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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  910sw
CONCLUSION  133w
DESCRIPTIVE  114sw
EVIDENCE  142w
EXAMPLES  114n
EXPLAIN  105w
HIGHLIGHT  23s
HOW  1112n
INFORMATIVE  143s
INTRODUCTION  143sw
KEYWORDS  1413w
OPINION  146sw
PERSUASIVE  101w
POINT  510n
PURPOSE  614e
QUOTES  615e
SIGNPOSTS  33s
SUBHEADING  152s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  411n
TITLE  610n
UNDERLINE  153sw
WHO  1213nw
WHY  1213se