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.

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

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3N R C N O I T C U D O R T N I
4O S # N I A L P X E # # # # N
5I U # # E # # # V S S # # T F
6S A # # # I T I U C D # N # O
7U S # # # I D B Q R R I O # R
8L I # # T E H U # I O H I # M
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10N E E C A T # # W T Y # I O T
11O # E D E # # H # I E # P H I
12C # I S # # Y # # V K G O T V
13# N S E L P M A X E # # R U E
14G # # # # # P U R P O S E A #
15# U N D E R L I N E E M E H T
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414n
CONCLUSION  112n
DESCRIPTIVE  103s
EVIDENCE  104sw
EXAMPLES  1013w
EXPLAIN  104w
HIGHLIGHT  131w
HOW  78se
INFORMATIVE  153s
INTRODUCTION  153w
KEYWORDS  1111n
OPINION  1312n
PERSUASIVE  21s
POINT  109ne
PURPOSE  714e
QUOTES  88sw
SIGNPOSTS  32e
SUBHEADING  105sw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515w
TITLE  76sw
UNDERLINE  215e
WHO  119ne
WHY  910sw