Activity of text interpretation, addressed to 6th grade students, consists of several questions. The text the cat's jump, written by Paulo Bandeira, tells the story of a cat who proved to be very astute when faced with a fox's attempt to grab him. Do you know what he did? Find out by reading this curious text!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The fox was going crazy to get the cat. But she knew, as everyone does, that the cat is the greatest master jumper and there was no point in trying to catch him. With a band jump, the naughty one always got away with it.
So the fox decided to use his cunning. He came to the cat and proposed peace:
– Enough of running one after the other, master cat. Let's now live in peace!
– It's not like that, comadre fox – corrected the cat – It's not one who runs after the other, it's “one”, which is the lady, who runs after the “other”, which is me…
– Well, anyway, let's make up, cat friend. As you are a master of jumping, I propose that, in order to celebrate our friendship agreement, you give me a course in jumping, so that I can become as much a jumper as you are. I pay you for every lesson with the tastiest rat fillets you've ever tasted!
The cat accepted and the lessons began the same day. The fox was a dedicated student and the cat was a great teacher. He taught the band jump, the spiral jump, the simple somersault, the somersault-with-pirouette, the double deadly, the triple deadly and even the composite corkscrew. The fox they all learned, practiced after school, and soon was as masterful as the cat.
He then decided that the time had come to put his sinister plan into practice. At the beginning of another class, he sneaked up behind the cat and lunged, making the surest leap the master had taught him!
And the cat? He spun sideways, rolled in the air, and the fox streaked past him, going to crash into a stump of mastic tree.
Still a little dizzy from the fall, the fox turned to the cat and protested:
– But master cat, you didn't teach me that jump!
– I didn't teach or teach! - The cat laughed - This is the secret that saves me from rascals like you, comadre fox. This is the cat's jump!
Paulo Bandeira. “The cat's leap”. In: New School, p. 48. São Paulo, April, 1991.
Question 1 - Identify the genre of the text read:
Question 2 - Name the characters in the story:
Question 3 - Check the alternative that presents the fox's goal:
a) catch the cat.
b) make up with the cat.
c) learn to jump as well as the cat.
d) demonstrate that she was smart.
Question 4 – Point out the fact that prevented the fox from reaching its goal:
Question 5 - What was the attitude taken by the fox to achieve her goal?
Question 6 – The phrase that characterizes the climax of the story is:
a) "The fox then decided to use cunning."
b) “– It's not quite like that, godmother fox – corrected the cat […]”
c) "The fox... was already as master of jumps as the cat."
d) “[…] she sneaked up behind the cat and lunged, making the most accurate jump […]”
Question 7 – "This is the cat's jump!" What leap of the cat does the ending of the story refer to?
a) the double-mortal.
b) the triple deadly
c) the compound corkscrew
d) a band swing
Question 8 – For the cat, what is the importance of the jump identified in the previous question?
Question 9 – Underline the terms that take up the referent “the cat” in the following sentences:
a) “[…] and it was no use trying to grab him.”
b) "With a band jump, the naughty one always got away with it."
c) "I pay you for each lesson with the tastiest rat fillets you've ever tasted!"
d) “[…] perfecting the surest jump that the master had taught him!”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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