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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1214nw
CONCLUSION  33s
DESCRIPTIVE  1412n
EVIDENCE  214e
EXAMPLES  136sw
EXPLAIN  55e
HIGHLIGHT  49ne
HOW  112s
INFORMATIVE  125sw
INTRODUCTION  1513n
KEYWORDS  1215w
OPINION  1014nw
PERSUASIVE  25s
POINT  910se
PURPOSE  75se
QUOTES  71e
SIGNPOSTS  115n
SUBHEADING  1410nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1514nw
TITLE  411ne
UNDERLINE  139n
WHO  82e
WHY  82se