EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

THIS CAN BE DONE O

​ NCE​ A SEMESTER. IT MUST BE OF TWO DIFFERENT PLAYS.  
DIRECTIONS: 
1. Watch a play (or musical online). ​Movies do not count.​ It must be a play or a musical. 
2. Note where you watched it (Disney +, Netflix, dramanotebook.com, etc.) 
3. In 5 paragraphs explain the following:  
 

-​Describe the play​ you saw (title and author) and write a brief summary of the play. 
-Explain the m ​ ain theme​ of the play. What is the story trying to teach you? What did you learn? 
-Who were the m ​ ain characters​/main relationships? What decision did they make that 
changed the outcome of the play.  
-Is this play a comedy? A drama? A tragedy? Explain how the play ​made you feel​ and why it 
made you feel that way. 
-What​ connections​ did you make to this play? (Example: Did a character remind you of 
yourself or someone you know? Have you experienced something like this plot in your life? 
Did you feel compassion or anger toward a certain character?). 
 

Essay Rubric
4 2 NP

Play Student stated the title Student stated the title Student did not state title
Description and author of the play and author but did not and/or author of the play
and ​gave a brief give a summary ​or and​ did not give a summary
Gr.8-TH summary Student gave summary of the play
Re7.1a but not title and author

Main Student clearly
Theme explained the main
theme of the play ​and
Gr.8-TH what they think the
Re8.1c overall lesson was
Student did not explain Student did not address the
the main theme ​or​ did not main theme ​and​ did not
address the lesson the address the intended lesson
play was trying to teach the play was trying to teach

Characters Student described the
main characters/
Gr.8-TH relationship in detail ​and
Re9.1a thoroughly analyzed the
impact of their choices
Student briefly described
the main characters/
relationship ​or ​briefly
analyzed the impact of
their choices
Student did not describe the
main characters/relationship
and ​did not analyze the
impact of their choices in
depth

Genre Student examines the Student does not mention Student does not mention
genre of the play ​and the genre ​or ​does not the genre of the play ​and
Gr.8-TH explains the emotional explain the emotional does not explain the
Re8.1c impact of the play impact of the play emotional impact of the play

Connection Student made at least Student made one strong Student briefly mentioned a
one strong connection to connection to the play connection but did not
Gr.8-TH the play ​and ​described and briefly described their describe their experience
Re8.1c their experience in detail experience