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.

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

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1# # # # S I G N P O S T S D N
2E # # # # S E L P M A X E E O
3N # G N I D A E H B U S C V I
4I N O I S U L C N O C N # I T
5L # P N # # O H W R E # S D C
6R # I I # E # H I I S # E E U
7E P N A # L Y P D D # H T N D
8D U I L # T T U R # I O O C O
9N R O P # I A O # G # W U E R
10U P N X V T W # H # # # Q # T
11E O # E E Y # L # # # # # T N
12M S # G E V I T A M R O F N I
13E E R K # G # # # # # # # I #
14H A U T H O R # # # # # # O #
15T # # T E V I S A U S R E P #
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  214e
CONCLUSION  114w
DESCRIPTIVE  141sw
EVIDENCE  142s
EXAMPLES  132w
EXPLAIN  411n
HIGHLIGHT  127sw
HOW  127s
INFORMATIVE  1512w
INTRODUCTION  1512n
KEYWORDS  512ne
OPINION  34s
PERSUASIVE  1415w
POINT  1415n
PURPOSE  27s
QUOTES  139n
SIGNPOSTS  51e
SUBHEADING  123w
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  115n
TITLE  610n
UNDERLINE  110n
WHO  95w
WHY  95sw