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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1012w
CONCLUSION  1313w
DESCRIPTIVE  1312n
EVIDENCE  1414w
EXAMPLES  121w
EXPLAIN  113w
HIGHLIGHT  109nw
HOW  712ne
INFORMATIVE  113ne
INTRODUCTION  113n
KEYWORDS  1111w
OPINION  811nw
PERSUASIVE  143s
POINT  515nw
PURPOSE  154s
QUOTES  35s
SIGNPOSTS  915w
SUBHEADING  1310nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  86se
TITLE  116nw
UNDERLINE  129n
WHO  911nw
WHY  910nw