Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the Nutcracker. It's Christmas Eve. Marie is enchanted, of all those present, by a doll-shaped nutcracker. She accommodates her new friend in the toy closet - but at midnight she hears strange noises. What happens from there, huh? Were you curious to know the development of this story of the Nutcracker? So, read the text carefully and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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It's Christmas Eve. Marie is enchanted, of all those present, by a doll-shaped nutcracker. She accommodates her new friend in the toy closet - but at midnight she hears strange noises. Terrified, she sees her godfather, the inventor Drosselmeier, eerily crouched over the wall clock, and an army of mice storming the room, commanded by a seven-headed king! Against them, the toys come out of the closet and put into formation. They have a great battle ahead, under the orders of the Nutcracker…
Between dream and reality, Marie will live wonderful and strange stories, of kingdoms, spells and delights. Stories in which the unusual godfather has a special role, and in which only those who have their eyes and heart prepared can embark. You have?
This edition includes the two variants of the story: the original version of E.T.A. Hoffmann and Alexandre Dumas' classic – which popularized the story and inspired Tchaikovsky's famous ballet –, translated by André Telles (from French) and Luís S. Krausz (from German). It also features a presentation by researcher and specialist in fairy tales Priscila Mana Vaz and more than 200 period illustrations. […]
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Question 1 - Reread this passage from the text:
“It's Christmas Eve. Marie is enchanted, among all those present, by a doll-shaped nutcracker.”
In this passage, the author:
( ) tells an excerpt from the book “O Quebra-Nozes”.
( ) presents an opinion about the book “O Quebra-Nozes”.
( ) raises a hypothesis about the book “O Quebra-Nozes”.
Question 2 - In the "Is it over there she accommodates the new friend in the closet […]”, the term underlined:
( ) calls Marie.
( ) retakes Marie.
( ) characterizes Marie.
Question 3 - In the prayer “[…] but, at midnight, he hears strange noises.”, the author of the text reveals:
( ) the complication of the story “The Nutcracker”.
( ) the climax of the story “The Nutcracker”.
( ) the outcome of the story “The Nutcracker”.
Question 4 - The expression “the Drosselmeier inventor” introduces Marie's godfather. Therefore, it performs the function of:
( ) subject.
( ) I bet.
( ) vocative.
Question 5 - According to the text, Marie sees her godfather “squatting on the wall clock”. What does that mean?
( ) It means that she sees her godfather sitting on the clock on the wall.
( ) It means that she sees her godfather leaning on the clock on the wall.
( ) It means that she sees her godfather crouched over the clock on the wall.
Question 6 – In the period "Against them, toys come out of the closet and begin training.", the word "e" introduces:
( ) one fact that concludes another.
( ) one fact that contradicts another.
( ) one fact that adds to another.
Question 7 – In the fragment “[…] and in which only those who have their eyes and heart prepared.”, the word “only” expresses:
( ) an inclusion.
( ) a restriction.
( ) an exclusion.
Question 8 – Note this segment of the text:
“[…] that popularized the story and inspired Tchaikovsky's famous ballet […]”
In this segment, the author of the text refers to:
( ) to the new edition of “Nutcracker”.
( ) to the original version of the “Nutcracker” by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
( ) to the classic version of Alexandre Dumas' “Nutcracker”.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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