Teaching Academic Skills at NAFA

A couple good websites relating to writing history papers in music, just to add to our pool of language art resources that can be cross-applied: http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/students/essay-guide/ http://arts.monash.edu.au/aallu/music_writing_guide.doc www.ams-net.org/ojs/index.php/jmhp/article/download/45/85 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/s3/resources/docs/essays_music.doc

Superb quick resource that students can all go into as a class exercise for writing in the appropriate academic style (grammar, style of writing...)

Here's my Academic Style Assignment except for 2 slides: example of a text and revision to sound more academic

This is an adaptation of HY's PPT. It is targeted at Y1 theatre / AME students towards the end of the 1st semester. It helps them distinguish between casual and academic writing.

A couple good ideas on 'music writing' to trigger creativity, awareness and motivation in writing. Helpful "Discussion Questions".

This handout/worksheet is used to teach cohesion. Make a copy (you will need to sign in to your Google account first) or download to adapt as you wish.

This handout/worksheet is used to paragraph writing. Make a copy (you will need to sign in to your Google account first) or download to adapt as you wish.

This handout/worksheet is used to teach essay outlining. Make a copy (you will need to sign in to your Google account first) or download to adapt as you wish.

By the end of this activity, learners should be able to transform a short, non-academic paragraph into a paragraph written in a academic style. They should also be able to list some important features of academic style. Please also see the class handout bookmarked separately. Adapted from Academic Writing: A Practical Guide for Students (Routledge) & Study Writing (CUP). Make a copy (you will need to sign in to your Google account first) or download to adapt as you wish.

This is the handout that goes with the "Academic style" slidedeck.

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