activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the miser flamingo. Never had a flamingo been so greedy in that region.. Shall we know his story? So read the text very carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Never in that region had a flamingo been so avaricious. He had found, some time ago, a hidden treasure, which was enough to guarantee him the future. Still, he didn't stop working. He didn't do it to contribute to the community, but out of greed, to accumulate ever greater wealth. Every day he left the house at sunrise and did not return until late at night. And that's because they wouldn't let him work at night.
— We must be prudent and work as hard as possible, because the future is uncertain. - he said to justify himself.
"But how much money does this flamingo need?" the pelican wondered.
“Look at him. - pointed the hare. He's been wearing this same outfit for many years. And everything to save, have you seen it?
Indeed, in addition to being a tireless accumulator of wealth, the flamingo was incapable of spending a penny. His appearance, as depressing as possible, caused pity and contempt for his acquaintances.
One day the flamingo, who was also eating very poorly, woke up with a stomachache and couldn't go to work.
- What a sadness! he exclaimed, fearing for his future. I can't go to work! Well… no calling the doctor. He charges a lot for visits and then there are the medicines… I'll wait a little longer. Sure enough, the pain will soon pass…
Time passed and the miser flamingo got worse and worse. When, finally desperate, he decided to call the doctor, it was already too late. The disease had progressed a lot and there was no more medicine.
Then the flamingo realized that avarice had harmed him. Wealth is only valuable if we know how to use it.
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Question 1 - According to the story, the flamingo “wouldn’t stop working” to:
( ) “guarantee the future”.
( ) “contribute to the community”.
( ) “accumulating more and more wealth”.
Question 2 – In the passage “Every day, I left the house at sunrise and only returned late at night.”, the narrator reveals facts from the flamingo’s routine that:
( ) are added.
( ) alternate.
( ) are contrasted.
Question 3 – In the segment “His appearance, as depressing as possible, caused pity and contempt for his acquaintances.”, the narrator refers to the appearance:
( ) of the pelican.
( ) of the hare.
( ) of the flamingo.
Question 4 – In “— How sad! - he exclaimed, fearing for your future.”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:
( ) “fighting”.
( ) “praying”.
( ) “fearing”.
Question 5 - In the “When, finally desperate, he decided to call the doctor, it was already too late.”, the underlined word indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 5 - Watch:
“Then the flamingo understood that avarice had harmed him.”
This snippet is:
( ) the beginning of the story.
( ) the climax of the story.
( ) the end of the story.
Question 7 - Identify the fragment that contains a narrator's opinion:
( ) “[…] the flamingo was incapable of spending a penny.”
( ) “They charge a lot for the visits and then there are the medicines…”
( ) “Wealth is only valuable if we know how to use it.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
