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.

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

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2# # S T S O P N G I S # # A H
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  159s
CONCLUSION  313n
DESCRIPTIVE  113w
EVIDENCE  214e
EXAMPLES  214n
EXPLAIN  1314n
HIGHLIGHT  15s
HOW  710sw
INFORMATIVE  157w
INTRODUCTION  31e
KEYWORDS  115w
OPINION  1014nw
PERSUASIVE  1415nw
POINT  1312nw
PURPOSE  1415w
QUOTES  64e
SIGNPOSTS  112w
SUBHEADING  1013nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  151s
TITLE  106w
UNDERLINE  146s
WHO  512e
WHY  119sw