Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Let it move around. Stroke its shell. Play gently. Pick the snail up as little as possible. Avoid touching the area around the opening of the shell.

Answer: After you’ve gotten yourself ready to play with your snail, you should give it the opportunity to move around. Ultimately, your snail will have the best time if it is moving around on its own accord.  Let the snail crawl around your hand. Let the snail crawl around its playground. If you litter food around the snail’s new playground, chances are it will move around to investigate the food and other new additions. Avoid trying to move the snail if it is already moving. You may hurt it. In addition, you may scare your snail, which will make it much more likely that the snail will hide from you next time you go to play with it. If your snail seems to be in a friendly mood, it will be okay to stroke its shell a little bit. Stroking or touching the shell is a great way to interact with your snail and to “play” with it.  Stroke or touch the shell lightly. Stroke or touch the shell with the grain, rather than against it. You need to be gentle whenever you play with or handle your snail. As living creatures, they are delicate and can be hurt relatively easily. Make sure to:  Never apply any pressure on to the snail’s shell. Always move very slowly when handling your snail. Be conscious of the fragility of the snail. While you should avoid picking the snail up, there are several things you should do and not do if you do decide to pick up your snail. This is important, since if you do something incorrectly, you may hurt your snail.  Do not try to pick up your pet using something sharp. Do not pick up your snail by its shell. The only time this may be appropriate is if your snail is completely withdrawn into its shell and you need to move it. When you do move your snail this way, make sure to be gentle and to avoid applying any pressure to the shell. When handling your snail, you should make sure to always avoid touching the area around the opening of the shell. This is because a snail’s shell grows at its opening.  This makes the area around the opening much more delicate and sensitive. Always grip the shell with two fingers from the top and rear of the shell.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Open the Google Chrome web browser. Navigate to https://www.bitmoji.com. Scroll down and click Get it on Google Chrome. Click Add Extension. Sign in to Bitmoji. Create your Bitmoji character. Go to https://www.facebook.com. Add a Bitmoji to a post.

Answer: The Bitmoji app for computers only works with Google Chrome. If you don’t have Chrome, see Download and Install Google Chrome to get it.  It’s the black button at the bottom of the screen. The Bitmoji extension will now download and install. When it’s finished, a green chat bubble button with a winking face will appear in the toolbar at the top-right area of Chrome. You’ll also see a login screen. You have a few different options:  Click Log in with Facebook if you’ve already created an account that’s linked with Facebook. Click Sign up with Email to create a new account if you haven’t yet signed up for Bitmoji. If you have a Bitmoji username and password, enter them into the blanks and click Log in. Now’s your chance to be creative:  Click the gender of your choice. Click either Bitmoji Style or Bitstrips Style for your character. Bitmoji characters have rounder features and look more like cartoons. Bitstrips-style is more customizable and look more realistic. Start by selecting a facial shape, then click the arrow (at the top-right corner of the page) to move to the next step. As you make selections, your character’s preview will update. After the final step, you’ll see a screen that says “Wow, looking great!” Click Save Avatar to save your work. If you’re not already signed in, do so now. Create a new post by clicking What’s On Your Mind? at the top of your timeline, or comment on a post by clicking the box beneath their post.  Click the Bitmoji button in your browser’s toolbar. It’s green and has a white winking chat bubble. Right-click the Bitmoji you want to post. If your computer doesn’t have a right mouse button, press Ctrl as you click. Select Copy Image. Paste the image into your post or comment by right-clicking the box and selecting Paste. When you click post (or press Return/Enter to send your comment), your Bitmoji will appear.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Go around and inspect your home’s exterior hose bibbs. Assess the condition of any water accessories you have in your garden. Call a pool specialist if you think you have a leak in your swimming pool.

