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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  37ne
CONCLUSION  313e
DESCRIPTIVE  43se
EVIDENCE  1413n
EXAMPLES  111sw
EXPLAIN  149nw
HIGHLIGHT  153sw
HOW  153s
INFORMATIVE  11e
INTRODUCTION  11s
KEYWORDS  214e
OPINION  912nw
PERSUASIVE  115e
POINT  26ne
PURPOSE  118nw
QUOTES  813nw
SIGNPOSTS  22s
SUBHEADING  156s
TARGETAUDIENCE  88sw
THEME  151w
TITLE  81se
UNDERLINE  113ne
WHO  1311nw
WHY  1311n