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=Frankenstein Game Page for Indeterminates=

This page is for the Indeterminates to share information with the rest of the class. The Indeterminates may also use this page to work out arguments collaboratively (just remember, everyone in the class can see your page). If you have an important document you want your classmates to read before a game day, put it here and make an announcement on the Announcements Page. Please remember to sign all your additions to the wiki with the four tildes (~) so that Dr. Lake can easily identify your contributions.

Hey guys, make sure to post your questions, comments, concerns, and thoughts behind both groups acting skills on the FB page; Megan, just bring your questions to class and let me know the general idea tomorrow. I'm trying to have this done and sent out to everyone by noon tomorrow so that we can be super prepared and have the ability to make revisions (also, I won't get off work until late tomorrow night and won't have the time to e-mail the questions to everyone in a timely manner. Try to be as detailed as possible, because I want each of us to present our ideas separately, because one person does not think for the whole group! I do want to have answers ready to the questions we have, and to be able to present an excellent argument for why we're asking the questions we are, and to make sure we have research to back it up! MAKE SURE WE HAVE RESEARCH TO BACK IT UP!!! Yes, I wrote this twice, because believe it or not, we do have some work to do!!! 1318436353

Hello! Just wanted to say the groups did a great job with the little presentation requests we gave them, much much better and more enjoyable! As to My group; i will get my questions and notes up as soon as i can, possibly tomorrow morning before work, or around 3pm tomorrow. Again, great improvement with presentations today! 1318433480

Hello, groups!! I just want to start out by saying that both groups did an excellent job yesterday, and I enjoyed taking a second to relax and enjoy the performances rather than being a part of them. I just want to leave you guys with a few suggestions to help with your presentation, suggestions that I feel will help our group understand the presentations better. Please do not take any offense to these, I just really want to help you all!

1. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. Make sure the presentation flows, and that there are not any awkward pauses. Pauses distract from the overall flow of the presentation, and it was easy for us to focus on other things, rather than concentrating on the content of your presentation.

2. If you have two parts to your presentation and you have to set up for the second part, make sure that while you are providing an explanation or information about the first part that other group members are setting up for the second part. Taking the time after an explanation to set up an additional scene or props not only takes time out of your presentation, but it also distracts the audience and breaks the flow of the presentation.

3. Please, never ever ever turn your butt to the audience. It may be nice, but we'd all rather stare at your pretty face. Not only can we not see what action you may be portraying, but we also have a hard time hearing any dialogue you have. It just makes it awkward, and I personally get distracted by things like this.

4. If you are reading from a script, cue cards, or notes, please try to look up and make eye contact with the audience as much as possible. When you read directly from the paper, you look down often, so your voice doesn't project. Not only does it make it hard to hear, but we feel like you may not know your material very well.

5. When another group member is talking, and you need to grab something from the other side of the room, causing you to walk in front of them, DON'T. If you have to grab something from the other side of the room, walk behind the person talking. Its less distracting, and our focus can stay on the person speaking, not you walking across the room.

6. Try more acting - giving characters dialogue, extending scenes, having more action. I like the idea of narration, which both groups did, but I feel like if the scenes were longer, and the characters had more dialogue, then it would e easier for us to follow.

7. Finally, I feel like we were looking for something different than what the groups gave us. You explored the options that weren't represented, and what could have been the result of using those options, but we feel like that was a little "off" from what was asked. By this we mean exploring the options that Mary Shelley did not choose, and telling why she did not choose those options, and why it wouldn't have made sense if she did choose those. In the class lecture, Dr. Lake pointed out that //Frankenstein// was a series of choices, and there was a specific purpose behind making those choices. As the Indeterminates, we feel like if you looked a little more into this option (explaining why Mary Shelley did not choose alternate scenes/themes), then it would make your presentation stronger, and answer any questions we might have for your groups and about the book.

Please keep in mind that, with the exception of #7, most of these are directly related to the actual presenting portion of your presentation. Myself, and a few others, all come from a theater background, and we feel like these tips will make your presentation stronger and easier to follow. We do like that you use outside resources for your presentations, and the use of props and scenery, but make sure you look at all of these points collectively, especially point #7. This specifically is what our entire group is looking for, not just the few of us who come from a theater/presentation background. I hope you all take these points into consideration, and remember, we want you to WOW us, and that's why I posted this! 1318350067