Activity of text interpretation, aimed at sixth year students, about the tortoise in heaven's party. In this story by Monteiro Lobato, we meet the tortoise that, despite being too slow, insisted on going to heaven's party… Already helpless, he asked the heron to carry him on his back. She complied with your request… But, at a certain point in the trip, something unexpected happened to the tortoise… Were you curious to know the continuity of this story? So, be sure to read it and then answer the various interpretative questions that explore the text!
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Once there was a great feast in heaven to which the beasts of the forest were invited. Everyone went there, and so did the tortoise – but this one was too slow, so it walked, walked, and never arrived.
The party was only for three days and the tortoise is not arriving. Dismayed, he asked a heron to lead him on his back. The heron replied:
- May I help. And the tortoise mounted.
The heron went up, up, up. From time to time I asked the tortoise if he was seeing the land.
– Yes, I am, but far away.
The heron climbed higher and higher.
- And now?
– Now I don't see the slightest sign of land.
The heron, which was a perverse, then turned in the air, dismounting the tortoise. Underdog! It began to fall with increasing speed. And as he fell, he muttered:
– If I of this escape, lee, lee, lee, if I of this escape, I'll never let myself be carried away again.
Thereupon he saw the earth below. She screamed:
– Stay away, stones and sticks, or I will crush you! The stones and sticks parted and the tortoise fell. Even so, it shattered into a hundred pieces.
God, who was seeing everything, felt sorry for the poor man. After all, that disgrace had happened only because he insisted on attending the party in heaven. And God, put the pieces back together.
That's why the tortoise has its shell made of small pieces spliced together.
Monteiro Lobato. “Stories of Aunt Nastasya”. Complete Works, v.3.
Question 1 - Who tells the story?
a) the turtle
b) the heron
c) God
d) the narrator-observer
Question 2 - Identify the conflict that generates the story:
a) "Once there was a great feast in heaven to which the animals were invited [...]"
b) “[…] the tortoise… asked a heron to lead him on its back.”
c) "The heron went up, up, up."
d) "The heron, then, which was a perverse one, made a turn in the air, disassembling the tortoise."
Question 3 - The narrator of the story presents an opinion in the excerpt:
a) “[…] but this was too slow […]”
b) "Poor thing!"
c) "It started to fall with increasing speed."
d) "Even so, it broke all, in a hundred pieces."
Question 4 – In the sentence “[…] but this was too slow […]”, the word “too much” has the purpose of:
a) define a characteristic of the turtle.
b) criticize a characteristic of the tortoise.
c) intensify a characteristic of the turtle.
d) complement a characteristic of the tortoise.
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] so I walked, walked, and never arrived.”, the term “and” could be replaced by:
a) but
b) more
c) because
d) because that
Question 6 – The outcome of the story occurred when:
a) the tortoise promised not to return to heaven.
b) the tortoise broke into a hundred pieces.
c) God gathered the pieces of the tortoise.
d) the sticks and stones got out of place and the tortoise fell.
Question 7 – At the end of the text, the narrator presents:
a) a deduction
b) a conclusion
c) a condition
d) a comparison
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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