Essay you are responding to:

The thesis statement is a sentence that includes your topic plus your claim (or assertion). That means the statement you write needs to refer to the essay you’re responding to (either by name or by author or in some other way – this can evolve as you write your full introduction).
Examples: “The Sanctuary of School” uses the author’s personal story to make an effective argument about the need to fund arts programs in schools.
“Learning to Read” shows how Douglass used literacy as a way to escape slavery and proves that equal education is vital to social equality.
To help you gather and organize ideas for your second essay, please fill out the following chart with as many details as possible.
Essay You Are Responding To: