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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  114e
CONCLUSION  1410nw
DESCRIPTIVE  1413n
EVIDENCE  35s
EXAMPLES  213n
EXPLAIN  312e
HIGHLIGHT  910nw
HOW  118ne
INFORMATIVE  1315nw
INTRODUCTION  1315w
KEYWORDS  143w
OPINION  62e
PERSUASIVE  42se
POINT  512n
PURPOSE  54se
QUOTES  71e
SIGNPOSTS  1512n
SUBHEADING  1411nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  12s
TITLE  155w
UNDERLINE  1013w
WHO  123ne
WHY  123sw