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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  73s
CONCLUSION  42s
DESCRIPTIVE  12e
EVIDENCE  511n
EXAMPLES  53e
EXPLAIN  13s
HIGHLIGHT  514e
HOW  514w
INFORMATIVE  143sw
INTRODUCTION  143s
KEYWORDS  214n
OPINION  127s
PERSUASIVE  84s
POINT  118s
PURPOSE  715e
QUOTES  158s
SIGNPOSTS  712ne
SUBHEADING  32s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  151w
TITLE  1314n
UNDERLINE  21e
WHO  27n
WHY  99ne