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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  513ne
CONCLUSION  111ne
DESCRIPTIVE  114n
EVIDENCE  14se
EXAMPLES  914nw
EXPLAIN  21se
HIGHLIGHT  152s
HOW  814ne
INFORMATIVE  1215w
INTRODUCTION  1213nw
KEYWORDS  146s
OPINION  89ne
PERSUASIVE  111w
POINT  18se
PURPOSE  98se
QUOTES  71sw
SIGNPOSTS  104sw
SUBHEADING  514e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  17ne
TITLE  1510s
UNDERLINE  614ne
WHO  148sw
WHY  1111se