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 E M E W S D R O W Y E K F
T A P U R P O S E T I T L E E
H N R B J K C M E S E T O U Q
G O S G Z N H P E V F Y O N N
I I O P E R S U A S I V E D T
L T E V I T P I R C S E D E I
H C S V S O A D J U S X V R F
G U U T I E K U B S N P H L Y
I D R N S D L H D O B L Y I H
H O T O H O E P I I L A H N U
O R X L H A P N M E E I W E D
W T T V D T I N C A W N X H T
O N E I K P U S G E X T C P O
J I N F O R M A T I V E K E K
Z G H U C O N C L U S I O N G
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  814nw
CONCLUSION  515e
DESCRIPTIVE  136w
EVIDENCE  36se
EXAMPLES  1214nw
EXPLAIN  126s
HIGHLIGHT  110n
HOW  110s
INFORMATIVE  214e
INTRODUCTION  214n
KEYWORDS  131w
OPINION  514ne
PERSUASIVE  45e
POINT  76sw
PURPOSE  32e
QUOTES  143w
SIGNPOSTS  1115nw
SUBHEADING  116sw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  11e
TITLE  102e
UNDERLINE  143s
WHO  1311se
WHY  1311n