1. Aim: How do we make our thesis statements specific? Do Now: Copy and interpret the following quote: “The guilty one is not the he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.” Victor Hugo

2. “The guilty one is not the he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.”

3. What are your 2 works of literature? Doubt by John Patrick Shanley The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

4. Thesis Statement Topic + Main Points = Thesis Statement *Provide the names of the characters from the 2 works to make your thesis statement specific.

5. Do you remember the Critical Lens introduction paragraph format? Provide Quote Interpret Quote Agree or Disagree Titles of 2 Works Thesis Statement