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

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Word X Y Direction
AUTHOR  63e
CONCLUSION  153s
DESCRIPTIVE  123sw
EVIDENCE  1111n
EXAMPLES  115n
EXPLAIN  114w
HIGHLIGHT  61e
HOW  1011se
INFORMATIVE  142w
INTRODUCTION  142s
KEYWORDS  22s
OPINION  814w
PERSUASIVE  1115w
POINT  1115e
PURPOSE  1115nw
QUOTES  46s
SIGNPOSTS  1311n
SUBHEADING  35se
TARGETAUDIENCE  88nw
THEME  12s
TITLE  510se
UNDERLINE  125sw
WHO  31e
WHY  1114nw