Interpretation of a text in the news genre, entitled “Meet a species of endangered dragonfly”, aimed at 7th grade students.
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Read this news:
They fly fast and in a way that always attracts attention. For those who like to watch them, sitting on the edge of a pond or a stream and fixing your eyes on the water mirror is a great tip: you can bet the dragonflies will come!
Dragonflies come in different colors and sizes, they have the habit of skimming over water. Do they do this to cool off? Nothing! This is a custom of females, who hit the end of their body – the abdomen – in the water.
Well, dragonfly larvae are exclusively aquatic, so when the female touches the abdomen in the water, it is releasing its eggs, which after some time will hatch, releasing the larvae.
Some groups of dragonflies lay their eggs in different places, such as the Leptagrion acutum, whose larvae develop in water accumulated in Atlantic Forest bromeliads. This species has an abdomen considered to be long, approximately 4.5 centimeters.
for a long time leptagrion acutum was not found. Imagine that, for 40 years, there was no record of your observation by a researcher.
But, in 2005, it was found in the Biological Reserve of Córrego Grande, in the North of Espírito Santo, where researchers observed only two males and 16 females. This reserve is located in Conceição da Barra, the same city as the first observation.
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1) Reread:
“Meet a species of endangered dragonfly"
Now, identify the idea expressed by the highlighted word, as well as the purpose of the news:
2) Read what is said about the dragonfly:
I. The larvae, originating from dragonfly eggs, are predominantly aquatic.
II. leptagrion acutum is the scientific name for some specific groups of dragonflies.
III. the presence of leptagrion acutum, in the North of Espírito Santo, is a sign that the species is no longer so threatened with extinction.
Only what is stated in:
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b) II
c) I and II
d) II and III
3) Identify the excerpt that evidences the direct speech of the author with the reader:
a) “They fly fast and in a way that always attracts attention.”.
b) “Dragonflies have different colors and sizes […]”.
c) “Imagine that, for 40 years, there was no record of your observation by a researcher.”.
d) “This species has an abdomen considered to be long, of approximately 4.5 centimeters.”.
4) Note this passage of text:
"Dragonflies come in different colors and sizes, has the habit of skimming over water.”
a) Identify what the highlighted verb refers to.
b) Explain why the caret in the highlighted verb.
5) Analyze the keyword in the text, ie the main word, “dragonfly”. Then mark the alternative that contains words that are accented for the same reason as it:
a) water and habit.
b) Atlantic and female.
c) bromeliads and Spirit.
d) aquatic and stream.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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