activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about a review of The day my building collapsed. Do we know about this book? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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In a letter to his granddaughter, a grandfather recalls the times when our country was still populated by buildings and large constructions – and what happened as they went away, one by one.
One day, without the slightest warning or apparent reason, a building collapsed. That's right: suddenly, that building left the city where it was built and left everyone around with their jaws dropped.
And that was just the first. After him, other constructions started to leave without explanation and without even looking back. Even the famous did the same: the National Museum, the Bonfim Church, the Amazonas Theater and the Planalto Palace went far away. In its place were homeless people and empty spaces.
In this narrative written by Estevão Azevedo, winner of the São Paulo Literature Prize, and beautifully illustrated by Rômolo D'Hipólito, a grandfather tells his granddaughter about the times of concrete, in which they all lived crammed into small apartments in large buildings, and he tells how, from one moment to the next, the world they all knew became something they could never have imagined.
Book suitable for readers from 6 years.
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Question 1 – “The day my building collapsed” is the name of:
( ) a book.
( ) film.
( ) a TV program.
Question 2 – In the passage “It that same […]”, the highlighted term resumes information. Identify this information:
( ) “One day, without the slightest warning or apparent reason, a building collapsed.”
( ) “[…] suddenly, that building left the city where it had been built […]”
( ) “[…] and left everyone around with their jaws dropped.”
Question 3 – In “After him, other constructions began to leave without explanation and without even looking back.”, the text reveals facts from the history of the book, which:
( ) add up.
( ) alternate.
( ) contrast.
Question 4 – Read back:
“Even the famous did the same: the National Museum, the Bonfim Church, the Amazonas Theater and the Planalto Palace went far away.”
This fragment is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 5 – Underline below the part that has the function to present:
“In this narrative written by Estevão Azevedo, winner of the São Paulo Literature Prize […]”
Question 6 – Watch:
“[…] and beautifully illustrated by Rômolo D’Hipólito, a grandfather tells his granddaughter about the concrete times, when everyone lived crowded together in small apartments in large buildings […]”
In this segment, there is a term that expresses an opinion. Tick it:
( ) “beautifully”.
( ) “small”.
( ) "big ones".
Question 7 – In the excerpt “[…] and tells how, from one hour to the next, the world that everyone knew became something they could never have imagined.”, the word “how”:
( ) indicates mode.
( ) introduces an example.
( ) establishes a comparison.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
