Problem: Article: When you start writing your summary, you want to be absolutely sure you are not plagiarizing in any way. Set aside the news article and instead, work with your list of the five Ws and H. The first paragraph of the current events summary is a summary of the events discussed in the article. Write an outline of the article, focusing on the five Ws and H.  You may choose to rearrange the five Ws and H so that your summary makes sense. When you recounted the article to someone else, you highlighted the most important parts of the article. These things will go in your outline. Now your job is to put them in an order that makes sense. The topic sentence for this paragraph is the main idea of the article. This sentence gives your reader an overview of what your summary will be about. The next few sentences are where you include your five Ws and H. Construct a logical way of telling the reader what happened. This may or may not be in the same order as the news article. Depending on your assignment, this might be three or four sentences, or it might be seven to nine sentences. Check your assignment for your length requirement. The last sentence of your paragraph should reiterate the main idea of the news article. Choose wording that is different from your topic sentence.
Summary: Set aside the article. Outline the news article. Write your topic sentence. Build upon your introduction with information about what happened. Write a closing sentence.

Problem: Article: Be polite. Say please and thank you. Having good manners goes a long way in helping people not find you annoying. Think about talking to a polite person versus a rude one: Who would annoy you more?  Laugh at people’s jokes. Laugh even if they’re not really funny (unless it’s an offensive joke). It’s polite and makes the joke teller feel good. Don’t burp, pass gas, or spit around other people. Keep your bad habits, such as cracking your knuckles or chewing with your mouth open, under control. If people start to notice these bad habits happening consistently, it becomes grating and instantly annoying! If someone says for you to stop teasing them, bothering them, or getting in their face, stop immediately. No means no. Say “I’m sorry,” and step away from the person. If you stop when they ask, most likely there will be no hard feelings. Don’t say, “Can’t you take a joke?” or “Calm down.” Constantly needing to be the center of attention gets on everyone’s nerves. If you are incessantly texting your friends, butting your way into conversations, or making everyone look at you while you do something, people are going to begin to withdraw from you.  Ask yourself why you need all this attention. Oftentimes, people who engage in attention-seeking behaviors have low self-esteem for are feeling insecure about something.  Stay out of drama. Don’t create it, and don’t participate in it. While it often feels good to be in the middle of it and gives you a great attention rush, people begin to see that you are a drama tornado and will do their best to not get sucked in. Drama will give you attention, but not authentic friendships. Don’t have an entitled attitude and expect to be treated better than everyone else. Don’t expect people to bend to your whims. Keep your word. If you say you are going to be there at five o’clock, don’t roll in a little after six. Keep your promises to others, and if you can’t, let them know as soon as possible.
Summary: Have good manners. Respect people’s boundaries. Quit looking for attention. Stay humble.

Problem: Article: Get more use out of the same dry Swiffer cloth by using the second side once the first has become dirty. While the sides are slightly different textures, they work equally well for picking up dust and dirt.  Simply shake out or gently wipe away any loose debris from the dirty side of the cloth when you notice it is no longer picking up dirt, then flip it over and reattach it to your Swiffer to continue cleaning. Note that you can do this with wet Swiffer cloths, as well as your own reusable cloths. Reuse the standard dry Swiffer cloths as long as possible by washing them between uses. Put them in a gentle cycle or wash by hand to keep them clean.  Stick cloths in a mesh laundry bag meant for delicates before you put them in the washing machine. Set your washer to a gentle cycle setting to wash, then hang the cloth to dry before use.  Cloths won’t come out perfectly clean from the washer, but they can be effective for several washes. Discard them once they are torn or no longer clean well. Purchase refills of dry or wet cloths from a generic store brand rather than Swiffer brand itself. This can save money while being just as effective.  Look in the cleaning supply sections of major chain grocery, discount, and big-box stores. You’ll find the store brand version of many items next to or near the name brand, typically at very reduced prices. You should also be able to wash and use both sides of generic brand cloths to make them last longer.
Summary: Use the other side of Swiffer cloths. Throw Swiffer cloths in the washing machine. Buy generic brand cloths.

Problem: Article: When you purchase bok choy from the grocery store or farmer’s market, it likely comes in a plastic bag. Keep it in the bag when you store it to keep it as fresh as possible. Ideally, the plastic bag that you store the bok choy in should be perforated. If the bag isn’t, you may want to poke a few holes around the bag with a knife. To ensure that the bok choy stays fresh as long as possible, you should store it in your refrigerator. In particular, the crisper drawer is an ideal spot to keep the vegetable. You can freeze bok choy, but you must blanch it first, drain it well, and place it in freezer bags beforehand. Frozen bok choy will keep for 10 to 12 months. While you may think it’s a good idea to clean the bok choy before you store, you should actually leave it unwashed until you’re ready to use it. If the bok choy isn’t completely dry when you store it in the refrigerator, the leaves can become slimy and wilted. If you don’t wash the bok choy before you store it, it can last for 3 days in the refrigerator.
Summary:
Secure the bok choy in a plastic bag. Keep the bok choy in the refrigerator. Leave the bok choy unwashed until you’re ready to use.