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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  142w
CONCLUSION  313n
DESCRIPTIVE  134s
EVIDENCE  214e
EXAMPLES  135sw
EXPLAIN  1314nw
HIGHLIGHT  213n
HOW  61se
INFORMATIVE  1312nw
INTRODUCTION  153s
KEYWORDS  511n
OPINION  13s
PERSUASIVE  1215w
POINT  47s
PURPOSE  1215nw
QUOTES  114n
SIGNPOSTS  1415n
SUBHEADING  31e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  106nw
TITLE  65s
UNDERLINE  41se
WHO  123w
WHY  123sw