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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  214e
CONCLUSION  104sw
DESCRIPTIVE  113w
EVIDENCE  24e
EXAMPLES  812e
EXPLAIN  142s
HIGHLIGHT  915w
HOW  712w
INFORMATIVE  42e
INTRODUCTION  147w
KEYWORDS  710nw
OPINION  95w
PERSUASIVE  156s
POINT  156n
PURPOSE  814e
QUOTES  88e
SIGNPOSTS  21e
SUBHEADING  1015nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  108se
TITLE  1413w
UNDERLINE  1510w
WHO  114se
WHY  114sw