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

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15G N I D A E H B U S T N I O P
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  48se
CONCLUSION  1413n
DESCRIPTIVE  413ne
EVIDENCE  615ne
EXAMPLES  310ne
EXPLAIN  35se
HIGHLIGHT  1311nw
HOW  715nw
INFORMATIVE  23s
INTRODUCTION  1512n
KEYWORDS  1414w
OPINION  145sw
PERSUASIVE  132sw
POINT  1515w
PURPOSE  141w
QUOTES  110s
SIGNPOSTS  112w
SUBHEADING  1015w
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  11s
TITLE  11e
UNDERLINE  313n
WHO  1214nw
WHY  513e