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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  111sw
CONCLUSION  146s
DESCRIPTIVE  1215n
EVIDENCE  125sw
EXAMPLES  131w
EXPLAIN  72w
HIGHLIGHT  23s
HOW  910s
INFORMATIVE  114ne
INTRODUCTION  114n
KEYWORDS  1214w
OPINION  415e
PERSUASIVE  410ne
POINT  515w
PURPOSE  91sw
QUOTES  137s
SIGNPOSTS  1213w
SUBHEADING  1213nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  151s
TITLE  106s
UNDERLINE  156s
WHO  711ne
WHY  912w