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.

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

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1# C O N C L U S I O N O H W K
2# E # # D E S C R I P T I V E
3E # C # # # # # # N E Y N # Y
4X # # N P O I N T T R H F # W
5A S # # E # # # # R S W O # O
6M I U N O I N I P O U H R # R
7P G N B # # D # Q D A I M # D
8L N D # H O W U N U S G A # S
9E P E # # E O I A C I H T R #
10S O R # # T A # # T V L I O #
11# S L # E L # D # I E I V H E
12# T I S P # # # I O # G E T M
13# S N X # # # # # N # H R U E
14# # E V I D E N C E G T # A H
15# P U R P O S E # # E L T I T
Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  1414n
CONCLUSION  21e
DESCRIPTIVE  52e
EVIDENCE  314e
EXAMPLES  13s
EXPLAIN  314ne
HIGHLIGHT  126s
HOW  58e
INFORMATIVE  132s
INTRODUCTION  102s
KEYWORDS  152s
OPINION  106w
PERSUASIVE  112s
POINT  54e
PURPOSE  215e
QUOTES  88sw
SIGNPOSTS  25s
SUBHEADING  25se
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  1515n
TITLE  1515w
UNDERLINE  36s
WHO  141w
WHY  125n