Answer: The “bibbs” are the faucet-like pipes on the side of your home that you use to hook up a watering hose. These may be actively dripping, or they may hiss or vibrate faintly as water passes through. 9 times out of 10, you can stop a leaky bibb by tightening the packing nut that secures the handle or replacing a worn out washer inside the handle assembly. If neither of these solutions work, call a plumber and have them trace the leak further back into your pipes.  The average home has 1-2 hose bibbs on either the sides or the front and back, but particularly large homes may have more, so be sure to make a thorough search. Hose bibbs are most often connected to the water lines in the basement or crawl space. This is where you should start searching for the source of the leak if it doesn't seem to be coming from the bibb itself. This includes things like hoses, taps, fountains, water ornaments, and irrigation systems, such as sprinklers. If any of these accessories show signs of heavy deterioration, it may be time to chuck them and get new ones.  A leak doesn’t need to be a bubbling geyser to be a cause for alarm—even a slight, consistent drip could point to a problematic rupture somewhere in the intervening water lines. A good way to catch leaks that aren’t steadily flowing is to note when a fixture or the surrounding terrain appears to be wet despite a lack of recent rainfall. While some swimming pool leaks will be obvious, most will be much harder to reliably diagnose and repair than more common household leaks. Dial up the pool’s original installer or search for a reputable maintenance company and have them come in and sniff out the leak for you. That way, you won’t be forced to watch time and money go down the drain hunting for it on your own.  If the water level in your pool keeps dropping rapidly in spite of your efforts to keep it filled, chances are good that there's a leak somewhere.  There are lots of places where something can go wrong in a swimming pool: the pump, the filter, the skimmers, the vacuum lines, or even the lighting elements or drainage systems. The fact that pools are so complex is precisely why it's so important to call a specialist if you believe that you have a leak. This piece of advice also applies to large decorative fountains, in-ground manmade ponds, and other major water installations.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Start with the basic parts of speech. Introduce other parts of speech gradually. Master the most advanced parts of speech last. Underline parts of speech. Ask questions. Make a chart. Diagram sentences.

Answer:
Before you can explain to others what the parts of speech are, it is good to brush up on them yourself. Knowing the parts of speech can help clarify grammar lessons, increase understanding from students, and improve your own writing. It is best to start with the four basic parts of speech. These are the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.   Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea.   A noun can be common (a general object) or proper (the name of a person or place).  For example, dog and goodness are common nouns while Rhode Island and Joe are proper nouns.  Verb:  a word that shows action or state of being.  For example, run, jump, sit, learn are actions that a subject can do.  Adjective:  a word that describes a noun or a pronoun. For example, pretty, large, beautiful, and loud are all adjectives.  Adverb:  a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs usually end in -ly, but not always.   For example, quickly and carefully are adverbs that modify verbs while very is an adverb that modifies adjectives and other adverbs. As your lessons develop, you can start introducing the more complex parts of the speech. Pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions are a good intermediate step, as they have a clear function in the sentence and they interact with the basic parts of speech.   Pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun. The most common type are person pronouns. Personal pronouns include: I, me, you, we, he, she, it, and they. There are many different kinds of pronouns besides the personal. They include indefinite, interrogative, reflexive, intensive, relative, and others.  Preposition: a word that describes the position of an object. For example, in, on, under, over, beside are all prepositions.  A preposition begins a prepositional phrase.  Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases, or clauses. The most common are the coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, nor, for, yet, and therefore) and subordinating conjunctions, which are those words that join dependent clauses to main clauses in complex sentences (since, when, where, if, although, etc.). Interjections and determiners can be difficult to teach and to learn because their function in the sentence is often ambiguous. Without a strong basis in the other parts of speech, learners might struggle with identifying these parts, and you might find it difficult to explain them. Save your lessons on these parts for last.   Interjections: words that are used to express an emotion like surprise or shock or disappointment. They are words that are thrust into the midst of the sentence (hence, interjected).  Determiners: the first words in noun phrases that act in a way that limits or quantifies the noun. Articles such as “a/an” and “the” as well as words like many, some, or two are what “determines” if the noun is specific or general. With eight differently colored pens or markers, underline, circle, or box every part of speech. Tell your students which color marker corresponds to which part of speech. For the rest of the lesson, whenever you underline that part of speech, use the same color. Once you are finished teaching the lesson, give your students a short passage to read. Ask them to underline each part of speech using the same corresponding colors as you did. For nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, you can encourage students to ask certain questions to help them understand what the different parts of speech are. These questions will encourage them to think about how each part functions in the sentence as well as give them an easy tool for identifying the parts of speech.  Nouns answer the questions “who?” and “what?”  Adjectives answer the questions "what kind?”; "which?"; and "how many?"  Verbs answer the question “what is it doing?” Adverbs answer the questions “how?”; “when?”; “where?”; and “why?” For the more difficult parts of speech—such as pronouns, conjunctions, interjections, and conjunctions—it may be easier to make a chart of the most common examples of these parts of speech. Explain these parts of speech, pointing to these examples on the chart. After the student has learned them, try asking them to make their own chart from memory. Diagramming sentences is a traditional method of explaining the parts of speech. In a sentence diagram, the parts are visualized on a series of connecting lines to show how the parts of speech relate to one another.  On a horizontal line, write the noun subject and verb of the sentence. Divide these with a vertical line. Using diagonal lines, connect adjectives and determiners to the noun that they modify and adverbs to the verb or adjective that they modify. Use dotted lines to link conjunctions with the words that they connect.