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.

S N O I S U L C N O C M O M O
N E R P T I S D R O W Y E K I
Z H C Q I N G L H E D V M J P
Q E B N D N I N S J I G C S B
U V V N E C I O P T Y L O U G
O I K I K I P O P O S A N B E
T S S A T R D I N E S D M H V
E A T L U A R U L O E T O E I
S U E P X C M P A R D W S A D
F S I X S E M R L T H T U D E
A R U E O A L I O Y E T Q I N
X E D H X I N T O F H G Z N C
I P W E P E P L I O N I R G E
N O I T C U D O R T N I U A C
H I G H L I G H T P E M E H T
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  149sw
CONCLUSION  111w
DESCRIPTIVE  312ne
EVIDENCE  156s
EXAMPLES  413ne
EXPLAIN  411n
HIGHLIGHT  115e
HOW  147sw
INFORMATIVE  1214nw
INTRODUCTION  1214w
KEYWORDS  132w
OPINION  31se
PERSUASIVE  213n
POINT  96nw
PURPOSE  49ne
QUOTES  15s
SIGNPOSTS  51se
SUBHEADING  144s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515w
TITLE  1014nw
UNDERLINE  145sw
WHO  313ne
WHY  129sw