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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  85sw
CONCLUSION  1511n
DESCRIPTIVE  515e
EVIDENCE  64se
EXAMPLES  514ne
EXPLAIN  1414n
HIGHLIGHT  114sw
HOW  81sw
INFORMATIVE  1315nw
INTRODUCTION  134sw
KEYWORDS  26s
OPINION  72e
PERSUASIVE  1115nw
POINT  83sw
PURPOSE  83e
QUOTES  214e
SIGNPOSTS  51se
SUBHEADING  51e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  11s
TITLE  814nw
UNDERLINE  156sw
WHO  914ne
WHY  63w