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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414w
CONCLUSION  33s
DESCRIPTIVE  1312n
EVIDENCE  415e
EXAMPLES  121w
EXPLAIN  815n
HIGHLIGHT  142s
HOW  107n
INFORMATIVE  215n
INTRODUCTION  615n
KEYWORDS  55s
OPINION  65se
PERSUASIVE  46s
POINT  813e
PURPOSE  1514n
QUOTES  113s
SIGNPOSTS  31se
SUBHEADING  1310nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515w
TITLE  108s
UNDERLINE  129n
WHO  18s
WHY  18n