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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  22e
CONCLUSION  211ne
DESCRIPTIVE  214n
EVIDENCE  213ne
EXAMPLES  61e
EXPLAIN  136s
HIGHLIGHT  115n
HOW  59nw
INFORMATIVE  144s
INTRODUCTION  144sw
KEYWORDS  1414w
OPINION  147sw
PERSUASIVE  125sw
POINT  74e
PURPOSE  101sw
QUOTES  88ne
SIGNPOSTS  159n
SUBHEADING  212ne
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  11s
TITLE  11e
UNDERLINE  514ne
WHO  1214nw
WHY  37s