activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about chatting. Let's get to know this bird similar to the clay joey better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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To identify the species, a tip is to observe the vocalization; bird has more colorful plumage than the 'architect cousin'.
Plumage colors, beak size and bird behaviors are important characteristics for observers and experts to identify the species. In this case, the tip is to pay attention to the vocalization to discover the popular name of the
Phleocryptes melanops, a bird that occurs from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul.Small, measuring up to 13 centimeters and 16 grams, the beak calls attention for the sound it reproduces when it is perched in the typical vegetation of swamps, taboais, pirizais and swamps.
In addition to the sound, the plumage stands out for the mix of colors. Distantly related to the clay john, it also has brownish tones, but its color is more striking: head dark brown, white eyebrow, throat, chest and abdomen yellowish and back striped with shades of gray, black and brown.
Male and female are identical. The juveniles, on the other hand, have more opaque colors, grayish upper parts with white patches and a striated chest.
The chit-chat menu features insects caught near the water. During the reproductive period, the bird builds nests on the stalks of cattails (Thypha domingensis) – aquatic plant, which can measure about 3 meters in height; with the help of leaves and mud. The bird uses the Brazilian coast as a breeding ground.
Outside Brazil, it also occurs in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Giulia Bucheroni.
"People's Land". Available in:. (Fragment).
Question 1 - Read back:
“Meet the chat, a relative of the clay joão”
The author of the text does:
( ) an appeal.
( ) a request.
( ) an invitation.
Question 2 – In "Small, up to 13 centimeters and 16 grams, the chatter draws attention for the sound it reproduces […]”, the underlined passage is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – In the segment “[…] typical vegetation of swamps, taboais, pirizais and bathed.”, the underlined word indicates:
( ) sum.
( ) contrast.
( ) alternation.
Question 4 – According to the text, the plumage of the beak “stands out for the mixture of colors”. In other words, she stands out:
( ) by color types.
( ) by mixing colors.
( ) due to the rarity of the colors.
Question 5 - Watch:
“[…] the bird builds nests in the stalks of cattails (Thypha domingensis) – aquatic plant, which can measure up to 3 meters in height […]”
The dash introduces:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) one explanation.
( ) an example.
Question 6 - In "the bird uses the Brazilian coast as a breeding ground.”, the underlined expression:
( ) resumes the chat.
( ) presents the chat.
( ) characterizes the chat.
Question 7 - Identify the passage that expresses a comparison:
( ) “[…] also has brownish tones, but its color is more striking […]”
( ) “The chat menu has insects caught near the water.”
( ) “Outside Brazil, it also occurs in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Bolivia.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.