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.

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

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8I E G H O T W U O # D # U I Y
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15T H E M E V I T A M R O F N I
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  214e
CONCLUSION  133s
DESCRIPTIVE  113n
EVIDENCE  115s
EXAMPLES  413e
EXPLAIN  151s
HIGHLIGHT  411n
HOW  411sw
INFORMATIVE  1515w
INTRODUCTION  912n
KEYWORDS  511n
OPINION  1215n
PERSUASIVE  141s
POINT  141sw
PURPOSE  914e
QUOTES  88n
SIGNPOSTS  310n
SUBHEADING  111e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  115e
TITLE  610n
UNDERLINE  211n
WHO  78n
WHY  1510n