activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the little woodpecker. He is one of the nearly 60 woodpeckers that live in Brazil. How about getting to know him better? So read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Exclusive to the Atlantic Forest, the bird stands out for the colors of its plumage; shaky vocalization is discreet and does not draw much attention.
The Spotted Woodpecker veniliornis maculifrons
is one of the nearly 60 woodpeckers that live in Brazil. Found in the south of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and in the east of Minas Gerais, the bird enchants with its plumage.The 16 centimeters in length have colored tones: brown belly with white spots, greenish brown mantle with small yellow spots and yellow nape are characteristic of both sexes. What differentiates the individuals, in fact, is the top of the head, which in males is red and in females yellowish-brown.
With its short beak, the bird captures insects and larvae, a typical diet of most woodpeckers. In addition to the beak, which works as a probe in search of food, this and other species have a tongue full of barbs, useful for hooking pests that are in the depths of the galleries. This habit not only guarantees 'dinner', but also contributes to the health of the trees.
Exclusive to the Atlantic Forest – biome that covers 15% of the national territory and is considered a priority area for global conservation; the small-fronted woodpecker lives in secondary forests in the Serra do Mar, in clearings, edges of forests, plantations and capoeiras, where they usually stay in couples or even accompany mixed flocks of birds.
In the reproductive period, the bird shelters the shiny white eggs in holes excavated in the trunk and in the branches of dead trees and palm trees.
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Question 1 - Read back:
“Found in the south of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and in the east of Minas Gerais, the bird enchants with its plumage.”
What bird does the text refer to?
Question 2 – The excerpt “The 16 centimeters in length have colored tones […]” is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – According to the text, the difference between the male and female of the spotted-fronted woodpecker is in color:
( ) of the back of the neck.
( ) of the belly.
( ) from the top of the head.
Question 4 – In the passage “Beyond the nozzle, which works as a probe in search of food […]”, the underlined term introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) An example.
( ) a comparison.
Question 5 – In “[…] a tongue full of splinters, useful for hooking plagues that remain in the depths […]”, the word “to” indicates:
( ) direction.
( ) destiny.
( ) goal.
Question 6 - Watch:
“This habit not only guarantees ‘dinner’, but also contributes to the health of the trees.”
The highlighted fact:
( ) concludes another.
( ) is opposed to another.
( ) is added to another.
Question 7 - According to the text, the spotted woodpecker occurs:
( ) only in the Atlantic Forest.
( ) mainly in the Atlantic Forest.
( ) occasionally in the Atlantic Forest.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
