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.

O T S G T X E S S Y M Z D G D
P E H E H H G N N E T U N J F
P X C E L E G S I V T I T L E
P S N N M P C I U L D O U Q X
E T O I E E M N L A R G U A N
R S I A U I T A E H T E T Q O
S O T L T R D H X D G N D L I
U P C P Q B B U N E I I S N S
A N U X T U M Z A O C V H R U
S G D E S C R I P T I V E O L
I I O Z S D R O W Y E K W H C
V S R M W V P H M V O G O T N
E Z T D E S O P R U P W R U O
C O N N O I N I P O T L H A C
L E I N F O R M A T I V E Y T
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414n
CONCLUSION  1514n
DESCRIPTIVE  310e
EVIDENCE  1310nw
EXAMPLES  108nw
EXPLAIN  410n
HIGHLIGHT  139nw
HOW  1411sw
INFORMATIVE  315e
INTRODUCTION  315n
KEYWORDS  1111w
OPINION  1014w
PERSUASIVE  14s
POINT  910ne
PURPOSE  1113w
QUOTES  135nw
SIGNPOSTS  212n
SUBHEADING  510ne
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  21se
TITLE  113e
UNDERLINE  159nw
WHO  911sw
WHY  1213se