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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414w
CONCLUSION  1412n
DESCRIPTIVE  15s
EVIDENCE  152s
EXAMPLES  52se
EXPLAIN  42se
HIGHLIGHT  214n
HOW  610se
INFORMATIVE  21e
INTRODUCTION  21se
KEYWORDS  47se
OPINION  51se
PERSUASIVE  46s
POINT  96e
PURPOSE  46se
QUOTES  410se
SIGNPOSTS  1415w
SUBHEADING  1112nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515n
TITLE  136s
UNDERLINE  72e
WHO  69s
WHY  310s