Active reading skills

AUTHOR
CONCLUSION
DESCRIPTIVE
EVIDENCE
EXAMPLES
EXPLAIN
HIGHLIGHT
HOW
INFORMATIVE
INTRODUCTION
KEYWORDS
OPINION
PERSUASIVE
POINT
PURPOSE
QUOTES
SIGNPOSTS
SUBHEADING
TARGETAUDIENCE
THEME
TITLE
UNDERLINE
WHO
WHY

Think about the skills and techniques that help you to read and understand a piece of text. What things do you need to think about? What shortcuts can you take to help you find the information you need efficiently?

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

T H G I L H G I H O W H Y Z I
Q A E M R S U B H E A D I N G
U U R N X O I N I A L P X E M
I N O G O B H G B W C O V X E
M D I T E I E T N J G I E A V
H E I I E T T Q U P S N M M I
D R K T J S A C H A O T E P T
S L G L J D J U U S C S H L A
D I L E T N S S D D L Y T E M
R N S E X V R V T I O Z A S R
O E V I D E N C E J E R E C O
W H O L P U R P O S E N T B F
Y Z S N O I S U L C N O C N N
E V I T P I R C S E D I J E I
K N A C E Y N O I N I P O Z I
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Answer Key for Active reading skills

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  107nw
CONCLUSION  1313w
DESCRIPTIVE  1114w
EVIDENCE  211e
EXAMPLES  143s
EXPLAIN  143w
HIGHLIGHT  91w
HOW  91e
INFORMATIVE  1514n
INTRODUCTION  1514nw
KEYWORDS  114n
OPINION  1315w
PERSUASIVE  512ne
POINT  123s
PURPOSE  512e
QUOTES  23se
SIGNPOSTS  62se
SUBHEADING  62e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  139n
TITLE  45s
UNDERLINE  23s
WHO  112e
WHY  111e