activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-grade students, about “Silvester and the Magic Stone”. Ever heard of this book? No? So, read the text that introduces you! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Silvester is a donkey who leads a happy life in the valley of Oats. But one day he finds a stone with a special power: it turns any wish into reality! The donkey is very happy, until, by accident, he ends up turning into a rock. Will he be able to return home? Or is he doomed to be a rock forever?
One rainy day, Silvester finds a new stone for his collection. But this one is different: she is magical, capable of turning all his wishes into reality.
The donkey is happy as hell, as every time he rubs the sparkling red pebble he'll get everything he wants!
But when, on his way home, he comes face to face with a lion, he is so scared that he wants to turn into a rock – and in the next second there he is, gray, hard, glued to the ground.
And now? How are you going to rub the pebble and go back to being a donkey? He had never imagined that his greatest desire could be to simply go back to leading his life as usual.
Author/Illustrator of the book: William Steig
Translation of the book: Eduardo Brandão
Available in: .
(With adaptation).
Question 1 – “Silvester and the Magic Stone” is the name of:
( ) a book.
( ) film.
( ) a TV program.
Question 2 – Identify the passage that introduces the character Silvester:
( ) “Silvester is a donkey who leads a happy life in the valley of Oats.”
( ) “The donkey is very happy, until, by accident, he ends up turning into a rock.”
( ) “Will he be able to return home?”
Question 3 – The segment “One rainy day, Silvester finds a new stone for his collection.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – According to the text, the stone that Silvester finds "is different". Why?
Question 5 – In “The donkey is happy with life, given that every time you rub the sparkling red pebble, you'll get everything you want!”, the underlined expression introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 6 – Read back:
“But when, on his way home, he bumps into a lion, he is so startled that he wants to turn himself into a rock – and the next second there he is, gray, hard […]”
In this fragment, the text reveals:
( ) the beginning of the story.
( ) the climax of the story.
( ) the outcome of the story.
Question 7 – In the passage "As what are you going to do to rub the pebble and go back to being a donkey?”, the highlighted term:
( ) indicates mode.
( ) expresses a condition.
( ) establishes a comparison.
Question 8 – In the "He I had never imagined that her greatest desire could simply be to go back to her usual life.”, the word underlined:
( ) calls the donkey Silvester.
( ) resumes the donkey Silvester.
( ) characterizes the donkey Silvester.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
