Text interpretation activity, about the legend of the Victoria Regia, aimed at students in the seventh year.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read the legend:
It was a moonlit night. The stars sparkled in the sky like diamonds. And the moon lit the earth with its silvery rays. An old chief told children the wonderful stories of his tribe. He was also a sorcerer and knew all the mysteries of nature. One of the curumins who heard him asked the old man where the stars that shone in the sky came from. And the chief replied:
"I know them all." Each star is an Indian who married the moon. They did not know? The moon is a strong and beautiful warrior. On moonlit nights, he descends to earth to marry an Indian woman. That star you are seeing is Nacaíra, the most beautiful Indian of the Maués tribe. The other is Janã, the most graceful flower of the Arawak tribe. In this regard, I will tell you a story that happened many years ago in our tribe.
There was, among us, a young and beautiful Indian named Naiá. Knowing that the moon was a beautiful and powerful warrior, Naiá fell in love with him. So she refused the marriage proposals that made her the strongest and bravest young men of our tribe.
Every night, Naiá went to the forest and stood admiring the moon with its silvery rays. Sometimes, she would run out through the woods, to see if she could reach the moon with her arms. But the latter remained always aloof and indifferent, despite India's efforts to reach her.
One night, Naiá arrived at the edge of a lake. She saw in him, reflected, the image of the moon. He was overjoyed! She thought it was the white warrior she loved. And, in order not to lose him, she launched herself into the deep waters of the lake. Poor thing! She drowned.
So the moon, which had not wanted to make Naiá a star in the sky, decided to make her a star in the waters. He transformed the Indian woman's body into an immense and beautiful flower. Every night, this flower opens its huge petals so that the moon illuminates its pink corolla.
Do you know which flower this is? It's the water lily!
SANTOS, Theobaldo Miranda. Legends and myths of Brazil. São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional, 2005.
Question 1 - Who tells the legend and for what reason?
Question 2 - The legend aims to explain the emergence:
a) of the stars
b) of the moon
c) of the Arawak tribe
d) of the lily pad
Question 3 - One can infer about the genre "legend", except:
a) There is a predominance in the legend of narrative sequences.
b) The emergence of something is explained in the light of science.
c) It is a text that is part of the popular tradition.
d) A more poetic language is used in the construction of history.
Question 4 – Relate the being to the characteristic assigned to it:
______ angry
______ lovely
______ graceful
______ old
______ pretty
______ strong
______ beautiful
Question 5 - Identify the idea expressed, in the context of the legend, by the words underlined below:
a) “He was also a sorcerer and he knew all the mysteries of nature”.
B) "That is whyshe, she refused the marriage proposals that made her the strongest and bravest young men of our tribe.”
ç) "But this one remained always distant and indifferent, despite the efforts of India to reach it”.
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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