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Super Summarizer

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I thought that the begging of __Heroes Don't Run__ was a little dull. What we've learned so far is all that Adam wants to do is "join up" or join the marines. After both his father and grandfather have served as marines he is concerned that the war will be over by the time he is eighteen. Adam knows that he is able to join if he gets a gardian to sign the papers allowing him to. After a failed attempt to get his mom to give her consent he decides his grandfather living near Syracuse is his best bet. Adam makes the decision to take the train to his grandfather and ask him to sign the papers.======

Hay Matt it looks good and i hope you fell better.

Pages 11-24 Passage Picker 5/6/09

I liked the passage on 20, paragraph 3 the best because it shows how adam is leaving his old civilian life behind and turning into a marine.

//It was hard to say good-bye to my grandfather. "Grandpa, thank you." I wanted to say more, really thank him for signing for me. For understanding. For letting me go. For everything.  // Matt - What does the passage say? You may want to retype the passage so we know how you reflected on it. Mrs. Ittner  Is this good? Matt - Pages 25-39 Discussion Director 5/11/09

Here are some questions I want you guys to help me out with.

Do you think that YOU could possibly go through boot-camp?

Do you think that Adam will last the rest of boot camp?

Do you think that the DI will let up as they get farther along?

Do you think the boys will be done with boot camp before the war ends?

Do you think that Adam making friends on the train will help or hurt him?  Thomas Blaubach 5/11/09 + 6/5/09

I would love striping, building, and riffles. On the other hand I would not like all the yelling, marching, being over heated, bad food, diseases, and sleeping in a tent. I would not want to be in that camp.

I don't think there is any possibility of me going through a camp like that. I think Adam will make it to the end of boot-camp. I do not think the DI will ease up on them at all because they need to be ready for war and take the yelling just like taking commands in war. Lastly I think the war will NOT end before the boys get there.

Charlie Bolles



Pages 41-52 5/13/09 Connection Creator

Some connections I've made are, when Adam finishes boot camp the DI tells him "Nice job, Pelko. I expect good things from you." That's like when I graduate from one grade to another my teacher tells me nice job Matt. You'll do great next year. Another connection I've seen is when Adam made a choice that his mom made she sat down and told him that it made her very mad and quite sad. When I make a choice my mom doesn't like she usually talks to me about what the consiquences will be weather they're good or not. The last connection I can make is Adam sends letters to his friends to keep in touch just like I send E-mails to my friends to keep in touch.

These are some nice connections that you have made in your life compared to Adam's. I do some of these and I have the same thing happen to me when my mom doesn't yell she just tells me what the consequences.

Charlie Bolles



Artful Artist 5/15/09 pages 67-77

In this picture I drew the boat next to the shore on Okinawa. While they're unloading they notice that it doesn't actually look like war on the shore but once they get farther it definetly looks like war.

Word Wizard 5/21/09 pages 78-92

Here are some words that I'm not quiet sure what they mean.

First paragraph~p. 78 regimental-a part of the milatary-real meaning: a part of the milatary consisting of at least 2 battalion

Second paragrah~p. 79 battalion-person who is in battles first hand-real meaning: a ground force in the military

Second paragraph~p. 84 banzai-a trick-real meaning: a suicidal attack with many loud cries done by the Japaneese during the end of World War II

Fifth paragraph~p. 85 motar shell-a bomb-real meaning: an indirect muzzle loading gun with shell full of explosives

 Super Summarizer 5/22/09 pages 93-104

In these chapters adam is being sent home to see his family and friends. When he gets his cast off he's surprized that when he gets the cast off his leg its not near as strong as before but after a little exersize it might be. Once he has finally strengthened it enough to walk he decided to see his old friend Martin Kahahawai who was with him when Pearl Harbor was bombed because he lives in Hawaii. When Martin comes to see Adam he brings along Davi Mori who was also with them at the time of Pearl Harbor. After they bring each other up to speed on what's going on they decide to drive over to Pearl Harbor, the spot where Adam's dad still lays. After he took the boat back to California he met his girlfriend, Helen, and called his grandpa to talk and say he was sorry that he had almost //made// him sign the papers to let him join up.



Passage Picker 5/27/09 pages 105-109

I picked the passage on pages 107-108 because I agree with it 100 percent. The dark world of death is very bad but for all those who die in it can know for sure that they will be helping someone else almost never have to worry about that bad world. The passage is

//There was another world, a dark world of guns and death, but that world was over, maybe forever.// //We'd made a better world. It was the only way// <span style="color: rgb(0,128,128);">//<span style="color: rgb(49,180,180);">to understand why my father had died and Ben and Rosie and all the other. I watched Bea squatting at the edge of the water, the sun striking her hair, and I was so glad that she would never have to know anything about war. // <span style="color: rgb(47,147,147);">