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.

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

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1# # Y H W O H I G H L I G H T
2# E # I N F O R M A T I V E I
3# # C O N C L U S I O N # # T
4S E # N E N I L R E D N U # L
5E E C # E S I G N P O S T S E
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11E V I S A U S R E P E # H R E
12# E X P L A I N C # # G O U M
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14# # # # S D R O W Y E K # A H
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  138s
CONCLUSION  33e
DESCRIPTIVE  1215nw
EVIDENCE  911nw
EXAMPLES  111n
EXPLAIN  212e
HIGHLIGHT  71e
HOW  71w
INFORMATIVE  42e
INTRODUCTION  156w
KEYWORDS  1114w
OPINION  1015w
PERSUASIVE  1011w
POINT  69w
PURPOSE  1413n
QUOTES  88e
SIGNPOSTS  65e
SUBHEADING  1013w
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515n
TITLE  151s
UNDERLINE  134w
WHO  210e
WHY  51w