Q: Get your oven heating and prepare your baking pan while you boil the pretzel bread. Turn the oven on to 400°F (204°C). To make the boiling solution, put 3 quarts (2.8 liters) of water and 3/4 cup (135 g) of baking soda into a large saucepan or pot over high heat. Bring the solution to a boil. To prepare your baking pan, simply grease it lightly with shortening or butter. Remove your dough from the greased bowl and punch it straight down. Divide the dough into two large pieces and roll each into a smooth ball that is tightly packed. Place the loaves in the boiling solution for 1 minute. Turn them using tongs and boil them for 1 more minute. Use a slotted spoon to carefully remove them from the solution.  To evenly divide the proved dough, you can cut it in half using a sharp knife or a bench scraper. Always use caution when handling boiling liquid. Use oven mitts when touching the handles of your pot. Set both boiled loaves on your greased baking sheet. Brush the beaten egg over the tops and sides of the loaves using a pastry brush. Take a sharp knife and score a cross in the top of each loaf. Bake the loaves for 15 minutes. You can leave off the egg wash, although your pretzel bread won't be as shiny or glossy after it bakes. After 15 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 350°F (175°C) and bake the loaves for another 10 to 12 minutes. The pretzel bread should look brown. Carefully remove the baking pan from the oven. Take the loaves off of the sheet and let them cool on a wire rack.
A: Turn on your oven and prepare a boiling solution. Form 2 loaves and boil them. Bake the pretzel bread. Finish baking the pretzel bread.

Q: Keep the seeds an even distance apart when you plant them. If you are planting 4 seeds, imagine the cup to be a clock and plant the seeds at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 positions. Stick a toothpick next to each seed to mark where each seed is growing. Water the seeds until the soil is damp to the touch. Make sure not to overwater the cup or else the seeds will become waterlogged. In 2 or 3 weeks, you should start to notice seedlings through the top of the soil. The seedlings should be kept in a bright and warm area, like a windowsill, so they can grow. Remember that the more light a plant gets, the more water the plant will need.  If you want to keep the humidity of your seedlings higher, you can loosely cover the cup with plastic wrap. This will help the soil retain its moisture for longer. The first “leaves” that you’ll see on your seedlings are cotyledons and not true leaves. True leaves will develop over time and will resemble leaves from a fully grown pear tree. Once there are at least 4 true leaves on your seedling, they are ready to transplant. Use a ruler or transplanting tool to dig the seedlings out from the cup, being sure not to damage their root structure. Once you have unearthed a seedling, put it in a hole slightly larger than the root ball and fill in the topsoil.  At this point, you can keep seedlings indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. If there is harsh sunlight, it may be best to keep your plants indoors until they develop further. If the seedling grows too big for its pot, you can transfer it to a larger pot so you can still move it indoors or outdoors.
A: Fill a plastic cup with potting soil and plant the seeds 1⁄2 inch (13 mm) deep. Water the seeds and wait 2-3 weeks. Keep the cup in a well-lit area. Wait until the seedlings have 4 true leaves. Transplant the seedlings to individual pots.

Q: You can often hear the rhythm in a poem when you read it out loud. Try reading what you have written so far and listen carefully. You may even want to record yourself reading your poem and then play it back. Reading out loud will also help you to identify the stressed and unstressed syllables in your poetry, which are crucial for creating rhythm. Some questions to consider when you read aloud include:  Does the poem have a noticeable beat when you read it out loud? If so, what is it? Is there a musical quality to the poem? If so, what tune might go well with the poem? What syllables or words have the most and least emphasis when I read them out loud? The main difference between syllables in words that are stressed and unstressed is how long it takes you to say the syllable. Patterns of these long and short syllables in poetry is what creates the rhythm. To adjust the rhythm of your poetry, re-read what you have written and be on the lookout for these different types of syllables. For example, in the word “today” the unstressed syllable is at the beginning of the word and the stressed syllable is at the end of the word, so the emphasis is on “day” and it sounds like “to • DAY.” Placing a special mark above syllables that are stressed and unstressed may help you to adjust your poem and create a stronger rhythm. Make a distinctive mark for each type of syllable and place it above or below the line. For example, you could place an asterisk (*) above syllables that are stressed and a dash (-) above syllables that are unstressed. After you have marked your poem to indicate what syllables are stressed and unstressed, go back through the poem and look for patterns. You should notice a pattern easily if your poem has a distinct rhythm. If not, then you can use the lack of a pattern to help you adjust what you have written.  For example, a line that reads, “The SUM • mer SUN was SHI • ning BRIGHT,” has a clear syllable pattern of unstressed/stressed/unstressed/stressed. On the other hand, a line that reads, “The SUN was BRIGHT that day,” does not have a distinctive pattern. You could adjust it to something like, “The RIS • ing SUN was BRIGHT that DAY,” so that the syllables have a definite pattern of unstressed/stressed/unstressed/stressed.
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Read your poem out loud. Identify stressed and unstressed syllables in words. Mark the syllables to indicate if they are stressed or unstressed. Look for patterns in the syllables.