Agree/Disagree/ Strongly Agree/Strongly Disagree Argument in True Diary Agree/Disagree/ Strongly Agree/Strongly Disagree

Directions Read each statement and quotation. Decide whether you agree, disagree, strongly agree, or strongly disagree. After you make your decision, give two or three reasons (claims) to support your opinion. Later, think about what your opponent will say about your argument (counterclaim). galleryhip.com Rowdy and Junior

Junior was being disrespectful when he laughed at his sister’s death. “I started laughing. I was so relieved, so happy, that I LAUGHED. And I couldn’t stop laughing. I ran down the hill, jumped into the car, and hugged my dad. I laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. ‘Junior, he said. ‘What’s wrong with you?’ ‘You’re alive!’ I shouted. ‘You’re alive!’ ‘But your sister—,’ he said. ‘I know, I know,’ I said. ‘She’s dead. But you’re alive. You’re still alive.’ I laughed and laughed. I couldn’t stop laughing. I felt like I might die of laughing” (Alexie 204). bookjourney.net

Junior was wrong to forgive Rowdy. “Then he threw me the ball. ‘Now quit your blubbering,’ he said. ‘And play ball.’ I wiped my tears away, dribbled once, twice, and pulled up for a jumper. Rowdy and I played one-on-one for hours. We played until dark. We played until the streetlights lit up the court. We played until the bats swooped down at our heads. We played until the moon was huge and golden and perfect in the sky. We didn’t keep score” (Alexie 230). schiedel.weebly.com