Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Give your puppet a nose. Create the ears. Make the whiskers. Shape the teeth. Attach the teeth to the puppet’s mouth. Use your sock puppet.

Answer: Use a dot of hot glue to glue the pompom to the center of the sock’s toe area. This will be the puppet’s nose. The pompom should be positioned on the opposite of the mouth side and just a little below the eyes. Use the ear pattern and your marker to trace the ears onto the green craft foam. Then, cut out the two ears from the green craft foam. Check the position of the ears and then glue the ears to the sock and to the backs of the eyes. Apply a line of hot glue along the flat edges of each ear and apply a dot of hot glue to the bottom part of each ear as well. Make sure that you press the ears firmly into place. Cut out six long, thin strips of black craft foam. Then, attach each of the thin strips to the base of the nose using a small dot of hot glue at the base of the nose. After all of the whiskers are attached, trim the whiskers to that they are all about the same length. Cut out two white foam squares for the teeth. Then, apply some hot glue to one side of one of the foam squares and fold it in half. Make sure that the edges are lined up and hold the edges in place for a few seconds. Then, apply hot glue to one side of the foam and fold it in half again in the same way.  Repeat this process for the other tooth. Trim the short edges of the teeth so that they are about the same length and so that the edges are even. Take one of the teeth and apply a line of hot glue to one of the short edges. Then, press the tooth into top part of the puppet’s mouth near the edge of the red foam.  Make sure that the tooth is placed on one side of the nose and that there will be room for the other tooth on the other side. Leave a small gap between the teeth as well. Press gently to make sure that the teeth stay in place. When both teeth are attached, trim them down a bit so that they are even with each other. Your sock puppet is now finished and ready to use! You can use your puppet to play, entertain your friends with it, or make some more puppets and put on a puppet show!


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Accept the blame for your decision to lie. Explain what you’ll do differently in the future. Offer to make amends for problems your lie caused. Follow through on your promises to earn back their trust.

Answer: When you lie, it’s normal to want to justify your actions. However, doing so makes it really hard for you to mend the relationship. Admit that you were fully at fault for your decision to lie and resist the temptation to make excuses. As an example, let’s say that you cheated on the person you’re dating. You might try to justify lying about it by telling yourself it would only hurt them if they knew and it was a one-time thing. However, it’s important to recognize that you aren’t lying to protect them. You’re actually lying to help yourself. You’re more likely to restore the relationship if you’re willing to make changes. Tell them specifically what you’ll do to make sure you don’t lie in the future. Additionally, discuss how you’ll prove that they can trust you.  Say something like, “Next time, I’ll tell you immediately when something like this happens,” or “I’ll give you my passcode so you can check my phone whenever you like.” You might show them you’re trustworthy by promising things like, “I’ll show you my homework assignment as soon as I get home,” “I’ll text you when I arrive to work and when I leave,” or “I won’t borrow any more of your things.” It’s possible that your lie may have really hurt someone. If this happened, do something to make it up to them. This will help you start healing your relationship.  As an example, let’s say you broke a lamp and someone else got blamed for it. If they paid to replace the lamp, repay them and offer to do them a favor to make up for the trouble they went through. Similarly, you might have copied someone else’s paper, causing you both to receive zeroes. You might explain to the teacher that you were solely to blame and bring the person you wronged a treat to show you’re sorry. Lying can damage trust, so make sure you do everything you say you’ll do moving forward. Show them you’re reliable by keeping your word. This will help you mend your relationship with the person. As an example, if you say you’ll text them at a certain time, make sure you do it. Similarly, if you promise to meet them somewhere, be on time.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Record the remainder. Add a decimal point. Keep repeating. Stop and round. Add the unit back to your answer.

Answer: Depending on what you're using this division for, you may want to finish up with a quotient that's a whole number, with a remainder, i.e. an indication of how much is left over after you've completed your division.  In the example, the remainder would be 4, because 6 cannot go into four, and there are no more digits to bring down. Place your remainder after the quotient with a letter "r" before it. In the example, the answer would be expressed as "41 r4." You would stop here if you were trying to calculate something that would not make sense to express in partial units, for example, if you were trying to determine how many cars were needed to move a certain number of people. In a case such as this, it would not be useful think about things in terms of partial cars or partial people. If you plan to calculate a decimal, you can skip this step. If you are planning to calculate a precise answer rather than one with a remainder, you'll now need to move beyond whole numbers. When you've reached a point at which you are left with a number smaller than your divisor, add a decimal point to both the quotient and the dividend. In the example, since 250 is a whole number, every digit after the decimal will be 0, making it 250.000. Now you have more digits that can be brought down (all of them zeroes). Bring down a zero and continue as before, determining how many times the divisor can go into the new number. In the example, determine how many times 6 can go into 40. Add that number (6) to the quotient above the dividend and after the decimal point. Then multiply 6 by 6, and subtract the result from 40. You should end up with 4 again. In some cases, you will find that when you start to solve for the decimal, the answer repeats over and over. At this point, it's time to stop and round your answer up (if the repeating number is 5 or greater) or down (if it is 4 or less).  In the example, you could keep getting 4 out of 40-36 forever, and add 6's to your quotient indefinitely. Instead of doing this, stop the problem and round the quotient. Because 6 is greater than (or equal to) 5, you would round up to 41.67. Alternatively, you can indicate a repeating decimal by placing a small horizontal line over the repeating digit. In the example, this would make the quotient 41.6, with a line over the 6. If you are working with units like pounds, gallons, or degrees, once you are done with all your calculations, add the unit to the end of your answer.  If you added a zero as a place-holder at the beginning, you should erase that now as well. In the example, because you asked how much each mushroom in a 250-gram pack of 6 weighs, you'll need to put your answer into grams. Therefore, your final answer is 41.67 grams.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Choose a method that works for you to highlight main ideas and important details. Try the highlighter and pen reading system if it's your own book or paper. If it's a library book, do not mark in it. To take notes from an on-screen text, select the text and copy and paste into another document.

Answer:
Marking the text serves as a way of anchoring what you've learned––you can find the ideas again quickly and it will also remind you of the initial thoughts you had when reading these marked portions. Methods of highlighting will depend on what you're reading, for example, if it's your own book or the library's or if it's printed on paper or read on a screen. If you read this way, you will always have questions and comments on the reading for class discussion and your teacher will think you are a conscientious, engaged student. The method works as follows:  Find 2 highlighters and a pen. The first highlighter is for key points and things you want to remember. (Be judicious—only highlight a few items per page.) The second highlighter is for things you don’t understand, questions, and places you disagree. The pen is to write comments in the text. (Writing comments keeps your learning active and helps you remember the content you read.) Instead, make notes on cards, slips of paper, or in a separate notebook. Some formats also allow on-screen highlighting, comments, and other ways to mark up the text.