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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  99ne
CONCLUSION  1113w
DESCRIPTIVE  43se
EVIDENCE  615e
EXAMPLES  152s
EXPLAIN  158nw
HIGHLIGHT  1510nw
HOW  141s
INFORMATIVE  212n
INTRODUCTION  212ne
KEYWORDS  1314nw
OPINION  1013nw
PERSUASIVE  113n
POINT  156nw
PURPOSE  97se
QUOTES  52w
SIGNPOSTS  41e
SUBHEADING  41se
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515n
TITLE  410se
UNDERLINE  514e
WHO  128ne
WHY  128se