Home Profile About the Series Help Instructor Resources   Select a lab activity... Lab Activity 1: Prior Knowledge Lab Activity 2: The Reading Process: Before Reading Lab Activity 3: The Reading Process: During Reading Lab Activity 4: The Reading Process: After Reading Lab Activity 5: A Reading System for Master Readers Lab Activity 6: Context Clues Lab Activity 7: Roots Lab Activity 8: Prefixes Lab Activity 9: Suffixes Lab Activity 10: Vocabulary Skills Lab Activity 11: Identifying Topics Lab Activity 12: Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details Lab Activity 13: Topic Sentences Lab Activity 14: Central Ideas and Thesis Statements Lab Activity 15: Topics, Main Ideas, and Central Ideas Lab Activity 16: Questions for Locating Supporting Details Lab Activity 17: Major and Minor Details Lab Activity 18: Outlining Major and Minor Details Lab Activity 19: Creating a Summary from Annotations Lab Activity 20: Chapter-end Questions in a Textbook Lab Activity 21: Outlines Lab Activity 22: Formal Outlines Lab Activity 23: Concept Maps Lab Activity 24: Supporting Details and Concept Maps Lab Activity 25: The Table of Contents in a Textbook Lab Activity 26: Relationships Within and Between Sentences Lab Activity 27: The Time and Space Order Patterns Lab Activity 28: The Listing Pattern Lab Activity 29: The Classification Pattern Lab Activity 30: Transitions and Thought Patterns Lab Activity 31: The Comparison-and-Contrast Pattern Lab Activity 32: The Cause-and-Effect Pattern Lab Activity 33: The Generalization-and-Example Pattern Lab Activity 34: The Definition Pattern Lab Activity 35: More Thought Patterns Lab Activity 36: Implied Main Ideas Lab Activity 37: Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs Lab Activity 38: Implied Main Ideas in Literature Lab Activity 39: Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Ideas Lab Activity 40: Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Idea Lab Activity 41: Fact and Opinion Lab Activity 42: Biased Words and Qualifiers Lab Activity 43: Reading Critically in Context Lab Activity 44: Informed and Expert Opinions Lab Activity 45: Fact and Opinion Lab Activity 46: Author's Tone Lab Activity 47: Author's Purpose Lab Activity 48: Purpose and Tone in Nonfiction Lab Activity 49: Verbal and Situational Irony Lab Activity 50: Tone and Purpose Lab Activity 51: Inferences: Educated Guesses Lab Activity 52: Making Inferences from Details Lab Activity 53: Making Valid Inferences Lab Activity 54: Inferences in Creative Expression Lab Activity 55: Inferences in Texts and Visuals Lab Activity 56: Claim and Support Lab Activity 57: Relevant Support Lab Activity 58: Argument in a Periodical Article Lab Activity 59: Argument in Political Cartoons Lab Activity 60: The Basics of Argument Lab Activity 61: Fallacies That Ignore the Issue Lab Activity 62: Propaganda Techniques That Use Irrelevant Details Lab Activity 63: Fallacies That Oversimplify the Issues Lab Activity 64: Propaganda Techniques That Use Inadequate Details Lab Activity 65: Examining Biased Argument Practice for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Test Practice for the Texas Higher Education Assessment Test Diagnostic Pre-Test for The Master Reader, Updated Edition