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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  813nw
CONCLUSION  133w
DESCRIPTIVE  1315n
EVIDENCE  142s
EXAMPLES  1314w
EXPLAIN  149s
HIGHLIGHT  1013nw
HOW  1013n
INFORMATIVE  122w
INTRODUCTION  122sw
KEYWORDS  115s
OPINION  212n
PERSUASIVE  155s
POINT  155n
PURPOSE  131w
QUOTES  34e
SIGNPOSTS  112n
SUBHEADING  1313w
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  115e
TITLE  25e
UNDERLINE  1213n
WHO  117sw
WHY  1011nw