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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  13se
CONCLUSION  33e
DESCRIPTIVE  42e
EVIDENCE  55e
EXAMPLES  1514nw
EXPLAIN  91e
HIGHLIGHT  114e
HOW  114ne
INFORMATIVE  154s
INTRODUCTION  154w
KEYWORDS  26s
OPINION  157w
PERSUASIVE  15se
POINT  18se
PURPOSE  15s
QUOTES  1214nw
SIGNPOSTS  36se
SUBHEADING  1213nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1511w
TITLE  914nw
UNDERLINE  11e
WHO  28se
WHY  1410w