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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  82e
CONCLUSION  415e
DESCRIPTIVE  45se
EVIDENCE  1414w
EXAMPLES  110e
EXPLAIN  123s
HIGHLIGHT  141s
HOW  27n
INFORMATIVE  1312nw
INTRODUCTION  1312w
KEYWORDS  123w
OPINION  1512nw
PERSUASIVE  1210nw
POINT  125w
PURPOSE  1011w
QUOTES  57nw
SIGNPOSTS  157s
SUBHEADING  16s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  11e
TITLE  35s
UNDERLINE  131w
WHO  28n
WHY  413e