Text Interpretation: Horace's Escape

Text interpretation activity, aimed at students in the third year of elementary school, with questions developed about the text: Horacio's flight.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Horace's escape

Bzzzzzzzzzz! Bzzzzzzzzzz!
- Damn it! Get out of here! Leave me alone! – complains the hippopotamus Horacio.
It's late at night and it's still hot. There's no breeze, but his window is open in case one comes up.
Instead, mosquitoes entered. They're driving him crazy!
Bzzzzzzzz! Bzzzzzz!
– My legs and arms are full of bites! – he exclaims, scratching himself all over. It's no use.

He pulled the sheet over his head so the mosquitoes couldn't hit him. It works.
'But I can't breathe, and it's even hotter under this sheet!' - He complains and then lowers the sheet.
- I got! There! – he exclaims as he slaps one side of the head hard. He caught the mosquito that was trying to bite him, but the slap hurt! – I can't take this anymore! – he regrets.
Horacio gets out of bed, holding the sheet and pillow. He sneaks into the bathroom.
– I'm going to sleep here in the bathtub. It looks fresh, and there are no bugs… I hope,” he tells himself.
He climbs in there and soon falls asleep.
In the morning, Dad finds him in the bathtub. “This Horacio is a joker!” he thinks.

Questions

1) What is the title of the text?
A.

2) What's driving Horatio hippopotamus crazy?
A.

3) Horácio tries to do what to prevent the mosquitoes from hitting him?
A.

4) Where does Horacio go with his pillow and sheet?
A.

5) When Dad meets Horacio in the bathroom in the morning, what does he think?
A.

Per Hélia Higa.

At answers are in the link above the header.