2. Select some paragraphs that use an inductive writing
 approach. Mix up the sentences and ask the students
 to arrange the sentences in the right order.

 3. Follow the same procedure with a paragraph that uses
 the deductive approach.

 4. Teach the students to recognize and question the
 premises in reasoning. (Test Lessons in Reading-
 Reasoning, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College,
 Columbia University) is a good vehicle for this.

 5. Have the students read selections to determine cause
 and effects.

 6. Have the students compare two editorials on the same
 subject but from two different points of view.

 7. Have the students read a selection and determine the
 author's opinion and his reasons for writing.

 8. Find some examples of paragraphs where the author
 implies a question and then answers it. Have the
 students find the implied questions and evaluate the
 author's answer to it.

 9. Have the students make a list of facts and opinions
 taken from the same selection.

10. Teach the students to determine the moral of a story.

11. Ask the students to bring in misleading headlines from
 newspapers. Then aid them in developing better ones.

12. Have the students list, in order of importance, the
 news stories on the front page of a newspaper.

13. Teach the students to underline main ideas in red
 pencil and supporting ideas in blue. Then discuss
 relationships between these ideas.

14. Have the students answer the questions, "What is the
 author talking about? What does he say about it?" in
 one compound sentence.

15. Ask students to read news articles from the fourth
 paragraph to their conclusions, before stating what
 the main ideas must be. Then the main idea may be
 checked by reading the first three paragraphs.


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