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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414w
CONCLUSION  1413n
DESCRIPTIVE  116w
EVIDENCE  16s
EXAMPLES  314n
EXPLAIN  714n
HIGHLIGHT  1512n
HOW  1512s
INFORMATIVE  52e
INTRODUCTION  615n
KEYWORDS  1111n
OPINION  28s
PERSUASIVE  56s
POINT  56nw
PURPOSE  87s
QUOTES  413n
SIGNPOSTS  123w
SUBHEADING  123s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515w
TITLE  1010n
UNDERLINE  134s
WHO  74e
WHY  912n