activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the shy goldfinch. He was so afraid that his companions would laugh at him, that he never opened his beak, even when they begged him.. Let's know the story of this goldfinch? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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There were a lot of shy people in the woods, but none like this poor goldfinch in our history. And for so little! He was so afraid that his companions would laugh at him, that he never opened his beak, even when they begged.
- No no and no! replied the goldfinch angrily. I know I sing very badly and I don't need to have to put up with your mockery.
"No, my friend, no one will laugh at you!" — a woodpecker friend of his told him.
"Besides, who told you that you sing badly?" I heard it once when I was distracted, and I really liked its trills! a parakeet from the woods animated him.
All in vain. The shy goldfinch did not dare to sing. One day a haughty nightingale landed on its branch that sang like angels. Not caring at all about his colleague, the nightingale began to sing his best melodies.
Seeing that the goldfinch did not accompany him in the chirping, he interrupted the song and asked:
'What's the matter with you?' Why don't you sing too?
Distraught and ashamed, the goldfinch confessed his fears. After thinking, the nightingale replied:
"Whether you sing well or badly is not anyone else's business, but yours." Pay attention to what I'm going to tell you: if you don't sing at least to yourself, you're not a goldfinch, you're nothing, do you hear? Above all, you were born to sing.
Faced with this, the goldfinch was convinced. From that moment on, he began to sing as he knew how and as he could, without worrying about others.
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Question 1 - According to the narrator, “there were many shy people in the woods, but none like this poor goldfinch […]”. Identify the reason for this goldfinch's shyness:
Question 2 – In “—No, no and no!”, the dash:
( ) announces the speech of the goldfinch.
( ) marks the beginning of the goldfinch's speech.
( ) indicates a pause in the goldfinch's speech.
Question 3 – According to the narrator, the first attempts to convince the goldfinch to sing were in vain. What does "in vain" mean?
( ) "meaningless".
( ) “without speed.
( ) "unsuccessfully".
Question 4 – In the passage “One day a haughty nightingale sat on its branch, singing like the angels.”, the term “as” introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) An example.
( ) a comparison.
Question 5 – Read back:
“Not caring in the least for his colleague, the nightingale began to sing his best melodies.”
To which companion of the nightingale does the story refer?
( ) to the woodpecker.
( ) to the parakeet.
( ) to the goldfinch.
Question 6 - According to the narrator, the goldfinch “started to sing as he knew how and as he could, without worrying about others”. Name the one who led you to this change in attitude:
( ) a nightingale.
( ) a parakeet.
( ) a woodpecker.
Question 7 - What is the purpose of the text about the goldfinch?
( ) make you laugh.
( ) encourage singing.
( ) transmit a teaching.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.