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

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1T # T N I O P # # # D # W # I
2# A # # N I A L P X E # H T N
3P # R # # N # # U # S U Y H F
4E # # G K O # # R T C N N E O
5R # O # E I # # P I R D O M R
6S S S H Y T # # O T I E I E M
7U T U O W C A Q S L P R S E A
8A S B P O U U U E E T L U C T
9S O H I R D T O D # I I L N I
10I P E N D O H T # I V N C E V
11V N A I S R O E # # E E N D E
12E G D O # T R S # # # N O I #
13# I I N # N # # # # # # C V W
14# S N # # I S E L P M A X E O
15# # G # # # T H G I L H G I H
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  77s
CONCLUSION  1313n
DESCRIPTIVE  111s
EVIDENCE  1414n
EXAMPLES  1414w
EXPLAIN  112w
HIGHLIGHT  1515w
HOW  1515n
INFORMATIVE  151s
INTRODUCTION  614n
KEYWORDS  55s
OPINION  47s
PERSUASIVE  13s
POINT  71w
PURPOSE  92s
QUOTES  88s
SIGNPOSTS  214n
SUBHEADING  36s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  142s
TITLE  104s
UNDERLINE  123s
WHO  57nw
WHY  131s