Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the gray lizard. Because he shakes his head so much? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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In fact, it's the gray lizard that shakes its head up and down frequently, as if it's agreeing to something or enjoying a sound. Have you seen it? This small reptile – also known as calango, carambolo, labiró or tamaquaré – measures from nine to 12 centimeters and belongs to the species
tropidurus hispidus. But other lizards of the genus Tropidurus make the same head movement.The gray lizard follows this rhythm all day: nods, walks a few inches, sways again, and so on. When I was a child and didn't even dream of becoming a researcher, I was already intrigued by the behavior of this animal. On one occasion I asked my grandmother if she knew why he shook his head so much. She told me a story at the time, but I wasn't too convinced and kept this curiosity. I grew up, I ended up dedicating myself to the environment and guess what I decided to investigate? The gray lizard!
After much observation and study, I found that as these lizards are unable to emit sounds, they use this head shake as a means of visual communication with individuals in the same species. If you've thought of something similar to sign language, used by people who don't speak, that's it!
The number of swings, the interval between each of them, and the space between sets of swings have meanings that are understood by other gray lizards. With this behavior, a lizard can inform the other, for example, if it is male or female and give hints about its strength and endurance, which is very important in defending its territory.
It's not interesting? […]
Jivanildo Pinheiro Miranda.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 244.
Available in:. (With adaptation).
Question 1 – Reread the following fragment:
“This small reptile – also known as calango, carambolo, labiró or tamaquaré – […] belongs to the species tropidurus hispidus.”
What small reptile does the author refer to?
Question 2 – The excerpt “[…] measures from nine to 12 centimeters […]” is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – In the segment “[…] shake your head, walk a few centimeters, shake again and so it goes on.”, the underlined word indicates actions of the gray lizard that:
( ) oppose.
( ) add up.
( ) alternate.
Question 4 – The author says that, since childhood, he “was already intrigued” with the behavior of the gray lizard. In other words, he was already:
( ) happy with the behavior of the gray lizard.
( ) curious about the behavior of the gray lizard.
( ) annoyed with the behavior of the gray lizard.
Question 5 - In the "[…] how these lizards are unable to make sounds, they use this head shake as a means of visual communication […]”, the highlighted fact is:
( ) the cause of another.
( ) the purpose of another.
( ) the consequence of another.
Question 6 – Watch:
"If you've thought of something similar to sign language, used by people who don't speak, that's right!"
The exclamation point was used after this sentence to express the feeling in relation to the fact:
( ) of relief.
( ) of fear.
( ) of admiration.
Question 7 – In “Isn't it interesting?”, the author addresses the reader directly to:
( ) Give a suggestion.
( ) express an opinion.
( ) transmit a teaching.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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