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.

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

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3O I # S E L P M A X E # C # U
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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  612e
CONCLUSION  133s
DESCRIPTIVE  1415w
EVIDENCE  115w
EXAMPLES  113w
EXPLAIN  314ne
HIGHLIGHT  1412n
HOW  912n
INFORMATIVE  113ne
INTRODUCTION  113n
KEYWORDS  115s
OPINION  27n
PERSUASIVE  152w
POINT  26s
PURPOSE  152s
QUOTES  74w
SIGNPOSTS  1215n
SUBHEADING  1215nw
TARGETAUDIENCE  88ne
THEME  86w
TITLE  210ne
UNDERLINE  1114w
WHO  117sw
WHY  81e