Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about Jackson do Pandeiro. According to the text, Jackson do Pandeiro was a great composer and instrumentalist, who left over 400 recordings, contributing especially to the dissemination of northeastern rhythms. Are we going to learn more about the trajectory of this great Brazilian artist? So, he should carefully read the text and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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On August 31, 1919, José Gomes Filho was born, who would become known throughout the country as Jackson do Pandeiro. The taste for music started at home, since his mother, Flora Mourão, was a singer of coco, a northeastern musical rhythm. Despite all the misery in which he lived, it was still in his childhood that this man from Alagoa Grande started to play the zabumba, and then went through the drums and bongos, until he reached the tambourine.
Jackson do Pandeiro was a great composer and instrumentalist, who left over 400 recordings, contributing especially to the dissemination of northeastern rhythms. “Whoever knows Jackson do Pandeiro the most must know about 50 songs or a little more. Nobody is aware of the richness and grandeur of his work”, said Fernando Moura to the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. Moura is the author of the biography “Jackson do Pandeiro – O Rei do Ritmo” (Publisher 34).
Jackson do Pandeiro is cited as a strong artistic influence by several musicians, such as Gilberto Gil, Alceu Valença, Moraes Moreira, João Bosco, Lenine, Chico César, among others. Among the best known songs, immortalized in their interpretation, are Chiclete com Banana, Sebastiana, O Canto da Ema, Um a Um and Forró in Limoeiro. The artist died at age 62, on July 10, 1982.
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Question 1 - The text above is:
( ) A tale.
( ) a biography.
( ) a report.
Question 2 - Underline the expression that indicates a time circumstance below:
“On August 31, 1919, José Gomes Filho was born, who would become known throughout the country […]”
Question 3 - According to the text, Jackson do Pandeiro's taste for music came at home, because:
( ) his mother sang coconut.
( ) he started playing the zabumba when he was a child.
( ) he went through other instruments before the tambourine.
Question 4 – The excerpt “this paraibano from Alagoa Grande” was written for:
( ) resume “Jackson do Pandeiro”.
( ) announce “Jackson do Pandeiro”.
( ) characterize “Jackson do Pandeiro”.
Question 5 - In the passage “Jackson do Pandeiro was a great composer and instrumentalist […]”, the author of the text:
( ) provides a description of Jackson do Pandeiro's work.
( ) presents an evaluation of Jackson do Pandeiro's work.
( ) raises a hypothesis about the work of Jackson do Pandeiro.
Question 6 – In the sentence “[…] that left more than 400 recordings […]”, the verb expresses:
( ) an action by Jackson do Pandeiro.
( ) a state of Jackson do Pandeiro.
( ) a way of being of Jackson do Pandeiro.
Question 7 – In the segment “[…] contributing especially in the diffusion of Northeastern rhythms.”, the underlined word could be replaced by:
( ) “intensely”.
( ) "principally".
( ) "specifically".
Question 8 – Reread this text fragment:
“Jackson do Pandeiro is cited as a strong artistic influence by several musicians, like Gilberto Gil, Alceu Valença, Moraes Moreira, João Bosco, Lenine […]”
In the fragment above, the highlighted word introduces:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
Question 9 – In “[…] we have Chiclete com Banana, Sebastiana, O Canto da Ema, Um a Um and Forró in Limoeiro.”, the commas indicate an enumeration of elements:
( ) that oppose.
( ) that add up.
( ) that alternate.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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