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.

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

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1# K # E T H G I L H G I H O W
2# E # N V # S T S O P N G I S
3# Y C # O I # E C N E D I V E
4# W O N D I S # X # # Y H W V
5S O N # E E T A # P # # # H I
6U R C P E I S C U # L # T O T
7B D L U N # D C U S # A N # A
8H S U R I # # U R D R # I # M
9E # S P L # # # A I O E O N R
10A A I O R E L T I T P R P # O
11D U O S E L P M A X E T T # F
12I T N E D # # # # # # G I N N
13N H # # N # # # # # # # R V I
14G O # Q U O T E S # # # # A E
15# R # N O I N I P O E M E H T
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  210s
CONCLUSION  33s
DESCRIPTIVE  54se
EVIDENCE  153w
EXAMPLES  1111w
EXPLAIN  83se
HIGHLIGHT  131w
HOW  131e
INFORMATIVE  1513n
INTRODUCTION  1513nw
KEYWORDS  22s
OPINION  1015w
PERSUASIVE  1310nw
POINT  1310n
PURPOSE  46s
QUOTES  514e
SIGNPOSTS  152w
SUBHEADING  15s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515w
TITLE  1010w
UNDERLINE  514n
WHO  144s
WHY  144w