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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  38se
CONCLUSION  133w
DESCRIPTIVE  415e
EVIDENCE  414ne
EXAMPLES  155s
EXPLAIN  211n
HIGHLIGHT  15s
HOW  15n
INFORMATIVE  32s
INTRODUCTION  32se
KEYWORDS  142w
OPINION  1013nw
PERSUASIVE  314e
POINT  1010se
PURPOSE  104sw
QUOTES  129n
SIGNPOSTS  1314nw
SUBHEADING  1310nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  39ne
TITLE  61e
UNDERLINE  1411n
WHO  64sw
WHY  13ne