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.

G N I D A E H B U S D K P S F
K E Y W O R D S Q I E X T E T
G O C T I T L E U G S E L L P
E I O N T O A Z O N C X B P E
N N N E E M E H T P R P Q M R
I T C F C I O M E O I L C A S
L R L G O N D S S S P A A X U
R O U X P R E U M T T I K E A
E D S T I O M D A S I N V R S
D U I G N Y I A I T V B Q O I
N C O O I H I N T V E R Q H V
U T N H O W Y X T I E G Z T E
V I P H N Y O Z Y W V W R U K
D O T H G I L H G I H E E A P
C N Z P G A M E S O P R U P T
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414n
CONCLUSION  33s
DESCRIPTIVE  111s
EVIDENCE  1112nw
EXAMPLES  148n
EXPLAIN  123s
HIGHLIGHT  1114w
HOW  814nw
INFORMATIVE  24se
INTRODUCTION  24s
KEYWORDS  22e
OPINION  57s
PERSUASIVE  153s
POINT  58se
PURPOSE  1415w
QUOTES  91s
SIGNPOSTS  101s
SUBHEADING  101w
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  95w
TITLE  43e
UNDERLINE  112n
WHO  1213sw
WHY  612n