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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  22e
CONCLUSION  1313w
DESCRIPTIVE  155s
EVIDENCE  1111n
EXAMPLES  1414w
EXPLAIN  1515w
HIGHLIGHT  143s
HOW  143n
INFORMATIVE  1312n
INTRODUCTION  64s
KEYWORDS  55s
OPINION  91s
PERSUASIVE  314n
POINT  51w
PURPOSE  51e
QUOTES  88s
SIGNPOSTS  101s
SUBHEADING  23s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  11s
TITLE  412n
UNDERLINE  121s
WHO  79s
WHY  154n