Junior & Rowdy: the power of friendship

Now that we have finished the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, it's time to think about the important ideas in the novel.  Today we are looking at Rowdy and Junior's friendship.  There are four distinct phases in their friendship:

1. When Rowdy and Junior are at Wellpinit High School together.
2. When Junior goes to Reardon High and leaves Rowdy behind.
3. When Junior finds Rowdy behind the trees at his sister's funeral.
4. When they pick up their friendship again at the end of the novel.

A "phase" is a distinct part of the book, or a section of the book.

I have made a booklet with an extract (part of the book) from each phase of their friendship.  There are enough for one for each person.  Take your time to read these four extracts.  Then I want you to make a series of four posters, using google drawings.  For each poster, choose a key quote which shows something important about Junior and Rowdy's friendship.  Choose a colour and background images which support the quote and the idea about their friendship.

You can read all the extracts and then do all the posters, OR you can read one extract and do the poster about Rowdy and Junior's friendship in that extract, and then move on to the next extract and poster.

If you finish all four posters to a high standard (and the reading! in only one hour!), you can either write a paragraph about how Rowdy and Junior's friendship changes over time, OR you can read your own book quietly.