Activity of text interpretation, aimed at 9th grade students, allows the development of various reading skills. The text in question deals with Japanese immigration in Brazil.
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Yoshiko was just a child when she left Japan, her homeland. After 52 days of travel on the ship Kasato Maru, she finally landed in Brazil with her parents and a brother on June 18, 1908. On the same ship, there were another 164 Japanese families, all looking for work and better living conditions.
Around here, Yoshiko found many different things. She was surprised by the food, the language, the clothes, the climate… But the solution was to face the work in the coffee plantations and gather money soon to return to Japan. Thus, Yoshiko and her family settled in the interior of São Paulo. Life wasn't easy and the salary wasn't the best either. Even so, each year, more and more Japanese crossed the ocean towards Brazil.
The time has passed. When Yoshiko and his family finally managed to scrape together some good money, World War II broke out. Then everything got more difficult. The way was to stay in Brazil for a few more years.
However, with the end of the war, in 1945, it no longer made sense to return to Japan. Yoshiko met another Japanese immigrant and got married, starting a family in Brazil.
In the 1960s, Yoshiko's children decided to move to the big city to study. As other children of immigrants also made this decision, cities like São Paulo were filled with Japanese people, especially in the Liberdade neighborhood.
“Our Amiguinho” magazine. Research. Text: Fernando Torres. June 2008. p.17.
Question 1 - Identify the segment of the text that contains the justification for the Japanese coming to Brazil:
a) "Yoshiko was just a child when she left Japan, her homeland."
b) “[…] search for work and better living conditions.”
c) "Around here, Yoshiko found many different things."
d) “[…] the Second World War broke out.”
Question 2 - According to the text, what were Yoshiko's first impressions of Brazil?
Question 3 - Locate the passage in the text that characterizes the work developed by Japanese immigrants in the coffee plantations:
Question 4 - According to the text, Yoshiko decided to stay in Brazil, even with the end of the War, in 1945. Because?
Question 5 - The period “So, Yoshiko and her family settled in the interior of São Paulo.” can be rewritten as follows:
a) "Therefore, Yoshiko and her family settled in the interior of São Paulo."
b) “In fact, Yoshiko and her family settled in the interior of São Paulo.”
c) “Thus, Yoshiko and her family settled in the interior of São Paulo.”
d) “However, Yoshiko and her family settled in the interior of São Paulo.”
Question 6 – Mark the fragment of the text in which the use of the term "more" expresses the idea of intensity:
a) "Even so, every year, more and more Japanese crossed the ocean towards Brazil."
b) "Then, everything became more difficult."
c) "The way was to stay in Brazil for a few more years."
d) “But with the end of the war, in 1945, it no longer made sense to return to Japan.”
Question 7 – In “Even so, every year, more and more Japanese crossed the ocean towards Brazil.”, the underlined verb indicates a fact:
a) that it will happen with certainty.
b) fully completed.
c) what is happening.
d) unfinished at the time of speech.
Question 8 – In the part “[…] and gather money soon to return to Japan.”, the preposition “to” plus the infinitive verb “return” establish a relationship of:
purpose
b) conclusion
c) comparison
d) cause
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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