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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  99w
CONCLUSION  33e
DESCRIPTIVE  116w
EVIDENCE  22e
EXAMPLES  1415w
EXPLAIN  92e
HIGHLIGHT  64e
HOW  137sw
INFORMATIVE  154s
INTRODUCTION  154sw
KEYWORDS  1111n
OPINION  146s
PERSUASIVE  21e
POINT  56nw
PURPOSE  18e
QUOTES  211e
SIGNPOSTS  1014w
SUBHEADING  17e
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  136s
TITLE  712w
UNDERLINE  910w
WHO  119se
WHY  1113w