activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth graders, about Terry the dog and the feral kitten. According to the story, Terry thought he was the bully… He liked to frighten the neighborhood cats. One day, he goes to meet a kitten, who was reputed to be very ferocious! What happened from there, huh? Let's find out? So read the story carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Terry was a very playful and mischievous little dog. He spent all his time scaring the other animals that lived with him. He mostly liked to scare the neighborhood cats. He was used to all the animals running away when they saw him appear.
"They're all cowards!" Terry was saying contemptuously. — As soon as I let out a few barks, they run by. It looks like a lie!
In fact, he would have liked to find someone who would face him, at least once in his life, but there was no way. They even spoke of a feral, roguish cat that lived on the corner of their street. Very incredulous, Terry went to check the courage of this animal. It wasn't even right in front of him yet and already Terry was breaking down in violent barks and ferocious gestures. Far from being frightened, the cat stroked the tip of its whiskers.
- Vain kitten! You better run away when I bark. Then you can have a heartbreak. Terry threatened angrily.
Without saying a word and very furious, the "kitty" threw himself at Terry and scratched him deeply on one of the paws, while saying:
"You're going to have a heartbreak, braggart!" Take it, and see if you like it!
Terry was scared to death. The scratch was covered in blood and was painful. Since that day, Terry has stopped chasing cats. On the contrary, when he saw one, he broke into a run with all his might.
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Question 1 - The line “Terry was a very playful and mischievous little dog.” It's:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 2 – Identify the segment where the narrator reveals Terry's custom:
( ) “He spent all his time scaring the other animals that lived with him.”
( ) “In fact, he would even like to find someone who would face him [...]”
( ) “Very incredulous, Terry went to prove the courage of this animal.”
Question 3 – In “—They are all cowards!”, the dash marks:
( ) the beginning of Terry's speech.
( ) a pause in Terry's speech.
( ) the continuity of Terry's speech.
Question 4 – In the part “[…] Terry broke down in violent barking and ferocious gestures [...]”, the highlighted word expresses:
( ) addition.
( ) contrast.
( ) conclusion.
Question 5 - Read back:
“Without saying a word and very furious, the ‘kitten’ threw himself at Terry and scratched him deeply on one of his paws […]”
This snippet is:
( ) the beginning of the story.
( ) the climax of the story.
( ) the end of the story.
Question 6 - In “—You're going to have a heartbreak, braggart! Here, and see if you like it!?”, the cat addressed Terry, calling him “a braggart”. what did he mean with this?
Question 7 - In the passage "Since that day, Terry stopped chasing the cats.”, the underlined expression was used to indicate:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 8 - The text read is intended to:
( ) make you laugh.
( ) disclose something.
( ) transmit a teaching.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
