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3. In your notebook, choose the appropriate alternative to complete the following 
statement.
The petition was written in order to ask world leaders and international 
organizations to .
a. find and rescue the Nigerian girls that had disappeared from their school X
b. provide education for both boys and girls in Nigeria
c. end discrimination in Nigerian schools
d. open a girls’ school in Nigeria
4. The following words are from the text. In your notebook, match them to their 
meanings in Portuguese.
a. abducted (l. 3, l. 6)
b. boarding school (l. 3)
c. brides (l. 4)
d. efforts (l. 10, l. 13, l. 14)
e. ensure (l. 11, l. 13, l. 14)
f. kidnapped (l. 12)
g. rescue (l. 5)
 I. raptadas, sequestradas
 II. esforços
 III. resgatar
 IV. garantir; assegurar
 V. noivas
 VI. abduzidas, afastadas de seu 
meio de modo violento
 VII. colégio interno
5. In your notebook, check if the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 
For the false statements, justify your answer by transcribing an excerpt from 
the text.
a. More than two hundred girls were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria. T
b. The people who kidnapped the girls probably sold them as brides. T
c. The kidnapped girls created a conflict in Nigeria. F
d. The author of the petition believes both boys and girls need to have access 
to education. T
e. When people sign that petition, they express solidarity with the missing girls. 
f. The author of the petition wants leaders to build more schools. F
g. More than one million people signed the petition. T
After You Read
6. Discuss the following questions in small groups.
a. How did you feel when you read the text?
b. Would you sign that petition? Why (not)?
c. Do you think petitions are a good way of reaching authorities? Why (not)?
d. Is the area you live in a safe place for girls and women? Justify your answer.
4. Peça aos estudantes 
que retornem ao texto e 
releiam as frases onde 
estão as palavras indi-
cadas, para tentar inferir 
seus significados por 
meio do contexto. Diga 
que é necessário conside-
rar as duas linhas do título 
do texto para localizar as 
palavras. Assim, a primei-
ra palavra abducted, por 
exemplo, se encontra na 
linha 3. Se achar conve-
niente, explique a eles 
que as palavras abducted 
e kidnapped são sinôni-
mos e que significam ab-
duzida, raptada. Outro 
termo muito próximo é 
hijack, cujo significado é 
sequestrar, mas que não 
se aplica a pessoas, e sim 
a veículos sequestrados 
(especialmente aéreos); 
por causa de o caso expli-
cado na notícia referir-se 
ao sequestro de meninas, 
logo esse termo não é 
empregado no texto.
a. VI; b. VII; c. V; d. II; e. IV; f. I; g. III
5. No item g, peça aos es-
tudantes que observem 
o número de solidários 
(pessoas que se solida-
rizaram, assinando a pe-
tição) no menu do texto, 
que apresenta quantas 
pessoas participaram do 
abaixo-assinado (esta 
informação é exibida no 
seguinte texto: “This 
petition had 1,099,927 
supporters.Ó).
“The abducted 200+ girls are victims of an ongoing conflict 
within Nigeria that they did not create […].”
T
“[…] we […] implore [...] that 
efforts are made to ensure all 
schools are safe places to learn, 
protected from attack.”
6. Após a atividade, escolha 
alguns estudantes e peça que 
relatem brevemente o que de-
bateram com seu grupo.
Respostas pessoais
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7. Observe the following campaign posters and discuss the 
questions in small groups.
7. No Manual do Professor você encontra suges-
tões de respostas, além de outras informações 
sobre a condução desta atividade.
Respostas pessoais
a. How are the posters related to the petition you read?
b. What is the main idea expressed in each poster?
c. What do you think can be done to stop violence against women?
Language Study
Passive Voice
1. We can often express the meaning of a sentence in two different 
ways. Read the following sentences and then choose the options 
that convey the same meaning of each statement. Write the 
answers in your notebook.
a. In Nigeria, over 200 girls were recently abducted from their 
boarding school [...].
• In Nigeria, over 200 girls abducted their boarding school.
• In Nigeria, some unspecifi ed group abducted over 200 girls 
from their boarding school. X
Language Study EM13LGG403
1. No Manual do Professor você 
encontra informações sobre a 
condução desta atividade.
“I WILL Not Tolerate Violence...” Government 
of Western Australia. Available at: https://
www.dcp.wa.gov.au/CrisisAndEmergency/
FDV/PublishingImages/Stand%20Up%20
Photo%20Board%20Landscape%20A2%2022.
jpg. Accessed on: Aug. 20, 2020.
REFUSE Abuse. Liberties. Available at: 
https://www.liberties.eu/en/short-
news/14892/14892. 
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