Agenda, January 6

• Due Now: Using two of the essays we've read this term, write a synthesis paragraph that answers the question "How do people overcome obstacles?" Typed. MLA.
• Due Monday: Look up the words you need to look up on the practice section.
• Due Monday: "The Age of the Essay," by Paul Graham. The Bibliographical info is on the essay.
• Due Wednesday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Wednesday, January 11: Somebody Synthesis.   

Agenda:

1. What's a synthesis paragraph again?
2. One sentence answer: What does it mean to be somebody in America?
3. Another sentence: How do you become somebody in America?
4. MC Practice Section
5. Let's play with diction!