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.

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

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2# E U N D E R L I N E # # # N
3# V C O N C L U S I O N # G F
4# I # N K # S E T O U Q N # O
5D D O # E # H Y N T N I O P R
6P E # H Y I H I # I D # I # M
7E N S # W W D # G A A N # A A
8R C I C O # O U E H I L U # T
9S E G # R # E H A O L T P H I
10U # N # D I B S N T H I E X V
11A # P # S U P # O O E M G # E
12S # O # S # # T R P E G # H L
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14V # T # # # # # # V # U # A I
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  147sw
CONCLUSION  33e
DESCRIPTIVE  15se
EVIDENCE  22s
EXAMPLES  1115w
EXPLAIN  1511nw
HIGHLIGHT  75se
HOW  89nw
INFORMATIVE  151s
INTRODUCTION  151w
KEYWORDS  55s
OPINION  154sw
PERSUASIVE  16s
POINT  145w
PURPOSE  1315nw
QUOTES  114w
SIGNPOSTS  37s
SUBHEADING  512ne
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  158sw
TITLE  1515n
UNDERLINE  32e
WHO  57nw
WHY  67ne