activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about Albert Einstein. Let's know the story of this great genius? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Few scientists are as easily recognizable as Albert Einstein. Anyone who sees his portrait, with his shaggy white hair and tongue hanging out, may not even know what he did, but they already know that he is one of the greatest geniuses of all time.
The physicist was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany, the son of Jews Pauline and Hermann. When he was little, he caused concern in his parents. First, because he had a bigger head than the other babies. Then, because he was slow to speak: he was only three years old when he uttered his first words.
But he soon showed what he came for – curious, questioning, owner of a brilliant intelligence, he even annoyed the teachers with his endless questions. His thirst for knowledge was such that he read, on his own, books on science and philosophy that he borrowed from a family friend. With an uncle, he played math puzzles at family dinners.
At age 16, Albert Einstein moved to Switzerland to study physics. After graduating from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, he spent some time looking for a job, until he became a temporary teacher at a technical school in the city of Winterthur.
In 1902, already in the city of Bern, Einstein was hired by a patent office – a place where inventors take the contraptions they create to register them and confirm their usefulness and originality. The work was essentially bureaucratic, but for him it meant time and peace of mind to continue with his doctorate, which he started a few months earlier.
In 1905, Einstein experienced a very productive year, which became known as the Miraculous Year. In addition to completing his Doctorate, he published four groundbreaking works, which made him world-renowned. One of them, by the way, won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
And to think he did all this at just 26 years old!
Ten years after the Miraculous Year, Einstein created the General Theory of Relativity, which was proved in 1919, with photos taken during the Sobral Eclipse.
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Einstein died on April 18, 1955, but he will forever be remembered for his revolutionary ideas, his pacifist spirit, and his childlike, curious and playful soul.
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Question 1 - In “The physicist was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany, to the Jews Pauline and Hermann.”, which physicist does the text refer to?
Question 2 – According to the text, Albert Einstein “caused his parents concern” when he was very young. State the reasons for this concern.
Question 3 – In the passage “His thirst for knowledge was so what he read, on his own, books on science and philosophy […]”, the underlined word introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 4 – The excerpt “With an uncle, I played math challenges at family dinners.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 5 - In the part “[…] Einstein was hired by a patent office – a place where inventors take the contraptions they create to register them […]”, the dash indicates:
( ) one correction.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) one explanation.
Question 6 - The exclamation point was used after the phrase, “And to think he did all this at just 26 years old!”, to express the sentiment of:
Question 7 - According to the text, Albert Einstein created the “General Theory of Relativity” in the year of:
Question 8 - It can be concluded that the text “The genius Albert Einstein” is:
( ) a biography.
( ) a report.
( ) a popular science article.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
