O'Leary+Theater+and+Drama

**O'Leary Theater and Drama**

 * Students: Brandon Barone, Mike Burpee, Tucker DeRosby, Dan Mills, Arthur Parmley-Smith**


 * 1/12:** Started the finals today. Three duos gave their presentations. Will be doing this the rest of the classes including during finals.


 * 1/6:** Finished scenes dress rehearsal today**.** Will be fine tuning 2 person scenes and gathering props and costumes for the finals presentation during exam week.


 * 12/ 11:** Practiced scenes with partners. Tomorrow starting run throughs of the scenes. Keep writing in journals daily, bring them to class.


 * 12/ 8: F**orty per cent of the grade is the journals they are writing observations in EVERY day even week-ends. The students have been told this several times. Mr. O'Leary is unhappy with poor attendance and lack of journal work.


 * 12/ 5:** The final exam is starting soon as this is a one semester course. The students are working with partners on scenes they will be giving on stage in front of the class. Since we have 34 students, we need to start the dress rehearsals in 2 weeks.


 * 11/20:** Mr. O' Leary is collecting the journals again probably tomorrow. They are supposedly writing in them every night.


 * 10/7:** Thursday Mr. O'Leary is taking all journals home to read them over the long week-end. So, make sure students have 30 entries. This is a big grade.


 * 10/1:** Journal entries is only assignment. The more, the better.


 * 9/29:** No homework other than the journal entry. All grades will be in I.C. by tonight.


 * 9/26:** No new homework. Journals were checked today.


 * 9/25:** Tomorrow is the journal turn in with at least 16 entries. Students who do not have at least 16 need to talk with Mr. O'Leary.


 * 9/23:** Mr. O'Leary stressed the importance of having as many journal entries as possible for Friday's journal check.


 * 9/22:** Students should have 18 to 21 entries in their journals by Friday. Mr. O'Leary will be doing a check.


 * 9/17:** Grades will be entered this week-end with 3 additions. These are based on attendance, participation, and class acting as well as journal entries. Should have 17 to 21 entries now.


 * 9/15:** Make sure the students have at least 15 journal entries. they need to write at least 2 sentences every night including week-ends and holidays.


 * 9/9:** Did acting as a group. Very little homework will be given. Mostly it will be the nightly journal writing. Participating in the acting is the big part of the grade along with attendance and behavior.


 * 9/8:** Learned breathing techniques and stretching/ relaxing exercises. They need to keep a diary every night of 3 sentences writing details, people they see, may be called on to read their entry any day. Mr. O'Leary will collect and check journals (each was given a spiral notebook to use as journal.) This will be randomly done.