activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about patativa. The bird that has a discreet appearance and a complex song! Let's get to know patativa better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Read:
The patative (Sporophila plumbea) is a species of papaya grass that has two populations in Brazil.
It is considered a discreet bird, both male and female, even though the couple is different from each other. As in the vast majority of cases of the species of the genus Sporophila, the female of the patativa is brown. The partner, on the other hand, has a predominantly gray look, with some parts of the body in lighter tones.
It has two relatives that are also called “patativa”, such as the chorão, still known as patativa-chorona, and also the patativa-tropeira. The whiting differs visually from the “common” patativa by having a yellow beak and part of the belly region in a whitish tone, being similar only to the juvenile of the mentioned species. The main visual difference in the Patativa-tropeira is the color of the beak, which, as in the willow, is also yellow. The plumage is predominantly gray, making it very similar to the patativa.
In addition to the visual aspect, it is possible to identify each of these species by vocalization. A curiosity is that, in Tupi, “patativa” means “person who talks a lot”. You can understand the reason for this name when you listen to the song of the species, which is surprising for its complexity.
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Question 1 – Read back:
“The bird that has a discreet appearance and a complex song”
The text refers to:
( ) patative.
( ) patativa-tropeira.
( ) patativa-crying.
Question 2 – The excerpt “[…] the female of the patativa is brown.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – In the passage “Now the partner presents the visual predominantly gray […]”, the highlighted word indicates:
( ) mode.
( ) time.
( ) intensity.
Question 4 – In “The chorão differs visually from the ‘common’ patativa by having a yellow beak and part of the belly region in a whitish tone […]”, the term “e” points out:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) contrasting facts.
Question 5 – Watch:
“The main visual difference in the Patativa-tropeira is the color of the beak, which like this in the willow, it is also yellow.”
The underlined expression introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) An example.
( ) a comparison.
Question 6 – In the part “[…] in Tupi, ‘patativa’ means ‘person who talks a lot’.”, the text:
( ) gives an explanation.
( ) raises a hypothesis.
( ) presents a conclusion.
Question 7 – According to the text, it “surprises due to its complexity”:
( ) the beak of the patativa.
( ) the corner of the patativa.
( ) the plumage of the patativa.
Per Denise Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
