstruction

•

)ocus

'plore the use of te't

in a num%er of

contemporary piecesfor !oice and music(



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/



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.



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/







your choice.



Paragraph Planning

INTRO

BODY

ON!"#ION



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?



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



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?



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



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



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(



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



Academic Style

Do…

Write impersonally

hoose connectors appropriately8

howe!er-although-

ne!ertheless-on the other hand5 whereas

Include references5 in the correct format



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



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;(



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(



<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(



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



Summary

Plan your essay first

Beep hold of all references

Include references e!erywhere

Eet the <i%liography right

ProofCread



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