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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414n
CONCLUSION  33e
DESCRIPTIVE  134sw
EVIDENCE  314n
EXAMPLES  135s
EXPLAIN  124w
HIGHLIGHT  152w
HOW  152s
INFORMATIVE  315ne
INTRODUCTION  315e
KEYWORDS  55s
OPINION  1214w
PERSUASIVE  155s
POINT  48s
PURPOSE  12s
QUOTES  1113w
SIGNPOSTS  51e
SUBHEADING  24s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  611n
TITLE  108s
UNDERLINE  25e
WHO  114n
WHY  86e