activity text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year elementary school students, about “Iara under suspicion”. Shall we read the text that presents this book? Then, be sure to answer the various questions proposed!
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Characters from Brazilian folklore are the main suspects in this intriguing and fun detective adventure.
Even on their days off, detectives Billy Conrado and Honaldo, with agá, have no rest. A man disappears on the outskirts of the inn where they are staying, and it's up to them and police officer Lucineide Guarabira to find out what happened.
In your search for answers, several water creatures cross your path. Some promise to cooperate; others, like the disgusting Ipupiara, who is capable of eating an entire human being, and Caboclo d’Água, who drowns fishermen with his deadly embrace, seem to have other intentions!
With his dynamic and humorous writing, Alexandre de Castro Gomes builds an investigation full of twists and turns. Cris Alhadeff's drawings and collages, which present the characters and their criminal records, bring the reader even closer to the myths of Brazilian popular culture, transforming them into active agents in the case.
Iara under suspicion is part of the folklore trilogy, which also includes the works Who killed the saci? It is Looking for Curupira. The stories are independent, but anyone who reads one of the books will be very curious to know the others.
Author of the book: Alexandre de Castro Gomes.
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Question 1 – Read back:
“Characters from Brazilian folklore are the main suspects in this intriguing and fun detective adventure.”
The text refers to the book:
( ) “Iara under suspicion”.
( ) “Who killed saci?”
( ) “We are looking for Curupira”.
Question 2 – Identify the fact that motivated the story of the book highlighted above:
Question 3 – The segment “In your search for answers, several water creatures cross your path.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – In the part “Some promise cooperate.”, the highlighted verb could be replaced, without interfering with the meaning, by:
( ) "Act".
( ) “collaborate”.
( ) "investigate".
Question 5 – The fragment “[…] drowns fishermen with its deadly embrace […]” presents:
( ) to Iara.
( ) Ipupiara.
( ) Caboclo d’Água.
Question 6 – Watch:
“With his dynamic and humorous writing, Alexandre de Castro Gomes builds an investigation full of twists and turns.”
The underlined section is:
( ) a quote.
( ) an opinion.
( ) an exemplification.
Question 7 – In the passage “[…] they present the characters It is their criminal records […]”, the underlined term expresses the idea of:
( ) sum.
( ) contrast.
( ) alternation.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
