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

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3T S U B H E A D I N G G C X O
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5E R D S S E W H Y L E P N M T
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  101w
CONCLUSION  133s
DESCRIPTIVE  21s
EVIDENCE  511e
EXAMPLES  142s
EXPLAIN  22e
HIGHLIGHT  141sw
HOW  53se
INFORMATIVE  1513w
INTRODUCTION  1513n
KEYWORDS  511n
OPINION  134sw
PERSUASIVE  615e
POINT  615w
PURPOSE  113n
QUOTES  49n
SIGNPOSTS  1314w
SUBHEADING  23e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  69n
TITLE  11s
UNDERLINE  33s
WHO  59ne
WHY  75e