Extra Credit

*Note - Extra Credit is optional and is not required.

*Extra Credit is only an option if you do not have any missing assignments and/or unexcused absences.

*Note: When extra credit is NO LONGER AVAILABLE it will appear in bolded red font - please check the list below BEFORE you attend an event

Requirements:

  1. Attend event

  2. Write a one page reflection/critique of the event (must submit typed hard copy - MLA format)

  3. Attach the ticket to the typed hard copy

  4. All extra credit can be submitted any time during the semester (last day to submit is the day of your final exam)

*I welcome your suggestions for additional extra credit opportunities. I will add more options as they become available.

*Show your student ID at select venues to receive a student discount.

*All extra credit is entered into IC at the end of the semester (during finals week).

*Please check ratings and discuss events with your parents/guardians before attending an event.

Events:

  1. Select poems, articles, short stories, essays, excerpts, books, packets, etc. - provided by teacher (5-100 points)

  2. All MVHS Stage Flight Theatre Productions stageflighttheatre.org (25 points)

  3. MVHS's 3.1.1. Poetry Cafe on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the months during B Lunch in U311 (10 points) - FREE!!!

  4. Great Expectations at CU Boulder on September 22 - October 2 cupresents.org (50 points)

  5. Hecuba at CU Boulder on November 2 - 11 cupresents.org (50 points)

  6. Next to Normal at CU Boulder on October 12 - 21 cupresents.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  7. Vietgone at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on August 24 - September 30 denvercenter.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  8. The Improvised Shakespeare Company at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on September 13 - 30 denvercenter.org (50 points)

  9. Oklahoma! at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on September 7 - October 14 denvercenter.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  10. Dear Evan Hansen at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on September 25 - October 13 denvercenter.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  11. Come From Away at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on November 13 - 25 denvercenter.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  12. A Christmas Carol at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on November 21 - December 24 denvercenter.org (50 points)

  13. A Bronx Tale at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on January 8 - 20 denvercenter.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  14. Anna Karenina at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on January 18 - February 24 denvercenter.org (50 points)

  15. Last Night and the Night Before at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on January 25 - February 24 denvercenter.org (50 points)

  16. Wicked at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on May 8 - June 9 denvercenter.org (50 points)

  17. Sleeping Beauty at the Colorado Ballet October 5 - 14 coloradoballet.org (50 points)

  18. The Wizard of Oz at the Colorado Ballet February 1 - 10 coloradoballet.org (50 points)

  19. The Tale of Molly Brown at the PACE Center (Schoolhouse Theatre) on October 11 parkerarts.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  20. A Streetcar Named Desire at the PACE Center (Schoolhouse Theatre) on November 9 parkerarts.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  21. Educating Rita at the Arvada Center (Blackbox Theatre) on October 5 - November 11 arvadacenter.org (50 points)

  22. The Diary of Anne Frank at the Arvada Center (Blackbox Theatre) on February 1 - May 17 arvadacenter.org (50 points)

  23. The Moors at the Arvada Center (Blackbox Theatre) on February 22 - May 18 arvadacenter.org (50 points) - SENIORS ONLY!

  24. Trav'lin - The 1930s Harlem Musical at the Arvada Center (Main Stage) on February 1 - May 17 arvadacenter.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  25. I am Not a Witch at the SIE Film Center on September 28 denverfilm.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY! *(also in select theaters on September 7)

  26. National Theatre Live: King Lear at the SIE Film Center on October 18 and 21 denverfilm.org (50 points)

  27. National Theatre Live: The Madness of King George at the SIE Film Center on December 13 and 16 denverfilm.org (50 points) - SENIORS ONLY!

  28. Little Women in movie theaters on September 28 (25 points)

  29. Mary Queen of Scots in movie theaters on December 7 (25 points) - SENIORS ONLY!

  30. An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe at the Firehouse Theater Company on October 14, 21, and 28 firehousetheatercompany.com (50 points)

  31. Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" at the Aquila Theatre on November 8 and 9 Lakewood.org/LCCpresents (50 points)

  32. Special Appearance: Markus Zusak author of The Book Thief at Cherry Creek High School on October 19 tatteredcover.com (50 points)

  33. Dessert with Edgar Allan Poe at Cherokee Ranch on October 10 cherokeeranch.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  34. Great Gatsby Halloween Gala at Cherokee Ranch on October 27 cherokeeranch.org (50 points) - JUNIORS ONLY!

  35. Dessert with Dickens~Candlelight Classics "A Christmas Carol" with David Skipper at Cherokee Ranch on December 13 cherokeeranch.org (50 points) - SENIORS ONLY!

  36. Various author speaking engagements and poetry readings at the Tattered Cover Book Stores - see their website for dates, times, and locations tatteredcover.com (50 points)

  37. Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote at the SIE Film Center on January 27 denverfilm.org (50 points)

  38. Into the Woods at CU Boulder on February 22 - March 3 cupresents.org (50 points)

  39. To Kill a Mockingbird movie at Alamo Drafthouse in Aspen Grove on January 28 drafthouse.com (25 points)

  40. 1984 at the Benchmark Theatre on March 15 - April 13 benchmarktheatre.com (50 points)

Book Club (The Classics Re-told) = 100 Points

*Limit = 1 Book Per Semester

Note: I have read all of the novels listed below (I purchased them on amazon.com, bn.com, bookdepository.com, and abebooks.com). You can purchase your own copy to highlight and annotate or borrow a copy from the MVHS Library or a Douglas County Library.

*Please get parental permission to buy and/or read the novels below.

*It helps if you are familiar with the original text, but it is not necessary.

Book Club Requirements:

1. Read novel

2. Summarize each chapter as you read (you may bullet point and handwrite chapter summaries – must be turned in during novel discussion)

3. Make an appointment with me to discuss novel (SOAR for 10-15 minutes)

  1. Ophelia by Lisa Klein (based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare)

  2. Lady Macbeth’s Daughter by Lisa Klein (based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare)

  3. Love Disguised by Lisa Klein (based on Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare)

  4. Tempestuous by Kim Askew and Amy Helms (based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare)

  5. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (based on The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer)

  6. The Witches of BlackBrook (Volume 1) by Tish Thawer (based on The Crucible by Arthur Miller)

  7. The Daughters of Maine (Volume 2) by Tish Thawer (based on The Crucible by Arthur Miller)

  8. Enter Three Witches: A Story of Macbeth by Caroline B. Cooney (based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare)

  9. Puck by Kim Askew and Amy Helms (based on A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare)

  10. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte)

  11. Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray (based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare)

  12. Mac/Beth by Michelle Ray (based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare)

  13. Much Ado About Something by Michelle Ray (based on Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare)

  14. The Dead Father's Club by Matt Haig (based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare)

  15. Blood Queen by Joanna Courtney (based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare)

  16. The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (based on Beowulf by Anonymous)

  17. The Song Achilles by Madeline Miller (based on The Iliad by Homer)

  18. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)

  19. Pride and Prejudice and Passports by Corrie Garrett (based on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

    1. The 26th of November: A Pride and Prejudice Comedy of Farcical Proportions by Elizabeth Adams (based on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)