Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about the turtle and the eagle. According to the story, the turtle really wanted to fly… After a lot of insistence, it managed to convince the eagle! She took the turtle to the heights! How was this tour, huh? Let's find out? To do this, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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The tortoise spent time whining about being slow and clumsy. As she liked to make comparisons, she loved the beauty and lightness with which the birds moved. She couldn't accept her luck and got to be very sad.
— How boring to have to drag myself on the ground, step by step and with effort! Ah! If I could fly, even just once! she said over and over, day after day.
Finally, one autumn day, she managed to convince the eagle to take her on a high-altitude walk. Gently and with great majesty, the eagle and the tortoise soared into the sky that afternoon. The little animal was overflowing with happiness, seeing down there, so far away, the land and its inhabitants.
"Oh, how wonderful!" How happy I am! How envious the other turtles must feel, watching me fly so high! I really am a unique turtle! she exclaimed, her voice trembling with emotion.
But the eagle got so tired of hearing her vain arguments that she decided to let her go. The proud turtle fell like a stone, thousands of meters high, shattering into shards as it hit the ground.
Some turtles, who saw their neighbor fall, exclaimed pityingly:
— Poor thing! She was so safe down here on earth, and she had to look for heights to get lost.
A hard lesson for those who strive to go against their own nature. Isn't it better for everyone to conform to what they are?
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Question 1 - According to the story, the turtle spent all its time whining because:
( ) I wanted to fly even just once.
( ) admired the beauty and lightness of the birds' movements.
( ) could not accept the fact of being slow and clumsy.
Question 2 - In the fragment “[…] she said repeatedly, day after day.”, a pronoun takes up the tortoise. Identify it:
Question 3 - In “— How boring to have to drag myself along the ground […]”, the dash:
( ) announces the turtle's speech.
( ) marks the beginning of the turtle's speech.
( ) marks a pause in the turtle's speech.
Question 4 – In the period "Gently and with great majesty, the eagle and the tortoise soared into the sky that afternoon.”, the highlighted passage expresses a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 5 - In the passage “The little animal overflowed with happiness […]”, the verb “overflowed” was used with:
( ) connotative sense.
( ) denotative sense.
( ) connotative and denotative sense.
Question 6 – According to the story, the eagle took the turtle to the heights. However, at a certain point during the tour, she decided to let her go. Because?
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Question 7 – In the part “The proud turtle fell like a stone […]”, the word “how” indicates:
( ) An example.
( ) a condition.
( ) a comparison.
question 8 – In the segment “Hard lesson for those who strive to go against their own nature.”, the narrator:
( ) makes an appeal.
( ) raises a hypothesis.
( ) exposes a thought.
Question 9 – The narrator ends the story with the question “Isn't it better for each one to conform to what they are?”. Do you agree? Justify your point of view.
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Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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