This was actually not homework but was part of our lesson for this week. Sara had used this photo in her lesson and I found I had the same photo from stock photos in Elements 2 (which I had not actually learned to use). It makes such a difference taking lessons from Sara.
We learned more about using transforming in elements and I used "The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements" tool for transform selection. It works without leaving a hole in my photo but I did have a little trouble with elements not wanting after I used hidden power tool to use other any elements tools but its selection tool until after I had put the project down I was working on and then reopened it. Perhaps a problem with my elements and hidden power tools? I think I like to select and copy to layers about as well. I also found I wish Elements would let you warp text in circles. I hear it may be possible in word and then to copy to elements. I need to learn more about using text.