INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Buy a shower curtain at a dollar store that you can throw away after the holiday. Use red paint to make a few handprints on it. Let some of the paint drip down the curtain and make some other smudges. It is probably best to do this outside on the grass or in the garage. You don't want to smear the paint around too much or it will start to look like just a blob of red. Let the curtain dry completely before you hang it up in your shower. Hang it so the painted side is facing inward. Using some washable red paint, or lipstick, scrawl a warning across your mirror. Writing "you're next" or "Red Rum" are classic horror phrases. You can splatter some other paint onto the mirror or makes streaks around the words. An added scare tactic that uses the mirror is to hang a creepy picture on the wall that faces the mirror. Position it in such a way that when people look in the mirror they can see the picture right behind them. You can throw a cheap rug down and make "bloody" footprints that lead out the door. If you don't mind getting the floor messy, you can make footprints on the floor as well. Be sure that whatever you use to make the footprints is washable. Another option is to make handprints that look as if someone crawled away. You can smear some paint along with the handprints as if the person was dragging their body away.

SUMMARY: Smear a cheap shower curtain with red paint. Make the mirror a warning. Turn the floor into an escape trail.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you miss the regular registration periods, you can register for standby testing. You must have a standby ticket before the test date to be allowed into the testing center. This does not guarantee you a seat, but you need a ticket to have any chance to take the test that day. The standby request period ends about a week before the test date. There will be extra fees for standby registration. You must choose a specific testing center when you register as a standby test taker. Choosing one of the larger testing locations will give you a better chance of being admitted, as it is more likely to have room for you. Testing spots are given on a first-come, first-served basis, so you should get there early to ensure that test materials, seats, and staff are available. You might not be admitted otherwise. Arriving early, however, increases your chance at a spot. If you are not admitted to the test center, the ACT will refund the fees paid for your standby registration.

SUMMARY: Sign onto your ACT account. Choose a large testing center. Arrive early.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Use a sharp pair of scissors to carefully cut out the fabric or cardboard circle. Then, you can use a ruler to draw a straight line right down the middle of the circle. Cut the circle in half using the line as a guide. You should now have 2 halves for your ladybug wings. If you're using fabric, squeeze fabric glue onto the black spots before you stick them onto the wings. To glue black cardboard spots onto cardboard wings, try using wood glue. You can paint black spots onto the wings instead of attaching fabric or cardboard spots.

SUMMARY: Cut out the circle and cut it in half. Glue the black spots to the red wings.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The flowchart map allows you to examine a process and see the multiple options for getting it done. The flowchart can be linear and can just flow from one concept to the next, but it can also have multiple elements for examining a variety of outcomes. The starting point can be a process or a problem that needs a solution. Let's use the starting point, "Lamp doesn't turn on". For the problem, "Lamp doesn't turn on," the most typical solution is that the lamp is not plugged in. Just write, "Lamp plugged in?" and connect it with an arrow to "Lamp doesn't turn on". Write a line from "Lamp plugged in?" that says "no" and another that says "yes." If you follow the line that says "no", then the response would be "Plug in lamp". Connect this response to "no" with a line. You've completed one flow of the concept, starting with "Lamp doesn't turn on" to "Plug in lamp". If you follow this "flow," then it should solve the problem. But if the lamp is plugged in, you'll follow "yes" to another option: "Bulb burned out?" This is the next logical solution. From the question, "Bulb burned out?" you'll need to branch out two terms: "yes" and "no" If the answer to "Bulb burned out" is "yes," then you'll need to connect this word to the solution, "Replace bulb", You've completed another flow of the concept, because this should fix the broken lamp. But if it turns out that the bulb is not burned out, you'll have to follow "no" to the last option: "Repair lamp". You have now completed a flowchart for the problem of a broken lamp, which will lead you to one of three solutions: plugging it in, replacing the bulb, or repairing the lamp.

SUMMARY:
Choose your starting point or problem. Write the easiest solution for the problem. Write the two results for this solution. Write the results for the next solution.