Your Story
​THIS LESSON IS COURTESY OF LE NOBLIN MARSHALL

​It all started when I realized that all the paperwork, performances, & projects were all wonderful experiences BUT we can have a million experiences and never change. So you seeing growth as a part of your story is more what I wanted to bring out in Theatre class. So at the end of the 9 weeks you will tell my your story. And you evaluate your own growth using a rubric. Everyone starts at a different point in this journey, and everyone ends up somewhere different from where they start. Tell me about your journey. Your story will always be a better judge of what you are learning than any assessment I could ever create…  - Lea Noblin Marshall

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“If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation. If I got any comfort as I set out on my first story, it was that in nearly every story, the protagonist is transformed. He’s a jerk at the beginning and nice at the end, or a coward at the beginning and brave at the end. If the character doesn’t change, the story hasn’t happened yet. And if story is derived from real life, if story is just condensed version of life then life itself may be designed to change us so that we evolve from one kind of person to another." — Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

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What Makes a Story?

1. Strong Start & Big Finish
   Are you focusing and setting intentions for your day? Are you reflecting and learning from your reflections?
2. Unique Character Voice & Exciting Relationships
   Are you putting your creative ideas into your projects and assignments? Are you working well with other students in your class?
3. Character Motivation
   What were your goals and did you work to achieve them? Stories are about characters WANTING something, show me what you wanted out of Theatre class and how your WORKED for it!
4. Conflict & Overcoming Failure
   Where did you struggle and how did you overcome it during the time we worked on it this semester? Show me a time you failed & how you did better the next time!
5. Character Change
   ​How have you changed because of what you are learning and doing in Theatre class?
6. Surprise
   ​What surprised you the most about yourself and Theatre class this semester?
   
7. Show Don't Tell
   What ACTIONS show best the story of your work this semester? Is it a project you did, a performance, or a design? Show us your ACTions!
   

Theatre Rubric
Intentions/Goals/Challenges

1. Collecting & Actively Learning: 25 Points
   Have you looked at the information?
   
2. Comprehending & Attempting: 50 Points
   Are you asking & answering questions? Are you participating in discussion & activities?
   
3. Careful Application: 75 Points
   Are you using the things you are learning in your designs, projects, & performances?
   
4. Confident & Awesome: 100 Points
   Are you excited to turn in work, growing and changing, applying previous feedback and getting better everyday?
   
5. Creative Artist: 125 Points
   Are you creating something new & exciting with your performances, designs, and products for Theatre class?