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.

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

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3# C O O # # E # I # # # C V S
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6G # U O D U N # U I V A C A R
7# N R N S I # I D # I U L M U
8# D I R D E V U O # T T U R P
9S # E D L E A E R N P H S O O
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11E # I # E E # L N O R R O N N
12M T H G I L H G I H C # N I T
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  126s
CONCLUSION  133s
DESCRIPTIVE  1115n
EVIDENCE  89nw
EXAMPLES  81w
EXPLAIN  12e
HIGHLIGHT  1012w
HOW  1012n
INFORMATIVE  1412n
INTRODUCTION  912n
KEYWORDS  71sw
OPINION  43se
PERSUASIVE  210ne
POINT  158s
PURPOSE  158n
QUOTES  914w
SIGNPOSTS  1015w
SUBHEADING  1015nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  115n
TITLE  212ne
UNDERLINE  36se
WHO  55nw
WHY  1513s