activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-grade elementary school students, about the general meeting of mice. Once the mice, who lived in fear of a cat, decided to hold a meeting to find a way to end that eternal disorder.. Did they manage to fix the problem? Let's find out? So, read the story carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Once the mice, who lived in fear of a cat, decided to have a meeting to find a way to end that eternal disorder.
Many plans were discussed and abandoned. At the end, a young mouse got up and suggested hanging a bell around the cat's neck. That way, whenever the cat got close, they would hear the bell and could run away. Everyone clapped their hands: the problem was solved.
Seeing that, an old mouse that had been silent the whole time got up from its corner. He said the plan was very clever, that surely their worries were over. Only one thing was missing: who would hang the bell around the cat's neck?
Moral: Inventing is one thing, doing is another.
Aesop. Available in: .
(With adaptations).
Question 1 – The text above is:
( ) A tale.
( ) a fable.
( ) a notice.
Question 2 – Read back:
“Once the mice, who lived in fear of a cat, decided to have a meeting to find a way to end that eternal disorder.”
To what eternal disorder does the text refer?
Question 3 – The excerpt “Many plans were discussed and abandoned.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – Watch:
“At the end, a young mouse got up It is came up with the idea of hanging a bell around the cat’s neck.”
In this passage, the underlined word indicates:
( ) sum.
( ) opposition.
( ) conclusion.
Question 5 – In the fragment "Like this, whenever the cat got close, they would hear the bell and could run away.”, the underlined term expresses:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – In the part “Everyone clapped: the problem was solved.”, the colon announces:
( ) an example of the fact mentioned above.
( ) a correction of the aforementioned fact.
( ) an explanation of the aforementioned fact.
Question 7 – In the segment "He said that the plan was very smart, that surely their worries had come to an end.”, the highlighted term was used for:
( ) resume.
( ) to present.
( ) characterize.
Question 8 – The question “[…] who would hang the bell around the cat's neck?” was made:
( ) by the young rat.
( ) by the old mouse.
( ) by the narrator of the story.
Question 9 – By reading the end of the story, it can be stated that:
( ) The rat problem has been solved.
( ) the rat problem has not been solved.
( ) The rat problem has been partially solved.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
