Portuguese Activity, indicated to 9th grade students, proposes the identification of prefixes and the effect of meaning, generated by them, in the news entitled NBA stars speak out against violence and racism.
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Deaths of two African Americans last week in police actions, and a black sniper attack that killed five white Dallas police officers shook the country
NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James raised their voices in this Wednesday (14) against violence and racism in the United States, during the presentation of the ESPY awards to the athletes.
“We cannot ignore the reality of what is happening now in the United States. The events of the past few weeks have demonstrated the injustice, mistrust and anger that affects so many,” New York Knicks star Anthony said during the ESPN ceremony.
“The system is broken, the problems are not new, violence is not a new phenomenon, the division Racial is definitely not something new, but it has never been more urgent to change things," he said. Anthony.
The deaths of two African Americans last week in police actions, and the attack by a black sniper that took out five white Dallas police officers, shook the country.
“Legends such as Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, John Carlos, Tommie Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown, Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe and many others (athletes) have proven the example that the sport can set, and we chose to follow these steps”, said Paul, point guard for Los Angeles Clippers.
“This has to stop. As sportsmen, we must do more than we already do (…), it won't always be easy, but it's necessary”, declared Wade, who recently joined the Chicago Bulls.
“Let's take advantage of what is happening right now to call all professional athletes to act, make their voices, their influence against all forms of violence…”, pointed out James, the star of the current NBA champion, Cleveland Cavaliers.
Available in: http://www.otempo.com.br. Accessed on: 07/14/16.
Question 1 - The purpose of the text is:
a) publicize the delivery of ESPY awards to NBA stars.
b) questioning the death of two African Americans as a result of police actions.
c) expose a point of view about racism in the United States.
d) report on the statement made by NBA athletes against violence and racism.
Question 2 - “NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James raised their voices on this Wednesday (14) against violence and racism in the United States, during the presentation of the ESPY awards to the athletes.”. This piece of news is called:
a) headline
b) deal (lead)
c) subtitle
d) news body
Question 3 - "The events of the past few weeks have demonstrated the injustice, mistrust and anger that affects so many."
a) Identify the prefixes of these nouns:
injustice:
distrust:
b) Check the idea expressed by the aforementioned prefixes:
( ) leave
( ) opposition
( ) denial
( ) lower position
Question 4 – “The system is broken, the problems are not new, violence is not a new phenomenon, racial division is definitely not something new, but it has never been more urgent to change things”, the highlighted conjunction could be replaced by:
a) notwithstanding
b) because
c) however
d) for that
Question 5 - Quotation marks were used in the news for:
A:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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