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

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1T # # N O I T C U D O R T N I
2# A T S H I G H L I G H T # E
3# # R N I O S # E S W H Y V V
4C # # G I G W E E M # H I # I
5O # # # E O N L T N E D O N T
6N E S E # T P P O O E # F # P
7C X U # S M A I O N U O # E I
8L P B N A O N U C S R Q R S R
9U L H X D I P E D M T S # D C
10S A E R P E # R A I U S T R S
11I I A O O # R T U A E I # O E
12O N D # # H I L S P T N # W D
13N # I # # V T I I L # # C Y #
14# # N # E # V U E N # # # E #
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  915nw
CONCLUSION  14s
DESCRIPTIVE  1512n
EVIDENCE  152sw
EXAMPLES  310ne
EXPLAIN  26s
HIGHLIGHT  52e
HOW  52se
INFORMATIVE  154sw
INTRODUCTION  151w
KEYWORDS  1414n
OPINION  411ne
PERSUASIVE  156sw
POINT  76nw
PURPOSE  1012nw
QUOTES  117nw
SIGNPOSTS  42se
SUBHEADING  36s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  71se
TITLE  1310sw
UNDERLINE  37se
WHO  113se
WHY  113e