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Brazil’s Completed Runoff Count Confirms Lula’s Reelection
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
Who led the completed count?
Correct answer: A — Lula
Why: 51.79% is greater than 48.21%.
Clue in the story: Brazil’s electoral court confirmed Lula’s reelection following Sunday’s presidential runoff. With counting complete, his share of valid votes stood at 51.79%, compared with 48.21% for Flávio Bolsonaro.
Which total underlies the reported candidate shares?
Correct answer: B — Valid votes
Why: These are valid-vote shares, not shares of the electorate.
Clue in the story: Approximately 128.2 million people cast ballots. Candidate percentages exclude blank and invalid ballots, whereas turnout counts participation. A vote share should therefore not be read as a share of the entire electorate.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Explain why a valid-vote share is not an electorate share.
One possible answer: Lula led the valid-vote count. The reported percentages describe valid votes, while turnout counts people who participated.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.