activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-grade students, about Lewis Carroll. How about knowing the story of the author of Alice in Wonderland? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Charles Ludwidge Dogson, better known as Lewis Carroll, was born in England in 1832 and died in 1898. is the author of Alice in Wonderland, first published in 1865, one of the most fascinating and mysterious books ever written.
The son of an Anglican minister, Carroll had ten siblings and grew up in an environment full of children, where he learned to tell stories. His father wanted him to also dedicate himself to the religious life, but his interest in geometry, algebra and logic led him to be invited to teach at the University of Oxford. While teaching, he published several math books and a few poems. Around this time, he met Henry Liddell, who became a good friend of his. Liddell was Alice's father, a source of inspiration for
Alice in Wonderland.At the suggestion of writer Henry Kingsley, alice was published without specifying whether it was intended for adults or children. It was a great success, and since then this story has been among the most important texts in world literature, it has been the subject of films, comic books and collector's books that have enthralled children across generations, but have also been read and studied by many adults. It has been translated into over 30 languages […]
In addition to mathematical treatises, logic books, riddles and games, Lewis Carroll also wrote alice through the looking glass, another famous story that involves the same character in situations, which explore symbolic language and show the limits of these formulations, just as it happens with Alice, when complaining about the sudden appearance and disappearance of the Cat: this time, he disappears very slowly, starting with the tail and ending with the smile. Alice in Wonderland revives in children and adults the childhood condition, in which dreams are confused with reality.
He died at Guilford on January 14, 1898.
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Question 1 – The text above is about Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland. This book had its first publication in the year of:
( ) 1832.
( ) 1865.
( ) 1898.
Question 2 – In the passage “[…] Carroll had ten siblings and grew up in an environment full of children, where he learned to tell stories.”, the term “e” signals:
( ) facts about Carroll that add up.
( ) facts about Carroll that alternate.
( ) facts about Carroll that contrast.
Question 3 – The excerpt “While he was a teacher, he published several books on mathematics and some poems.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – In the fragment “[…] alice was published without to specify whether it was intended for adults or children.”, the highlighted verb means:
( ) "indicate".
( ) "to control".
( ) "aware".
Question 5 – In "Already has been translated into more than 30 languages […]”, the underlined word expresses:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – Watch:
“[…] like this happens to Alice, when she complains about the sudden appearance and disappearance of the Cat […]”
The bolded expression:
( ) points to a cause.
( ) starts an example.
( ) introduces a comparison.
Question 7 – Identify the segment that contains an opinion:
( ) “[…] one of the most fascinating and mysterious books ever written.”
() “His father intended that he also dedicate himself to the religious life [...]”
( ) “[…] it disappears very slowly, starting with the tail and ending with the smile.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
