Text Interpretation: Horacio the Climber

Text interpretation activity, aimed at students in the third year of elementary school, with questions developed about the text: Horácio, the climber.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Horacio the climber

There is a wonderful tree in the backyard of the Hippopotamus Horace. She is perfect for climbing.
Dad Hippopotamus always helps Horacio climb the first branch, but now he's working.
“I'm going to push this chair up to the tree and climb it. That's how I reach the branch”, Horácio thinks.
He pushes a lawn chair to the tree.
– Phew! Phew! - He moans.

- Yea! I can reach that branch now! – he exclaims.
It stretches to its fullest and barely manages to catch it.
– Phew! Phew! - He moans again, slowly stretching.
He settles at a fork in the tree's branches and looks around the yard.
– I'm pretty high right now! And I did everything myself! - He comments happily.
Birds come and go from the tree above him. Horacio decides to go higher. Suddenly he slips and falls backwards!
His foot gets caught in the fork in a branch when he falls. It's completely trapped there.
It hangs upside down by one foot.
- There! That hurts! – Horacio exclaims.
“But actually, I was lucky,” he thinks next. “I could have fallen from this height to the ground. That would hurt even more!"
- Help! Help! - he screams.
Just then, Dino Dino turns around the corner of the house. He stops and stares.
– Horacio? What happened? – he asks, surprised.
Horacio shakes his head, arms and legs, and shouts:
– I say after you get me out of here!
Dino runs to call mommy hippopotamus. She helps Horacio release his foot and climb down. Horacio hugs Dino.
– Wow! You saved my life! – Horacio sighs with relief.

Questions

1) What is the title of the text?
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2) What's in Horacio's backyard?
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3) To try to reach the branch of the tree alone, what does Horacio decide to do?
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4) When Horacio starts to climb to a higher place in the tree, what happens?
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5) While Horacio asks for help, who appears on the curve of his house?
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6) What does Horacio's mother do when she sees him stuck in the tree?
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Per Hélia Higa.

At answers are in the link above the header.

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