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.

I G D S I G N P O S T S E E W
M D N C B O P M U H Q V W E D
E H G I V R P S G R I C C N I
X N N Z D O R I W T P N I N N
A O L E I A L O P G E O T C F
M I P N V H E I H I V R S B O
P S T I G I R H D T O N S E R
L U U I N C S U B D U I E H M
E L H O S I A A U U T A L L A
S C Y E S T O C U M S L T Q T
E N D H E K T N P S E P I U I
M O H G W I W N V A R X T O V
E C R O O S D R O W Y E K T E
H A H N E V I D E N C E P E U
T U N D E R L I N E W H O S J
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  129nw
CONCLUSION  213n
DESCRIPTIVE  311ne
EVIDENCE  514e
EXAMPLES  13s
EXPLAIN  1213n
HIGHLIGHT  39ne
HOW  314ne
INFORMATIVE  153s
INTRODUCTION  153sw
KEYWORDS  1213w
OPINION  25se
PERSUASIVE  1314nw
POINT  73sw
PURPOSE  81se
QUOTES  1411s
SIGNPOSTS  41e
SUBHEADING  1110nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  115n
TITLE  1312n
UNDERLINE  215e
WHO  1115e
WHY  512nw