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English 10, Grade 10

3 Reasons why Boo Radley is a Ninja

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3 Reasons why Boo Radley is a Ninja

To one, Boo Radley might not be much in the book, but a ghost or a nobody; however, to me he is a ninja! Boo has shown many characteristics of what a ninja is. He has shown the stealth, the kick-butt fighting skills and his awareness of his surroundings in the shadows that a ninja also possesses.
(Boo’s face from the movie on a ninja)


(Photo I made with Photoshop)

  1. Boo’s stealth

Do you know how many people has actually seen Boo? No? Well that’s cause of his expertise in stealth. Only a handful of folks in Macomb has seen him. There were also many instances where the characters Scout or Jem could have seen him, but they didn’t. His stealth is displayed in many instances. One being when Miss Maudie’s house was burning down and Jem and Scout were cold sitting on the curb. As they were being distracted by the fire and getting drowsy from tiredness, guess who snuck up behind them and put a blanket around them? Exactly, it was Boo. Both Jem and Scout had the opportunity but they didn’t take it.

  1. Boo can fight

This part is evident only near the end of the book, but it still shows what this man is capable of fighting. Nevertheless, Boo can certainly kick-butt as showed when the kids (Jem and Scout) got jumped by Bob Ewell. Boo was able to save Jem and Scout from the intoxicated Bob Ewell. He did end up prevailing at the end with Bob’s dead corpse lying lifeless on the floor. Bob didn’t even see it coming. No-one did. Who would have thought that Boo could do such a thing?

  1. Boo Lurks the Shadows

Ever wonder how Boo is so familiar with Jem and Scout without ever interacting with them ever? No he is not a professional stalker. That’s because he is very aware of his surroundings by lurking the shadows which is a ninja thing  . One reason why is because he has a perfect view of  the street. He was aware of the various events that happened through the years. For example when Atticus shot and killed the dog Tim Johnson. Boo which hasn’t been exposed to light in a awhile makes sense that he was able to fight Bob off Scout and Jem in the pitch  dark.

 

Grade 10, Math 10

Title – Week 10 Factoring Trinomials by Inspection

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Factoring trinomials in this form : 

To do this by inspection you need to find two integers which have a product of c and a sum equal to b.

Example: 

You need to identify what two numbers have a product of 20 and has a sum of 21. In many this case 20 has many possibilities for the sum and a product,, this can be a challenge. For example 4 & 5 equals to 20 as a product, however their sum is only 9 so that wouldn’t work. What would work though would be 1,20, because they make a product of 20 and have a sum of 21. Then what you need to do is factor and write out the equation

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You know that this is correct when you foil the term and get the same equation.

Grade 10, Math 10

Week 8 – Using FOIL for the Distributive Property

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I learned how to use FOIL :

F-First term in each bracket

O- Outside terms

I- Inside terms

L- Last term in each bracket

You apply it when you multiply two binomials. Example:

 First you multiply the first terms of each bracket. (x()x) 

Then you multiply the outside term with the first term in the first bracket. (x)(2) 

Then you multiply the inside term from the first bracket with first term in the second bracket. (2)(x) 

Then you multiply the last term in each bracket. (2)(2)=4

The last step is to add like terns and to simplify.

 

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Some challenges are getting the order confused.

 

Grade 10, Math 10

Week 7 – Labeling a Triangle using SOH CAH TOA

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This week I learned how to label the sides of a triangle and to find the angles using trigonometry. Using SOH CAH TOA you can find these all without using Pythagorean theorem. A challenge can be correctly labeling the Adj., Opp., and the Hyp. Another one is getting the wrong formula SOH CAH TOA. And another challenge is not doing the right calculations on a calculator. This is applied when you are finding the sides or angles of a triangle.

For this example I’ll show how to find X(Hyp.) and angle A and angle B.

 

For this you really need to label it correctly on what angle you want to find. First Angle A.

 

 

 

Then Angle B..

With these angles you can now find X(Hyp). As long as don’t use Tan. again you will get the same answer. Also as long as you use the formula correctly.