This is a text interpretation activity with two classic fables: The cicada and the ant and The fox and the stork
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The fables are stories told for many years in various parts of the world. They serve to convey a moral, that is, a teaching or advice.
Aesop was a Greek slave who lived about 2500 years ago and who had the gift of creating stories, most of which contained animal characters who acted like human beings. Through these stories Aesop criticized human behavior that he considered wrong.
French writer La Fontaine was inspired by Aesop to write his fables.
TEXT 1: The cicada and the ant
The cicada having counted all summer, she found herself when winter came with no provision.
She went to the house of the ant, her neighbor, and then told her:
– Dear friend, could you lend me a grain of rice, flour or beans? I'm starving.
– Haven't you eaten for a long time? asked the ant, miserly by profession.
- Does.
- And what did you do all summer?
“I sang,” said the cicada.
– You sang, did you? Well now, dance!
Jean de La Fontaine. Fables. Rio de Janeiro: Revan, 2002. P. 10
TEXT 2: The fox and the stork
One day the fox invited the stork to dinner. Wanting to play one trick on another, she served the soup on a shallow plate. Of course the fox has had all his soup without the slightest problem, but the poor stork with its long beak can barely take a drop. The result was that the stork returned home starving to death. The fox pretended she was worried, asked if the soup wasn't to the stork's taste, but the stork said nothing. When he left, he was very grateful for the fox's kindness and said that he insisted on returning dinner the next day.
As soon as it arrived, the fox sat down licking his lips in hunger, curious to see what delicacies the other was going to serve. Dinner came to the table in a tall, narrow-necked pitcher from which the stork could drink without any problem. The fox, very annoyed, had only one way out: to lick the droplets of soup that were running down the outside of the jar. She learned her lesson very well, as she walked home hungry, she thought: “I can't complain about the stork. She treated me badly, but I was rude to her first.”
Moral: She treats others as she wants to be treated.
Aesop. Aesop's Fables. São Paulo: Companhia das Letrinhas, 2005. P. 36.
Text interpretation
1) Check the alternative that shows the similarity between the two texts:
a) ( ) They are informative texts
b) ( ) Have two characters
c) ( ) the characters are human
d) ( ) the characters are animals
e) ( ) are text fables
2) To answer the questions below, read text 1
a) Who are the characters in the story?
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b) Who is the author of the text?
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c) What happened to the cicada when winter came?
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d) What could the cicada have done to make its situation different in winter?
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e) What was the ant's attitude towards the cicada?
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f) Do you agree with the ant's attitude? If you were the ant, what attitude would you take towards the cicada's call for help?
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3) To answer the questions below, read text 2
a) Who are the characters in the story?
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b) Who is the author of the text? And what is the title of the text?
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c) How many and which are the environments in which the story takes place?
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d) What did the fox do to the stork?
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e) In your opinion, what was the feeling of the stork when leaving the fox's lair?
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f) What is the moral of the story? What is your opinion about her?
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4) In what situations in our daily lives, do you think this moral of the story can be used?
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