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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  86e
CONCLUSION  1313w
DESCRIPTIVE  21e
EVIDENCE  1111w
EXAMPLES  1414w
EXPLAIN  143s
HIGHLIGHT  72e
HOW  72s
INFORMATIVE  43e
INTRODUCTION  43se
KEYWORDS  412e
OPINION  25s
PERSUASIVE  154s
POINT  26se
PURPOSE  145w
QUOTES  15se
SIGNPOSTS  115e
SUBHEADING  1311nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  106se
TITLE  1415w
UNDERLINE  15s
WHO  151w
WHY  74e