Text interpretation activity, aimed at students in the fourth or fifth year of elementary school, using the text “The animals and the pest”.
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The situation was hopeless. A plague arose that was killing all the animals in the forest. The animals decided to hold an assembly to find a solution.
The first to speak was the lion who said:
– The gods are disgusted with us. One of us will have to be sacrificed to appease the wrath of the gods - said the lion - May it be me, I'm the strongest and I've already made more than a thousand victims in these parts.
The audience protested:
– None of this, your majesty cannot die for us.
– Then I die, said the tiger, who have also killed more animals than the stars in the sky.
– No – the audience protested – such a brave tiger cannot die for us.
The bear also offered:
– I'm the oldest and I won't be missed by anyone.
– Never! A bear your age cannot die for us.
Until a donkey in the corner of the room asked to speak:
– Maybe I'm the one who should die for you, I once ate the cabbage from the priest's backyard.
And the audience roared with one voice:
- Yes and you!
And the donkey died for all to calm the gods' tempers and bring tranquility back to the forest dwellers.
Moral of the story: To the powerful everything is forgiven, to the miserable nothing is forgiven.
1) What is the title of the text?
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2) How many paragraphs are there in the text?
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3) What are the characters in the story?
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4) What is the problem with the forest?
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5) What was Lion's suggestion to solve the problem?
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6) What was the first animal to offer and why? What happened?
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7) What was the second animal to offer and why? What happened?
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8) What was the third animal to offer and why? What happened?
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9) What was the last animal to offer and why? What happened?
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10) Explain, in your words, the moral of the story. Give an example of how this moral of the story might apply today.
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