Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the tortoise and the hare. The story begins when the turtle makes a proposal to the hare: Let's bet who gets there first where that tree is? The hare immediately mocked… After all, how could the turtle, which is slow, beat one of the fastest animals on the face of the Earth? What's up? Who won the bet? Who won the combined prize? The tortoise or the hare? How about discovering the unfolding of this story? So, read the text carefully and then answer the various interpretative questions!
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Read:
– Let's bet who gets there first where that tree is? asked the tortoise to the hare.
The hare laughed at her:
- You are crazy? Slow as you are! Remembering that I'm one of the fastest animals out there?
- Yes, I am. And I keep betting.
The hare knew she was capable of reaching the tree in four leaps.
- It's ok. Do not say that I did not warned you.
A prize was agreed and the hare let the tortoise go.
She grazed, listened to which way the wind was coming, slept – and in the meantime the tortoise went, in its solemn step. She was aware of her sluggishness and so she kept walking.
“This bet is unworthy of my dowries,” thought the hare.
– For the victory to have any value, only coming out at the last moment.
After all, when the tortoise was almost to the end agreed, it left like an arrow.
Too late. When he arrived, the turtle was already there. She had to give him the prize and, on top of that, congratulate him.
Persistent work is better than poorly used natural gifts.
GÄRTNER, Hans & ZWERGER, Lisbeth. “12 fables of Aesop”. São Paulo: Attica, 1999.
Question 1 - The text above is:
( ) A tale.
( ) a fable.
( ) a notice.
Question 2 - The story read happens because:
( ) the turtle proposed a bet to the hare.
( ) the turtle won the bet that the hare proposed.
( ) the hare made fun of the bet the turtle proposed.
Question 3 - The hare defined the tortoise with the term:
( ) "crazy".
( ) “unworthy”.
( ) “slow”.
Question 4 – In the excerpt “Are you remembering that I'm one of the fastest animals out there?”, the word “more”:
( ) explains a characteristic of animals such as the hare.
( ) intensifies a characteristic of animals such as the hare.
( ) complements a characteristic of animals such as the hare.
Question 5 - According to the text, the turtle:
() “She did not stop walking and was aware of her slowness”.
( ) “he didn't stop walking, because he was aware of his slowness”.
( ) “he didn't stop walking, but he was aware of his slowness”.
Question 6 – Underline the verbs that express the actions of the hare, while the turtle followed the path of the bet:
"She grazed, listened to which way the wind was coming, slept [...]"
Question 7 – In the passage "Had to hand him the award and, on top of that, congratulate him.”, the highlighted expression indicates:
( ) a wish of the hare.
( ) an obligation of the hare.
( ) a recommendation from the hare.
Question 8 – The moral of the story was built through:
( ) of an opposition.
( ) of a comparison.
( ) of an example.
Question 9 – Who tells the story “The turtle and the hare”?
( ) the hare.
( ) the turtle.
( ) the narrator-observer.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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