Choose ONE statement to explore in a journal response. Write about why you “strongly agree,” “agree,” “disagree” or “strongly disagree” with it. Support your thinking with several examples from your own experiences or the world. You can respond directly in the same box as the statement. Please respond using complete sentences and good grammar. Statement Communities are made up of people who are more or less the same. Joining a community means you have to give up some of your individual identity. Communities have certain rules for membership. Not just anyone can belong. For a community to be strong, all members must like each other. An ELA class is a kind of community. The United States is a kind of community.

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.