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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  65se
CONCLUSION  33s
DESCRIPTIVE  1412nw
EVIDENCE  55s
EXAMPLES  45s
EXPLAIN  41e
HIGHLIGHT  73e
HOW  73se
INFORMATIVE  1415nw
INTRODUCTION  1415w
KEYWORDS  1311n
OPINION  913w
PERSUASIVE  212n
POINT  61se
PURPOSE  1114w
QUOTES  113n
SIGNPOSTS  11s
SUBHEADING  1210n
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515n
TITLE  78s
UNDERLINE  129nw
WHO  139e
WHY  139ne