Problem: Article: Slips are small sprouts that are grown from pre-existing sweet potato plants. You can choose to order these online or from a garden center, but you can also grow them at home easily. Find a mature, healthy sweet potato plant from the store or a friend’s garden. The most common and popular sweet potato varieties (available at most stores) are Beauregard, ‘bunch’ Porto Ricos, and centennials. Sweet potatoes are a tropical plant. This means that they grow well in USDA hardiness zones 9, 10, and 11. This area includes most of the southern and south-western United States. If starting your own slips, start sprouting them in March or April. Slips should be planted in the ground in May or June. When you’ve gotten your hands on 1-2 healthy sweet potatoes, stick them in the sink and wash them well. Then, cut your potato in half. If the potato is particularly large, consider cutting it into thirds or fourths. The way your slip-growing works, is that you’ll place your potato half in/half out of a container of water. Use a jar or a glass cup with an opening large enough to fit your potato, and fill the whole thing with water. Stick 4-5 toothpicks out of the sides of your potato equidistant apart and near the middle, like spokes on a wheel. Place the potato into the jar/glass of water with the cut side down, with the toothpicks holding half of the potato out by balancing it on the rim of the glass. Do this for every slice of potato that you have, with each section in a different jar. Move the jar with the potato onto a windowsill that gets a lot of sunlight. Wait for 2-4 weeks for the small leafy slips to begin sprouting out of the top of the potato. When the top of your potato is covered in slips, carefully twist each one off individually. They won’t have roots yet and will resemble small leaves with a short stem. Fill a shallow bowl with a bit of water, around 1” or less depending on the number of slips you have. Set the slips in the bowl so that the stem is submerged in the water. Leave them like this for several days, until roots have formed from the bottom.  Add fresh water once a day or so to keep the slips healthy. If any of the slips are not forming roots or begin to wilt, throw them out. After 2-3 days, your slips should have developed roots at the bottom. At this point, dump out the water in the bowl and bring your slips out for planting. These are best placed directly into your garden rather than in individual planters to keep the roots intact.
Summary: Choose a sweet potato. Make sure you have the right climate. Prepare your potato. Fill a jar with water. Place your potato in the water. Add some light and heat. Let your slips grow. Harvest the slips. Put your slips in water. Get your slips out for planting.

Problem: Article: Start by reading and reviewing the original text. Mark up the original text, noting any keywords and important phrases or points. Highlight or underline any sentences that feel important to you. Note the topic sentence in the original text as well as the main idea or theme in the text. The topic sentence will contain the main topic or idea in the text. If you are working with a long original text, create a brief outline for each paragraph in the margin of the text. Include any keywords, phrases, or points in the summary. You can then use these notes in your summary paragraph. Create a one to two sentence outline of the main idea or ideas of the original text. Keep the outline short and to the point. Ask yourself, “What is the author trying to say in this text? What is the main idea or theme in the text?” For example, if you were using The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the original text, you may list several themes or ideas such as “friendship,” “social status,” “wealth,” and “unrequited love.” Once you have the main idea down, identify one to three examples from the original text that support the main idea. These could be quotes from the text or scenes in the text. You could also choose a pivotal moment or passage in the text as a supporting example. List these supporting examples and briefly summarize them by noting what happens in each example. You can then refer to these examples in your summary paragraph.
Summary: Take notes on the original text. Outline the main idea of the original text. Include several supporting examples from the text.

Problem: Article: A serious asthma attack requires immediate medical attention. Take action if you notice any of the following:  Lips or nail beds turning blue or grey Difficulty walking or talking Skin between ribs or above breastbone sucks in while breathing Rapid movement of nostrils, ribs, or stomach while breathing Expanded chest that does not deflate after exhaling Chest pain  For young children — Refusal to eat, inability to recognize parents Asthma is difficult to diagnose at home, and can be fatal in serious cases. If you experience any of the symptoms below, make an appointment with a doctor. If a doctor has failed to diagnose you, and you have one of the symptoms below, visit an allergy and asthma specialist.  Visit the doctor even if your symptoms don't match asthma. It could be another serious condition. Symptoms can change with each asthma attack. The symptoms may last just during the attack, or persist for much longer. Many asthma patients complain of tightness, pain, or unusual sensations in the chest. You may feel like someone is sitting on your chest. Do you ever feel unable to catch your breath, or to draw enough air into your lungs? This is a very common symptom of asthma. Exercising more vigorously than usual can cause this feeling in anyone. It's more likely to be a sign of asthma if even light exercise triggers this feeling. Until you get an official diagnosis, set exercise limits that don't cause breathing issues. Wheezing breath sounds like whistling or squeaking in your chest. This has several possible causes, but asthma patients often wheeze when exposed to allergens or viral infections (such as a cold). Some people with asthma suffer from coughing fits. These often happen at night or early morning, making it hard to sleep. If you or your biological family have allergies, eczema, or skin rashes, you are more likely to have asthma. Kids under the age of five often wheeze due to an infection or cold, even if they don't have asthma. A doctor may not be able to diagnose a child at this age, but he may still suggest treatment to make your child more comfortable. If symptoms stick around past the age of five, the child most likely has asthma. Children don't always tell people about their symptoms. Look for indirect signs of problems, including fatigue and avoiding sports or social events. Infants with breathing issues may have difficulty feeding, or may grunt during feeding.
Summary:
Know emergency symptoms. Make an appointment for other symptoms. Watch for chest tightness. Think of times you've felt short of breath. Listen for wheezing. Track your coughing. Consider family history of allergies or eczema. Understand asthma in children.