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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  14e
CONCLUSION  614e
DESCRIPTIVE  121w
EVIDENCE  111sw
EXAMPLES  12s
EXPLAIN  1413n
HIGHLIGHT  134sw
HOW  134nw
INFORMATIVE  415e
INTRODUCTION  415ne
KEYWORDS  111sw
OPINION  714ne
PERSUASIVE  114ne
POINT  73w
PURPOSE  94sw
QUOTES  414ne
SIGNPOSTS  1214n
SUBHEADING  101sw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  159s
TITLE  159n
UNDERLINE  92w
WHO  99se
WHY  99ne