Formatting the assignment

1. Formatting the Assignment
by Louise Douse
Week13
UnderstandingPerformance

2. Formatting, Presentation and Layout
 Word processed
 Double-spaced
 Title page – you do not need to repeat any information from this
in your essay except the title at the beginning.
 Large quotes indented and single spaces, small quotes in
quotation marks and in the main body of the text
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3. Formatting, Presentation and Layout
 Don’t use colloquialisms and slang
 Don’t use lists and headings
 Do not use abbreviations
 Don’t use personal pronouns
 Don’t use ‘and’ ‘but’ ‘yet’ at beginning of sentences
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4. Formatting, Presentation and Layout
 Do write numbers in full e.g. one hundred (except dates)
 Do always use someone’s surname e.g. Graham, or Martha
Graham – never just Martha
 Do write a person’s name in full and dob/d the first time you
mention them, e.g. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
 Do always write the title of a performance in italics, e.g. The
Traitor.
 Do write the date of a performance the first time you mention it,
e.g. The Cherry Orchard (1904)
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5. Where can you find more information?
Helping you to understand the content of each part
 BREO>Units>Understanding Performance>Your Study Schedule
 Part a – Postmodernism
 Part b – Postmodernism
 Part c – Modernism
 Part d – All eras
 Part e – All sections
 Lecture slides, lecture recordings, handouts, readings, additional subject seminar resources
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6. Where can you find more information?
Helping you to understand the structure of each part
 BREO>Units>Understanding Performance>Assessment & Feedback>Assessment 1
Portfolio
 Assessment Brief
 Assessment criteria and rubric
 BREO>Units>Understanding Performance>Your Study Schedule>Weekly Folders
 PowerPoint slides from lectures on each part
 Some with paragraph starters and layouts
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7. Where can you find more information?
Helping you to find the assessment texts for each part
 BREO>Units>Understanding Performance>Your Study Schedule>Assessment Folders
 Weblink to the article for part b
 Videos to the performance works for part c
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8. Where can you find more information?
Helping you with referencing
 BREO>Units>Understanding Performance>Assessment & Feedback
 University Referencing Guide
 BREO>Gateway
 AIR - Academic Integrity Resource – Get referencing right
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9. Where can you find more information?
Helping you with formatting
 BREO>Units>Understanding Performance>Assessment & Feedback>Assessment 1
Portfolio
 Example Portfolio Formatting Guide
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10. Where can you find more information?
Helping you with writing skills
 BREO>Communities>Study Hub: Online
 Study Hub Drop-in Bedford – 1-4pm Mon-Thurs, 10-1pm Fri
 Finding and using information
 Referencing and avoiding plagiarism
 Academic and assignment writing
 Managing your own learning
 Computer skills
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