Article: Some people like to use a two-liter bottle, but a standard 16.9 ounce water bottle can also work just fine. Remove the lid from the bottle and discard it. You will need the pen shaft to work as a smoke shaft. Any plastic pen that can be taken apart to leave a hollow cylinder will work. Using scissors or another tool, gently poke a small hole (just large enough to insert the pen shaft) in the side of the bottle, approximately 1/3 the distance from the bottom. Your pen shaft will extend at an angle into the water. Test the size of the hole by inserting the pen in the hole at a downward angle. If the hole is too big, it will be hard to get a tight seal. If it turns out that your hole is too big, you can still salvage the bong. Just place pieces of tape where the pen shaft meets the bottle to make a tighter seal. On the opposite side of the bottle, make another small hole (about the size of a pencil eraser). This will be used as the carb when you are smoking. Affix a metal socket to the outside end of the pen shaft. Use another few layers of duct tape to make a seal. The socket is your bowl. You can use any sort of metal socket that is the right size. Look around your house for a suitable object. If you can't find anything, visit a hardware store, where you'll find lots of possibilities. Pour water from the top of the bottle into the bottom of the bong. Fill it approximately 1/5 full. Simply place some of your favorite herb in the metal socket bowl. Don't overdo it; you can always add more later, but you don't want it spilling over the sides. Place your mouth at the top of the bottle, where the lid was. Tip the bong so that the bowl is facing away from your body. Using a lighter, ignite your herb and begin to suck in slowly to force the smoke through the water. Make sure to place a finger over the carb hole while doing this. Set the lighter down when the bottle is filled with smoke. Remove your finger from the carb hole. Suck the smoke in deeply through the top of the bottle.
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Obtain a bottle. Take apart a plastic pen. Cut a hole in the side of the bottle. Insert the pen shaft into the hole. Pierce a carb into the bottle. Attach a bowl. Fill the bong with water. Pack the bowl. Position the bong. Light the bowl. Smoke.
Article: Get your creative juices flowing by doing a freewrite that focuses on the topic or subject of your paper. You may use the essay question assigned to you by your teacher as the prompt for the freewrite. Or, you may focus on describing the subject or topic in the freewrite from the perspective of your main character if you are writing a creative piece. Freewrites are a great way to get your brain warmed up and ready to write. Freewrites often work best if you give yourself a time limit, such as five minutes or ten minutes. You should then try to not take your pen off the page as you write so you are forced to keep writing about the subject or topic for the set period of time. For example, if you were writing an essay about the death penalty, you may use the prompt: "What are the possible issues or problems with the death penalty?" and write about it freely for ten minutes. Often, freewrites are also a good way to generate content that you can use later in your rough draft. You may surprised at what you realize as you write freely about the topic. A cluster map is another good brainstorming tactic as it allows you to identity keywords and phrases that you can then use in your rough draft. It can also help you to determine where you stand on a certain subject or topic, especially if you are writing a persuasive essay or paper. To use the clustering method, you will place a word that describes your topic or subject in the center of your paper. You will then write keywords and thoughts around the center word. Circle the center word and draw lines away from the center to other keywords and ideas. Then, circle each word as you group them around the central word. For example, if you were trying to write a short story around a theme like "anger", you will write "anger" in the middle of the page. You may then write keywords around "anger", like "volcano", "heat", "my mother", and "rage". If you are writing an academic essay, you will likely need to do some form of research by reading scholarly texts on the topic or subject. Reading these texts could also help you get inspired and prepared for your rough draft. You may also make notes as you read these texts, creating key points and themes that you may explore later in your rough draft. If you are writing a creative piece, you may look for texts written about a certain idea or theme that you want to explore in your own writing. You could look up texts by subject matter and read through several texts to get ideas for your story. You might have favorite writers that you return to often for inspiration or search for new writers who are doing interesting things with the topic. You could then borrow elements of the writer's approach and use it in your own rough draft. You can find additional resources and texts online and at your local library. Speak to the reference librarian at your local library for more information on resources and texts.
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Do a freewrite about the topic or subject. Make a cluster map about the topic or subject. Read writing about the topic or subject.