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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  713e
CONCLUSION  33s
DESCRIPTIVE  14s
EVIDENCE  55s
EXAMPLES  152w
EXPLAIN  314e
HIGHLIGHT  214n
HOW  147w
INFORMATIVE  1411nw
INTRODUCTION  712n
KEYWORDS  1111n
OPINION  412n
PERSUASIVE  1115w
POINT  1115e
PURPOSE  81e
QUOTES  88s
SIGNPOSTS  144w
SUBHEADING  144s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515n
TITLE  26n
UNDERLINE  1510n
WHO  119se
WHY  119nw