Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the confused tree. Everything was joy in the garden, except for one tree that was deeply sad.. What was the reason for this sadness, huh? Let's find out? So, carefully read the history of this tree! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful garden with apples, oranges, pears and beautiful roses. Everything was joy in the garden, except for one tree that was deeply sad. The tree had a problem: it didn't know who it was or what it had to do.
— It's very easy to make tasty apples. Why not try? said the apple tree.
"Don't listen to her!" It's better to have roses. Can't you see how beautiful they are? said the rosebush.
And the desperate tree, trying everything that was suggested to it, but it failed to be like the others, felt increasingly frustrated.
One day an owl, the wisest of birds, arrived in the garden, and seeing the despair of the tree, exclaimed:
— Don't worry, your problem is not serious, many beings on Earth have it. I will show you a new possibility. Don't dedicate your life to be like others want you to be… Seek to be yourself, knowing and listening to your inner voice. She will tell you what your vocation is, your mission in this life. "And with that said, the owl has disappeared."
"My inner voice…?" To be myself?… Know me?… Vocation?… Mission?…
The desperate tree asked herself, when suddenly she realized... And closing her eyes and ears, she can open her heart and hear an inner voice saying:
“You will never bear apples because you are not an apple tree, nor will you bloom every spring because you are not a rosebush. You are an oak tree, and your destiny is to grow large and majestic. Provide shelter for birds, shade for travelers, beauty for the landscape… That's your vocation. That's what you were born for. Find out how to speak up and fulfill your mission.
The tree felt strong and sure of itself and prepared to be all it was meant to be. Thus, it soon grew and came to be admired and respected by everyone.
Only then was the garden completely happy.
A tale from India.
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Question 1 – Transcribe the reason for the sadness of the tree, protagonist of the story:
Question 2 – According to the story, “the desperate tree, tried everything suggested to it, but failed to be like the others […]”. In other words, the desperate tree:
( ) “I didn't want to be like the others”.
( ) “I couldn't be like the others”.
( ) “did not strive to be like the others”.
Question 3 – Who advised the sad tree to listen to its inner voice?
( ) the owl.
( ) the rose bush.
( ) the apple tree.
Question 4 – In the passage “Don't dedicate your life to be as others want you to be…”, the term “as” indicates:
( ) mode.
( ) cause.
( ) comparison.
Question 5 - According to the story, the inner voice of the sad tree revealed his vocation. What was her vocation?
( ) give fruits.
( ) bloom in spring.
( ) provide shelter, shade and beauty.
Question 6 – According to the narrator, "the garden was completely happy", when the tree:
( ) “she felt strong and sure of herself”.
( ) “prepared to be everything for which it was conceived”.
( ) “soon grew and came to be admired and respected by everyone”.
Question 7 – It can be concluded that the text intends to:
( ) make people reflect.
( ) disclose something.
( ) debate a subject.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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