Problem: Article: To finish your skirt, you will need to add the elastic to the waistband. Slide your elastic piece in through the gap that you left in the waistband at the beginning. Then, use your fingers to work the piece through the entire waistband. It can take a while to work the piece of elastic through the waistband. Attaching a safety pin to the end of the elastic before you insert it into the waistband may help you to pull it through a bit easier. After you have pulled the end of your elastic through the other end of the waistband and it is going all the way around the waistband, sew the two ends of the elastic together. This will secure the elastic in a circle inside of your fabric waistband. After you have sewed the two ends of the elastic together, close the opening in the fabric waistband by sewing the gap closed. After the gap is closed, you can trim away any excess thread and your skirt is ready to wear!
Summary: Slide elastic into gap in waistband seam. Sew the elastic ends together. Close the open edge of the seam. Finished.

Problem: Article: It is essential to keep the soil evenly moist, so keep a close eye on your plants in the summer for signs of withering, yellowing, or dry soil. For best results, water your plants in the morning. Be careful not to overwater the plants, as they are susceptible to root rot. To avoid this, you can plant rhubarb on a hillside or on raised beds. Because a rhubarb crop can take several years to become established, you might want to grow a couple of plants from a crown while your seeds grow, mature, and become harvestable. Areas that grow rhubarb annually tend to have severely hot summer temperatures. Make sure to harvest your rhubarb in the late spring before the heat has a chance to kill the crop.
Summary: Water your plants regularly. Consider growing rhubarb from a crown while you wait. Harvest your annual rhubarb between March and May.

Problem: Article: Starting the night before the book report is due is way too late. Starting a few days before might also be too late unless you're an extremely fast reader. Give yourself time to read the book and understand it fully, then write your report. This might take a week or more to complete. This means you need to start looking for your book as soon as you can. Finding a book can take time, so don't rush it. You might find the perfect book, but it's checked out and has to be returned to the library. The amount of time you need for your book report will depend a lot on your personal pacing, the length of the book you choose, and your personal writing strategy. However, getting a head start never hurts. You need to follow any of the guidelines your teacher gave you for the report. Underline the parts that relate to choosing a book. What do you need to know? Some important information might be: Whether there is a minimum number of pages you need to read Whether the book should be fiction (made up) or non-fiction (true) Whether the book needs to be a specific genre, such as drama, science fiction, etc. Whether a graphic novel is an appropriate choice What kinds of information your teacher wants you to get out of the book There are millions of books out there, and between your school library and the public library, you have access to thousands. Within the parameters your teacher has set (number of pages, fiction or non-fiction), figure out what kind of book you would most like to read. It's important to choose something you want to read so that the assignment goes as smoothly as possible. Some possible questions you might ask yourself as you are choosing a book for a report are: Can you make the writing process easier by picking a book that ties into the work you're currently doing in class? Do you want something with a historical background, or something that takes place now? Is there a particular topic that interests you that might be a good choice animals, skateboarding, or music, for example? Do you like funny books or serious books? Do you like books about real people, or would you rather read fantasy or science fiction?
Summary: Start working early. Go through the rules for the report. Decide what kind of a book you want.

Problem: Article: Your deck should have exactly 60 cards and it should be shuffled well. One-fourth to one-third of the cards in your deck should be energy cards for a well-balanced deck, but whatever suits you is fine. If you don't have 60 cards to play with and you're playing casually, ask your opponent if it's OK to play with less than 60 cards in a deck. Make sure you and your opponent have the same amount of cards in your decks! Flip a coin to see who starts. The first player cannot attack on their first turn. Take 7 cards from the top of the deck and put them aside, face down. Look for a Basic Pokemon in your hand of 7 cards. Basic Pokemon are represented by a box that says "BASIC" at the top of the card. If there aren't any Basics, shuffle your hand into your deck and draw another 7 cards. This is called a mulligan. Each time you perform a mulligan, your opponent has the choice of drawing an extra card. If you have at least one basic Pokemon in your hand, put the one you want to use for attack first face down onto the playing area a few inches in front of you. If you have more basic Pokemon cards in your hand, you can put them face down beneath your active Pokemon as your bench. You may have no more than 5 Pokemon on your bench at one time. You can look at your hand, but don't look at your prizes yet! Place these cards in a pile on the side face-down. Each time you knock one of your opponent's Pokemon out, take a prize card. When you run out of prize cards, you win. Fewer prize cards can be used for a faster game. There is a special rule for EX and GX Pokemon. If you knock out an EX or GX Pokemon, you get to take two instead of one Prize Card. Contrary to popular belief, you do not take or keep your opponent's Prize Cards. Once you knock out a Pokemon, you take Prize Cards from your own pile, and put them into your hand. Typically these should be on your right side, opposite to the prize cards. Your Discard Pile will be below your deck. When you are ready to begin, make sure your active and benched Pokemon cards are all turned face up. The rest of your hand, prizes, and the rest of your deck should all be face down. You can look at your hand, but not your deck or prize cards. You win if you take all your prize cards, if your opponent has to draw but can't because they've run out of cards in their deck, or if you knock out all Pokemon on your opponent's field.
Summary:
Shuffle your deck. Determine who goes first. Draw 7 cards. Find your Basic Pokemon. Pick your active Pokemon. Draw your six prize cards. Put the remainder of your deck to the side. Face your cards in the right direction. Play until someone wins.