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.

H S I G N P O S T S A T E A E
W E U N D E R L I N E W V B L
S I C B F E W A Y A I O I Y T
L H I N H I G H L I G H T H I
K D N N E E X P L A I N P N T
A P F U T I A W X L K O I E U
U E O Q M R D D Q B B I R S E
T R R I V O O U I W D N C O X
H S M M N W O D A N V I S P A
O U A T H T H J U T G P E R M
R A T Y E C E O A C E O D U P
V S I S D L E M E H T G E P L
V I V S D R O W Y E K I R E E
L V E V I D E N C E M A O A S
C E S N O I S U L C N O C N 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 W V # L
3# # C B # # # # # # # O I # T
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11R A T Y E # # O # C E O D U P
12# S I S # # E M E H T G # P L
13# I V S D R O W Y E K I R # E
14# V E V I D E N C E # # O A S
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  16s
CONCLUSION  1315w
DESCRIPTIVE  1311n
EVIDENCE  314e
EXAMPLES  157s
EXPLAIN  65e
HIGHLIGHT  54e
HOW  124n
INFORMATIVE  34s
INTRODUCTION  34se
KEYWORDS  1013w
OPINION  1211n
PERSUASIVE  26s
POINT  26se
PURPOSE  1412n
QUOTES  88sw
SIGNPOSTS  21e
SUBHEADING  21se
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1112w
TITLE  155n
UNDERLINE  32e
WHO  69se
WHY  69sw