activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about an African history. let's read the text Why the giraffe has no voice? Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
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Read:
[…] The day of the race was soon set. The leopard, certain that he would win, summoned all the animals in the forest to see him defeat the big one. The animals rushed to have fun and cheer for the giraffe's defeat.
As soon as the start was given, the two left side by side, but soon the leopard took the lead. He was running so fast that he ended up crashing into a tree and had to abandon the competition.
The animals were very disappointed to see the giraffe become champion. After the victory, she became even more talkative.
Nobody had the patience to put up with that endless blah blah blah anymore. Until the monkey, smart as he was, decided to fix the matter.
He took a bit of resin from a tree and mixed it into the branches that the giraffe usually chews. Then he hid, waiting for the talker to arrive to eat.
The leaves clung to the giraffe's long neck, and no matter how much she coughed and spit, they stuck to her throat, silencing her forever. From then on, her descendants were born without a voice.
Rogerio Andrade Barbosa. “African Stories to Tell and Retell”.
SP: Editora do Brasil, 200.
Question 1 - Read back:
“The leopard, certain that he would win, summoned all the animals in the forest to see him defeat the big one.”
What big girl is the story referring to?
Question 2 – Underline the word that introduces purposes below:
“The animals rushed to have fun and cheer for the giraffe’s defeat.”
Question 3 – According to the story, the leopard “had to drop out of competition”. Identify the snippet that reveals the reason for this:
( ) “As soon as the start was given, the two left side by side [...]”
( ) “the leopard took the lead”.
( ) “He ran so much that he ended up crashing into a tree”.
Question 4 – In the part “The bugs were very disappointed […]”, the underlined word:
( ) defines.
( ) intensifies.
( ) complements.
Question 5 - In the passage “After the victory, Is it over there became even more talkative.”, the highlighted term:
( ) resumes the giraffe.
( ) presents the giraffe.
( ) characterizes the giraffe.
Question 6 - According to the narrator, no one could stand the giraffe's blah-blah-blah anymore. What does "giraffe blah blah blah" mean?
( ) the corner of the giraffe.
( ) the screaming of the giraffe.
( ) the talk of the giraffe.
Question 7 - Look at the snippet:
“He took a bit of resin from a tree and mixed it into the branches that giraffes usually chew on.”
The word “and” indicates:
( ) actions that add up.
( ) actions that alternate.
( ) actions that contradict each other.
Question 8 - According to the narrator, the giraffe was forever silent thanks to the plan drawn up and executed:
( ) by the leopard.
( ) by the monkey.
( ) by another forest animal.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
