Text interpretation activity, suitable for 8th grade students, provides the development of different reading skills. The questions are based on the fableThe hare and the turtle.
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One day a tortoise began to boast saying that it was running too fast, that the hare was too soft, and while talking the tortoise laughed at the hare. But the hare was really impressed when the turtle decided to bet a race with it.
“It must be just for fun!” thought the hare.
The fox was the judge and took the bets. The race began, and at the same time, of course, the hare passed the tortoise. The day was hot. So, halfway there, the hare had the idea to play a little. After playing, she decided to take a nap in the cool shade of a tree.
“If by chance the turtle passes me, just run a little and I'm ahead again”, she thought.
The hare didn't think she was going to lose that race at all. Meanwhile, there came the turtle in its own way, dragging its feet, always at the same speed, not resting even once, just thinking about the arrival. Why, the hare slept so much that he forgot to pay attention to the tortoise. When she woke up, where was the turtle? Well, the hare got up and whizzed off, but it was no use. In the distance she saw the turtle waiting for her at the finish line.
Moral: Slow and always get ahead.
Aesop's Fables. Compilation by Russell Ash and Bernard Higton.
São Paulo: Companhia das Letrinhas, 1994. P. 12.
Question 1 - The text read is of the genre:
the news
b) fable
c) short story
d) legend
Question 2 - There is a predominance in the text of:
a) opinion about the reported episodes.
b) comparison between two animals.
c) description of characters and environments.
d) narration of facts that occurred.
Question 3 - Identify the purpose of the text read:
Question 4 – In the segment “When she woke up, where's the turtle?”. the highlighted verb expresses a fact:
a) that could happen.
b) fully completed.
c) what is happening.
d) unfinished at the time it is narrated.
Question 5 - In the period “The race started, and at the same time, of course, the hare passed ahead of turtle.”, the underlined phrase indicates:
in time
b) mode
c) statement
d) place
Question 6 – In the excerpt "Well, the hare got up and went whizzing away, but it was no use.”, the underlined conjunction establishes a relationship between the clauses:
the conclusion
b) explanation
c) opposition
d) grant
Question 7 – The pass “The day was hot. That's why, halfway along the way, the hare had the idea to play […]" was correctly rewritten in:
a) “The day was hot. But, halfway there, the hare had the idea to play […]"
b) “The day was hot. In fact, halfway there, the hare had the idea of playing […]"
c) “The day was hot. So, halfway there, the hare had the idea to play […]"
d) “The day was hot. After all, halfway there, the hare had the idea to play […]"
Question 8 – Quotation marks were used in the text to be flagged:
a) the lines of a character.
b) the narrator's comments.
c) excerpts written in the 1st person singular.
d) the main facts of the story.
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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