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Instructions: 

Read Gabor Maté’s “Embraced by the Needle.” Using our Active Reading Techniques, follow the steps, answer the questions, and paste them to our Week 2 Discussion Board. Remember to comment on at least one of your friend’s posts! 

Step 1: Read the title, the first paragraph, and the final paragraph. Can you predict the content of the article?  

Step 2: Read the article and annotate the text. Here are some reminders to help you: 

 Highlight or underline key words and phrases. 

 Highlight or underline unfamiliar words and concepts so that you can check them later and write the definitions in the margin. 

 Write down questions that come to your mind as you read. 

 Make marginal notes that make connections between your background knowledge and concepts in a text. 

Question 1: Can you identify the context of the article? Here are some reminders to help you: 

 Does the text make reference to a recent historical event?  

 Is there a topic that is under debate? If so, are there others who are mentioned as key figures in that debate?  

 Is the text speaking about an issue within the cultural setting of a particular nation, city, or ethnic community? 

Question 2: Can you identify the purpose of the text? Remember to use our PIE strategy: 

PIE = persuade + inform + entertain 

Question 3: Can you identify the audience? Remember to consider: 

 the relationship of the reader to the general topic.  

 the relationship of the reader and the author. 

 the relationship of the reader to the author’s general purpose. 

 the relationship of the reader and the context