activity text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year elementary school students, about the bunch of keys. Let's meet this bird? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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“Cousin” of the Amazon bird, a species that displays black and blue plumage in areas of the Atlantic Forest.
In the “bunch of keys” color palette, the most varied combinations of black and blue predominate: with 14 centimeters and just over 25 grams, the bird has a blue head with a black spot on the back of the neck and in the region covering the beak.
While the neck, also bluish, the dark tone appears discreet; On the flanks, which are blue in color, the black appears in small, non-uniform spots. On the wings, the black base has a blue stripe.
In addition to the bicolor style, the species draws attention for its vocalization, similar to the noise of keys. Hence the popular name of the bird.
Endemic to Brazil, the cambada-de-chaves occurs only in the coastal Atlantic Forest, where it finds fruits and insects to feed on.
From the tanager family, it is a “cousin” of the banded tanager, typical of the Brazilian Amazon. The similarities are in size, eating habits and the dark spots on the plumage. However, the color palette helps in identifying the birds: yellow, brown and turquoise are characteristics of the tanager.
According to ornithologist Luciano Lima, the relationship between the species corroborates the theory that the two biomes were connected in the past.
During the reproductive period, between spring and summer, the key crow builds its nest in the shape of a small, open cup.
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Question 1 – Read back:
“[…] the bird has a blue head with a black spot on the back of the neck and in the area covering the beak.”
What bird does the text refer to?
Question 2 – The excerpt “While the neck, also bluish, the dark tone appears discreet; On the flanks, which are blue in color, the black appears in small, non-uniform spots.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – Underline the part that expresses a comparison below:
“[…] the species attracts attention due to its vocalization, similar to the sound of keys rattling.”
Question 4 – Watch:
“Endemic to Brazil, the cambada-de-chaves occurs only in the coastal Atlantic Forest, where it finds fruit It is insects to feed on.”
The highlighted word introduces the idea of:
( ) sum.
( ) opposition.
( ) alternation.
Question 5 – According to the text, we can differentiate the bunch-of-keys from the gang-band:
( ) by size.
( ) by the color palette.
( ) by eating habits.
Question 6 – In the segment “[…] the kinship between species corroborates the theory that the two biomes were already connected in the past.”, the underlined verb has the meaning of:
( ) “reinforces”.
( ) “get up”.
( ) “contrary”.
Question 7 – In "In the reproductive period, between spring and summer, the bunch of keys builds the nest in the shape of a small, open cup.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
