Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about the book “A Menina Que Perdeu as Cores”. This work tells the story of a girl who, one day, woke up and saw everything gray, black and white around her. Her mother took her to the doctor, but it didn't help… Despite the girl no longer seeing the colorful world, a transformation happened in her life! Want to know what it is? So read the text carefully In black, white and gray and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed! Come on?
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One day, the girl woke up and saw everything gray, black and white. She thought she was dreaming, but dreams have colors. Well, she figured it must be a nightmare, because nightmares are like that, like a stormy day full of grey, white, and black. But even nightmares had color. She looked in the mirror and saw no more color. Nothing was the same color as before and everything seemed to have lost its fun. Her mother ran to take her to the doctor. But the doctor just said to sleep and rest. It didn't do any good: the girl didn't see the colorful world again.
Only another transformation had taken place that night: she was no longer afraid. For she had discovered that she would (and could) henceforth color the world in her own way.
In this simple story from the book “The Girl Who Lost Colors”, with beautiful illustrations by Anabella López, there is a lot to think about. Don't you have days when you wake up and it seems like the world isn't fun? It looks kind of like black and white and gray. Everything seems sad, the color of tears, the color of mourning, the color of emptiness (does emptiness have a color?!). So you find that sometimes the world is just like that, a little gray. And that the only ones who can make it more cheerful and colorful are ourselves. Just take the brush of courage and paint the day gray.
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Question 1 - The text "In black, white and gray" is intended to:
( ) report a fact involving a girl.
( ) teach children to color their world.
( ) promote the book “A Menina Que Perdeu as Cores”.
( ) expose an opinion about the dull days in our life.
Question 2 - In the first paragraph of the text, the author tells us the story of the book “A Menina Que Perdeu as Cores”. Highlight the verbs that express the girl's actions in this story:
a) "One day, the girl woke up and saw everything gray, black and white."
b) "I thought I was dreaming, but dreams have colors."
c) “Well, he deduced that it must be a nightmare […]”
d) "She looked in the mirror and didn't see any more colors."
Question 3 - The author of the text evaluates the book “The Girl Who Lost Colors” in the passage:
( ) “But even nightmares had color.”
( ) “[…] (and could), from then on, color the world in your own way.”
( ) “In this simple story from the book 'The Girl Who Lost Colors', with beautiful illustrations […]”
( ) “Everything looks sad, the color of tears, the color of mourning, the color of emptiness […]”
Question 4 – In the excerpt “[…] nightmares are like this, like a stormy day full of grey, white and black.”, the author used the word “how” to:
( ) give an example.
( ) indicate a cause.
( ) make a comparison.
( ) present a hypothesis.
Question 5 - In the part "It looks kind of black and white and gray.", the text refers to:
( ) to the book.
( ) per day.
( ) to the world.
( ) to the brush.
Question 6 – In the segment “So, you discover that sometimes the world is like that […]”, the expression “sometimes” expresses:
( ) a constant feature of the world.
( ) a passing feature of the world.
( ) a simultaneous feature of the world.
( ) a sporadic feature of the world.
Question 7 – In the part “And that the only ones who can make him happier […]”, there is a trace:
( ) of poetic language.
( ) of informal language.
( ) of the regional language.
( ) of scientific language.
Question 8 – In “Just take the brush of courage and paint the gray day.”, the author of the text:
( ) reveals a desire.
( ) issues an order.
( ) asks a question.
( ) presents a solution.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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