activity text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about Ailton Krenak. He he is the new Immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters! How about finding out more about this fact and learning about the story of this great indigenous writer and activist? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various questions proposed!
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Indigenous writer and activist Ailton Krenak is the new Immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He occupies seat number 5, which belonged to José Murilo de Carvalho, who died in August this year.
The historian Mári Del Priore and the also indigenous writer, Daniel Mun-Du-Ru-Ku, disputed with Krenak. The indigenous writer and environmental activist was elected with 23 votes.
The inauguration date has not yet been defined by the Academy's new Immortal. Ailton Krenak was born in 1953, in the Vale do Rio Doce region, Minas Gerais, territory of the Krenak people, a place affected by mineral extraction activities.
Krenak is an activist in the socio-environmental movement and in defense of indigenous rights. He is a commander of the Order of Cultural Merit of the Presidency of the Republic and an honorary doctorate from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Federal University of Juiz de Fora.
He organized the Alliance of Forest Peoples, which brings together riverside and indigenous communities in the Amazon, and contributed to the creation of the Union of Indigenous Nations.
He is co-author of the proposal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, which created the Serra do Espinhaço biosphere reserve in 2005, and is a member of its management committee.
He was decisive in achieving the “Indian Chapter”, chapter 8 in the 1988 Constitution, which began to guarantee, in written form, indigenous rights to culture and land.
Among Krenak’s most recent books are “Ideas to postpone the end of the world”, from 2019, “Life is not useful”, from 2020, “Places of origin”, from 2021, written together with Yussef Campos, and the book “Futuro ancestral”, by 2022.
Available in:. Published on: October 6, 2023.
Question 1 – In the passage “He occupies chair number 5 […]”, the text refers to:
( ) Ailton Krenak.
( ) Daniel Mun-Du-Ru-Ku.
( ) José Murilo de Carvalho.
Question 2 – The excerpt “The inauguration date has not yet been defined by the new Immortal of the Academy.”:
( ) narrates.
( ) describe.
( ) argues.
Question 3 – The segment “[…] a location affected by mineral extraction activity.”:
( ) indicates an example.
( ) expresses an explanation.
( ) establishes a comparison.
Question 4 – Read back:
“Krenak is an activist in the socio-environmental movement It is of defending indigenous rights.”
The underlined term indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) facts that contrast.
Question 5 – According to the text, with the participation of Krenak, it was created in 2005:
( ) the Union of Indigenous Nations.
( ) the Alliance of Forest Peoples.
( ) the Serra do Espinhaço biosphere reserve.
Question 6 – According to the text, Ailton Krenak “was decisive in the conquest of the “Indian Chapter”, chapter 8 in the 1988 Constitution”. Name a word synonymous with “determinant”:
Question 7 – The text reveals that Ailton Krenak wrote together with Yussef Campos:
( ) the book “Life is not useful”.
( ) the book “Ancestral Future”.
( ) the book “Places of origin”.
Question 8 – The text about the new Immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters was written:
( ) with a cultured language.
( ) with a literary language.
( ) with informal language.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
