activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the cuckoo. Because he was chosen as the clock bird? Let's find out? So, read the interesting text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The cuckoo is a European bird, which lives in various regions of the world. It measures 30 centimeters, has a grayish chest and the lower part of the body is covered with white and black stripes. He sings a lot in early spring, and his name comes from the sound of his singing.
According to a legend from the Black Forest region of Germany, there was a very happy bird in the woods, which sang very loudly and was a friend to all other animals. Protected puppies even though they weren't his. When it sensed danger, the bird would soon sing very loudly: cuckoo-cuckoo. Everyone was on alert. The witch, who also lived in the woods, didn't like that at all. With his warning, the animals he hunted for his witchcraft escaped! What did the evil one do? He set a trap and chased the poor cuckoo! He stuffed it inside a little house he had hanging on the wall of his house.
All the animals searched for days and couldn't find the bird anymore. Realizing that he couldn't get out of there anymore, the cuckoo had an idea.
Even in prison, he figured out how to help everyone. When the witch left the house, he would open the little door of the house and sing very loudly: cuckoo-cuckoo-cuckoo. It was a way of letting them know that the witch had gone hunting. That's how the various models of watches came about.
Marcelo Duarte.
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Question 1 - The excerpt “Measures 30 centimeters, has a grayish chest and the lower part of the body covered with white and black stripes.” It's:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 2 – In the passage "He sings a lot in early spring, and its name comes from the sound of its singing.”, the highlighted term:
( ) resumes the cuckoo.
( ) presents the cuckoo.
( ) characterizes the cuckoo.
Question 3 – In the segment “He protected puppies even though they were not his.”, it is revealed:
( ) an ephemeral action of the cuckoo in the woods.
( ) a continuous action of the cuckoo in the woods.
( ) a sporadic action of the cuckoo in the woods.
Question 4 – Read back:
"She Set a trap and chased the poor cuckoo!"
According to the legend told by the author of the text, why did the witch do this?
Question 5 - Watch:
“All the animals searched for days and they didn't find the bird anymore.”
The underlined fact:
( ) concludes the above.
( ) is added to the previous one.
( ) contrasts with the previous one.
Question 6 - According to legend, the cuckoo found “a way to warn that the witch had gone hunting.” Identify this way:
Question 7 - In the part “It was so that the various models of watches appeared.”, the underlined word was used to indicate:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 8 - According to the author, “the cuckoo was chosen as the bird of the clock”, because of:
( ) a legend.
( ) a popular vote.
( ) a scientific research.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
