Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about the Indian legend the birds message. This is the story of a man who bought a talking bird from a merchant. I treated it with great care, so that it would not run out of water and food… But the poor bird was always imprisoned in a cage… He begged the owner to release him… However, he refused to comply with his request… Until an unexpected event occurs… What will it be? Are you curious to know how the story unfolds? So, read the text carefully and, right after, be sure to answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Once upon a time there was a man who, traveling in a distant country, bought a talking bird from a merchant.
The man took the bird home and there he treated it with great care, sheltering it in a golden cage, where it never lacked water and food.
Every day the bird asked the owner to release it, but he did not answer, calling it ungrateful:
– I give you all the best. I don't see why you want to go back to the jungle you came from.
One day, the man had to travel for work. Before leaving, he said to the bird:
– I'm going through your country. Do you want me to bring you something?
The bird begged him to take it with him, but the owner was adamant.
- The most I can do is to take news of you to your brothers birds.
- All right - the poor bird conformed. – Just tell them that I live in a gilded cage.
The man said goodbye and left. Days later, he returned, looking very shaken as he looked for his precious bird:
– I don't know how to tell you, but a tragedy has happened. Imagine that when I arrived in your country, I went to the edge of the forest and called your brothers birds. Several showed up, and I repeated to them what you told me. I don't understand what strange harm there was in his message, but immediately they looked at each other, rolled their eyes, and began to turn their heads, as if they were dizzy. Then they fell dead to the ground.
As soon as the man had finished his story, the talking bird began to roll its eyes, turn its head, and fall, stretched out like a stick.
The man began to scream and wail, not understanding how simple words could have such a catastrophic effect. Regretfully, he opened the cage and removed the animal's body, placing it on a table.
As soon as it found itself outside the cage, the bird opened its eyes and quickly flew to the open window, out of reach of its owner.
“Thank you, friend,” he said. – You didn't even understand my words, how could you understand a message without words? When they heard that I was in a cage, they understood that they must tell me how to escape. And you conveyed the message very well. Keep your cage. I will keep my most precious freedom! Goodbye!
PLAMPLONA, Rosane. “The man who told stories”. São Paulo: Brinque-Book, 2005 – p. 50-3.
Question 1 - The story read happens because:
( ) the man sheltered the bird in the cage.
( ) the man bought a talking bird.
( ) the man refused to comply with the bird's request.
Question 2 - Who tells the story?
( ) the talking bird.
( ) the narrator-observer.
( ) the man who bought the bird.
Question 3 - The bird wanted to return to the jungle from which it came. However, the owner refused to release him. Identify the argument used by him to not meet the bird's desire:
question 4 – In “[…] but he did not answer him, calling him ungrateful […]”, a term was used to refer to the bird's owner. Point it out:
( ) "he"
( ) "you"
( ) "O"
Question 5 - "The bird begged me to take it with him, but the owner was adamant." What does it mean to say the owner was inflexible?
( ) Means to say that the owner did not question the bird's pleading.
( ) It means to say that the owner was not shaken by the begging of the bird.
( ) Means to say that the owner became impatient with the bird's begging.
Question 6 – In the part “Days later, he came back, looking very shaken […]”, the word “very” plays the role of:
( ) define the state of the owner after returning from the trip.
( ) intensify the state of the owner after returning from the trip.
( ) characterize the state of the owner after returning from the trip.
Question 7 – The term "how" was used to make a comparison in the sentence:
( ) “[…] fell, stretched out like a stick.”
( ) “[…] without understanding how simple words could have an effect […]”
( ) “[…] how could I understand a message without words?”
Question 8 – In the segment “[…] immediately they looked at each other, rolled their eyes and started to turn their heads […]”, the verbs express:
( ) completed actions of the birds before the message of the caged brother.
( ) hypothetical actions of birds facing the message of the caged brother.
( ) unfinished actions of the birds in the face of the caged brother's message.
Question 9 – In the fragment “Sorry, he opened the cage and removed the animal's body, placing it on a table.”, the word “Sorry” expresses:
( ) quite
( ) place
( ) mode
Question 10 - Reread this passage from the text:
“As soon as it found itself outside the cage, the bird opened its eyes and quickly flew to the open window […]”
In this passage, an expression indicates the circumstance of time. Mark it:
( ) "As soon as"
( ) "out of the cage"
( ) "quickly"
Question 11 – In the excerpt “– Thank you, friend – he said.”, the comma separates a vocative, that is, a term used for:
( ) characterize a being.
( ) give an explanation.
( ) make a call.
Question 12 – At the end of the text, the bird got what he wanted so much because:
( ) the owner opened the cage and took it out.
() she sent news to her bird brothers.
( ) understood the message of the brothers birds.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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