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.

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

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1# E X P L A I N O P I N I O N
2# # T H G I L H G I H O W E A
3# # S N O I S U L C N O C V U
4G S E L P M A X E # # N N I T
5N # T # # # # N S P E O # T H
6I # O E L T I T U I I # # P O
7D # U # # L S R D T E # O I R
8A # Q # R O P U C C H I # R #
9E # # E P O A U N Y N E # C #
10H # D N S T D E # T H # M S #
11B N G E E O D S D R O W Y E K
12U I # G R I # # # # H # # D #
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  152s
CONCLUSION  133w
DESCRIPTIVE  1412n
EVIDENCE  414ne
EXAMPLES  94w
EXPLAIN  21e
HIGHLIGHT  112w
HOW  112e
INFORMATIVE  215e
INTRODUCTION  215ne
KEYWORDS  1411w
OPINION  91e
PERSUASIVE  1314w
POINT  146sw
PURPOSE  105sw
QUOTES  37n
SIGNPOSTS  113ne
SUBHEADING  113n
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  107se
TITLE  86w
UNDERLINE  112ne
WHO  1211sw
WHY  1211nw