Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the good little bird. How kind and hardworking the little squirrel was! Let's get to know her story? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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How kind and hardworking the little squirrel was! She thanked the smallest favor with a smile and always had a cheerful, uplifting phrase for anyone who was sad or hurt.
Well, winter was approaching and the far-sighted little squirrel worked hard to gather the nuts she needed. Surviving the cold, long months when snow covers the woods is a delicate problem.
When the little squirrel had gathered enough walnuts, she noticed that some were missing from her homemade store. Distressed, she went looking for possible footprints. She soon found a tiny footprint on the sand. She followed closely until she found a group of ants carrying pieces of walnut on their backs. It had been them!
Esquilinha, understanding, let them go and went back to her house without saying a word. Unfortunately, the winter was longer than usual, and in the last few weeks of this season, the squirrel noticed that she was almost running out of food.
That same day, numerous little ants came to the squirrel house. Each one had a piece of walnut. The one who appeared to be her boss, she came forward to her companions and said:
"Squirrel, we haven't forgotten her wonderful gesture towards us, before the beginning of winter." Now we hear that you ran out of food because of us. So, accept the nuts that we bring you and receive our immense thanks.
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Question 1 – Reread the fragment below:
“She thanked the most insignificant favor with a smile and always had a happy phrase […]”
The narrator of the story refers to:
Question 2 – According to the story, "the far-sighted little squirrel worked hard to gather the nuts she needed." What does “foresight” mean?
( ) “humble”.
( ) "cautious".
( ) "concerned".
Question 3 – In the excerpt “He followed it carefully, until he found a group of ants carrying pieces of walnut on their backs. It was them!”, the narrator reveals:
( ) the beginning of the story.
( ) the climax of the story.
( ) the outcome of the story.
Question 4 – In the part “Esquilinha, understanding, let them follow and returned home without saying a word.”, the underlined term indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) alternating facts.
( ) facts that contradict each other.
Question 5 - Look at this passage in the story:
“Unfortunately the winter was longer than usual […]”
Now, identify the word that expresses a narrator's comment about a fact:
( ) "Unfortunately".
( ) "far away".
( ) “normal”.
Question 6 – In “So take the nuts we bring you […]”, one of the little ants:
( ) makes a request to the little one.
( ) gives advice to the little squirrel.
( ) expresses an order to the little squirrel.
Question 7 – What is the purpose of the story about the good little chipmunk?
( ) report a fact.
( ) debate a subject.
( ) transmit a teaching.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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