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1. O documento apresenta o testemunho de Duarte Pacheco Pereira sobre as navegações portuguesas no século XV e como estas desmistificaram vários conceitos geográficos e etnográficos defendidos pelos antigos.
2. Pacheco Pereira destaca como as navegações portuguesas ampliaram os domínios do conhecimento geográfico, astronómico e etnográfico.
3. A experiência adquirida nas viagens permitiu aos portugueses provar a falsidade de ideias como
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Jack and his mother were running out of food after his father passed away. Jack's mother sent him to sell their cow Molly in town. On the way, Jack met a man who traded magic beans for the cow. Jack's mother was upset by the trade. The next morning, a beanstalk grew from the beans. Jack climbed it and found a giant's house with a golden goose and harp, which he took. The giant discovered Jack and threatened to take the items back.
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Inviting:
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- Would you like to join me for dinner this Friday?
Accepting:
- Yes, I'd love to. What time should I be there?
- That sounds great. I'm free then.
Refusing:
- I'm afraid I have other plans that night.
- Unfortunately I have a prior commitment. Thank you for the invitation though.
- I'd love to but I have a work deadline to meet. Maybe next time?
The key aspects are using polite
Jack, a naughty boy, goes for a walk in the deep dark forest with his basket and pet cow Daisy. He comes upon a house made of straw and goes inside, finding a huge kitchen table with chairs of different sizes. Jack sits in the medium chair while Daisy takes the enormous chair. Jack is hungry and opens the oven, but the gingerbread man inside escapes. More of Jack and Daisy's adventures will be in the next chapter.
Jack, a naughty boy, goes for a walk in the deep dark forest with his basket and pet cow Daisy. He comes upon a house made of straw and goes inside. In the kitchen, Jack sees a huge chair that Daisy sits in, a medium chair for himself, and a tiny chair holding the Little Red Hen. Hungry, Jack opens the oven to find the Gingerbread Man, but he escapes into the forest before Jack can eat him. More of Jack and Daisy's adventures will happen in the next chapter.
Jack, a naughty boy, goes for a walk in the deep dark forest with his basket and pet cow Daisy. He comes upon a house made of straw and goes inside. In the kitchen, Jack sits in a medium chair while Daisy sits in an enormous chair. Jack is hungry and opens the oven to find a gingerbread man, but it escapes into the forest before Jack can eat it. More of Jack and Daisy's adventures will be in the next chapter.
Here is the rearranged story:
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3. Suddenly, he spied the slingshot which Ralph had carelessly left on the floor.
4. He made one leap and began to chew the rubber band.
5. Ralph rescued his slingshot just in time.
6. That experience taught Ralph to put his toys in their proper place.
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1. O documento apresenta o testemunho de Duarte Pacheco Pereira sobre as navegações portuguesas no século XV e como estas desmistificaram vários conceitos geográficos e etnográficos defendidos pelos antigos.
2. Pacheco Pereira destaca como as navegações portuguesas ampliaram os domínios do conhecimento geográfico, astronómico e etnográfico.
3. A experiência adquirida nas viagens permitiu aos portugueses provar a falsidade de ideias como
Jack trades his dog Trigger for some magic beans with an old man in the market. The beans grow overnight into a giant beanstalk that reaches the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and encounters a giant's wife, who warns him that her giant husband will eat him for breakfast. The next day, Jack sneaks into the giant's house and steals a bag of gold coins and a magic guitar. The giant chases Jack down the beanstalk, but Jack and his mother cut it down, killing the giant. Jack and his mother then live happily ever after with the money from selling the magic guitar.
Jack and his mother were poor after his father died, leaving them only a cow. Jack traded the cow for magic beans with an old man, angering his mother. The beans grew into a giant beanstalk reaching the sky. Jack climbed the beanstalk and found a giant's castle, where he saw and stole his father's magic possessions - a money bag, chicken, and harp - while the giant slept. To escape the waking giant, Jack cut down the beanstalk, causing the giant to fall to his death. Jack and his mother were no longer poor with the recovery of his father's possessions.
Jack and his mother were running out of food after his father passed away. Jack's mother sent him to sell their cow Molly in town. On the way, Jack met a man who traded magic beans for the cow. Jack's mother was upset by the trade. The next morning, a beanstalk grew from the beans. Jack climbed it and found a giant's house with a golden goose and harp, which he took. The giant discovered Jack and threatened to take the items back.
Martin's pet iguana, Iggie, goes missing from his apartment. Martin and his friend Arnold search throughout the apartment complex for Iggie, eventually discovering that Iggie had hidden in a basket of warm laundry and was taken to Aunt Mary's sister's apartment, where he was mistaken for a toy.
