Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, about the book the scientists, written by Rachel Ignotofsky. According to the author of the text, this book highlights the contributions of fifty outstanding women to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from the ancient world to the contemporary. Are we going to know more about this work? So, read the text and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Recently translated into Portuguese, the book is filled with charming illustrations and highlights the contributions of fifty outstanding women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from the ancient world to the contemporary.
“As Scientists” features infographics about laboratory equipment, rates of women currently working in science fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary.
Among those profiled are well-known figures, such as primatologist Jane Goodall and chemist Marie Curie, and others not even as much as Katherine Johnson, the African-American physicist and mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
The book celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who paved the way for the next generation of engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists and more.
Veronica Soares. Available in: .
Question 1 - Identify the purpose of the text read:
( ) publish a book about women scientists.
( ) report the discoveries made by women scientists.
( ) express an opinion about the presence of women in science.
Question 2 - Point out the passage in the text in which the author evaluates the book “As Scientists”, written by Rachel Ignotofsky:
( ) “[…] the book is filled with charming illustrations […]”
( ) “Scientists’ brings infographics about laboratory equipment […]”
( ) "Among the profiles, there are well-known figures [...]"
Question 3 - In “[…] rates of working women at the moment in fields of science […]”, the underlined word indicates the circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 4 – Underline the verb that makes up this excerpt:
“[…] calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.”
The underlined verb expresses an action:
( ) by primatologist Jane Goodall.
( ) from Marie Curie Chemist.
( ) of African-American physics and mathematics Katherine Johnson.
Question 5 - In the sentence "Among the profiled, there are well-known figures [...]", the author used the term "well" to:
( ) define the meaning of “known”.
( ) intensify the sense of “known”.
( ) complement the meaning of “known”.
Question 6 – In the part “[….] as primatologist Jane Goodall and chemist Marie Curie […]”, “how” introduces:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
question 7 – In the segment “The book celebrates the achievements of women intrepid that paved the way for the next generation […]”, the highlighted adjective means:
( ) “innovative”.
( ) “fearless”.
( ) “incomparable”.
Question 8 – In the fragment “[…] engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists […]”, the words name various professions. Therefore, they work as:
( ) adjectives.
( ) pronouns.
( ) nouns.
Question 9 – It can be said that the text read was written:
( ) in a cultured language.
( ) in an informal language.
( ) in a scientific language.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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