Activity of interpretation, addressed to seventh-year students, from the text the house of a thousand mirrors. It is the story of two puppies: one happy and the other not so happy. The two, at different times, visited the house of a thousand mirrors. When they got there, they saw their images reflected in all those mirrors. What happened from there? What did they see? Are you curious? So, be sure to read the text, which has a very special purpose! Then, immerse yourself in the story, answering the proposed interpretative questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Long ago in a distant and small village, there was a place known as the house of a thousand mirrors. A happy little dog found out about this place and decided to visit. Once there, he hopped happily up the stairs to the entrance to the house. He looked through the entryway with his little ears up high and his tail wagging as quickly as he could. To his great surprise, he came across a thousand other happy little puppies, all with their tails wagging as quickly as his. He opened a huge smile, and was matched with a thousand huge smiles.
When he left the house, he thought:
- What a wonderful place! I will always come back, a lot of times.
In this same village, another little dog, who was not as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and looked through the door. When he saw a thousand hostile eyes of dogs staring at him, he growled and bared his teeth and was horrified to see a thousand dogs growling and baring their teeth at him.
When he left, he thought:
– What a horrible place, I'll never come back here.
All faces in the world are mirrors.
What kind of reflections do you see on the faces of people you meet?
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Question 1 - Identify the purpose of the text above:
a) make people reflect.
b) report a fact.
c) give advice.
d) defend an opinion.
Question 2 - In the passage "There arriving, he jumped happily up the stairs […]”, the highlighted term takes up the place where the story unfolds. Identify it:
A.
Question 3 – The story narrated above can be divided into two parts: the first tells about the happy puppy, the second tells about the not so happy puppy. In the first part, what is found in the excerpt is registered as a climax:
a) "A happy little dog found out about this place and decided to visit."
b) "She looked through the entrance door with her little ears high and her tail […]"
c) “To his great surprise, he came across another 1000 small and happy puppies […]”
d) “he opened a huge smile, and was matched with 1000 huge smiles.”
Question 4 - For the happy little dog, the house of a thousand mirrors is a wonderful place. Because?
A.
Question 5 - After knowing the house of a thousand mirrors, the happy little dog made a decision. Which?
A.
Question 6 – According to the not-so-happy little dog, the house of a thousand mirrors is a horrible place, to which he decided never to return. Explain:
A.
Question 7 – In the segment "Climbed slowly the stairs […]”, the underlined word indicates:
a) the time the not-so-happy puppy climbed the stairs.
b) the way the not-so-happy puppy climbed the stairs.
c) the way the not-so-happy puppy climbed the stairs.
d) the intensity with which the not-so-happy puppy climbed the stairs.
Question 8 – Check the alternative in which the author of the text dialogues directly with the reader:
a) "Times ago in a distant and small village [...]"
b) “In this same village, another little dog […]”
c) "All faces in the world are mirrors."
d) "What kind of reflections do you see on the faces of people you meet?"
Question 9 – The dashes announce in the story:
a) a speech from the happy little dog.
b) a speech from the not-so-happy puppy.
c) a happy puppy speech and a not so happy puppy speech.
d) the narrator's opinions of the text.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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