Summary: A boy sells trades his old milk cow to an old man for some magic seeds. The old man promises Jack he'll be rich. Jack climbs up the beanstalk and finds two golden eggs. He hears a loud sound and then climbs back down. What happens next?
The document contains 13 fables with the moral or theme missing from the ending of each story. The student is asked to determine the moral of each fable and explain how their answer relates back to the details in the story. The fables teach various life lessons about preparing for the future, avoiding greed, recognizing one's own flaws, and considering situations from other perspectives.
This story tells of a young woman who is feeling discouraged and wants to give up due to difficulties in her life. Her mother takes her to the kitchen and boils carrots, eggs, and coffee beans in three pots of water. After removing them, the mother asks the daughter to observe how each reacted differently to the boiling water. The carrots softened, the egg hardened inside but remained intact, and the coffee beans changed the water. The mother asks the daughter which one she is - implying whether she wilts under pressure, gets hardened by difficulties, or transforms the situation. The story encourages facing adversity by elevating oneself to make positive change.
Here are some common expressions for inviting, accepting, and refusing invitations based on the picture:
Inviting:
- I'd like to invite you to come to my office anniversary party this Saturday.
- Would you like to join me for dinner this Friday?
Accepting:
- Yes, I'd love to. What time should I be there?
- That sounds great. I'm free then.
Refusing:
- I'm afraid I have other plans that night.
- Unfortunately I have a prior commitment. Thank you for the invitation though.
- I'd love to but I have a work deadline to meet. Maybe next time?
The key aspects are using polite
Jack, a naughty boy, goes for a walk in the deep dark forest with his basket and pet cow Daisy. He comes upon a house made of straw and goes inside, finding a huge kitchen table with chairs of different sizes. Jack sits in the medium chair while Daisy takes the enormous chair. Jack is hungry and opens the oven, but the gingerbread man inside escapes. More of Jack and Daisy's adventures will be in the next chapter.
Jack, a naughty boy, goes for a walk in the deep dark forest with his basket and pet cow Daisy. He comes upon a house made of straw and goes inside. In the kitchen, Jack sees a huge chair that Daisy sits in, a medium chair for himself, and a tiny chair holding the Little Red Hen. Hungry, Jack opens the oven to find the Gingerbread Man, but he escapes into the forest before Jack can eat him. More of Jack and Daisy's adventures will happen in the next chapter.
Jack, a naughty boy, goes for a walk in the deep dark forest with his basket and pet cow Daisy. He comes upon a house made of straw and goes inside. In the kitchen, Jack sits in a medium chair while Daisy sits in an enormous chair. Jack is hungry and opens the oven to find a gingerbread man, but it escapes into the forest before Jack can eat it. More of Jack and Daisy's adventures will be in the next chapter.
Here is the rearranged story:
1. Yesterday, Ralph’s dog, Linus, taught him a lesson.
2. As Ralph dusted the furniture Linus sat watching him.
3. Suddenly, he spied the slingshot which Ralph had carelessly left on the floor.
4. He made one leap and began to chew the rubber band.
5. Ralph rescued his slingshot just in time.
6. That experience taught Ralph to put his toys in their proper place.
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1. Reading Comprehension: Jack and the Giant Pepper
Name: _____________________________________________________
Jack and the Giant Pepper
Once there was a boy named Jack. He lived in the forest with his mother and their pet
panda bear, Archibald. They were happy, but they were very poor. One day, Mom said,
"Dearest Jack, our cash flow is seriously plugged. You'll have to sell Archibald at the
market. Buy food and seeds. This is all we have, so don't buy any nonsense!" Jack liked his panda,
but he was nearly starved.
So he hiked with Archibald through the forest to the market. Suddenly, a little purple man in a
shiny silver tweed suit jumped onto the path. His face was a wrinkly old potato, but his eyes were
sharp and bright as knife points. "Gushing grape juice!" he croaked. "That's the finest panda in
the county! How'd you like to trade it for something magical?" Magical. Jack's scalp tingled.
"Actually, I'm shopping for food and seeds." "Seeds! How about a real seed?" The man opened
his fist, and on his palm a seed sparkled like a ruby. "This seed will grow into the biggest pepper
in the world." "A giant pepper plant!" Jack said. "I could climb up the vine to the cloud lands
where the giant lives! I could steal his treasures and never work again! Wow! It's a deal, grape
man!" Jack traded the panda and ran home with the magic seed.
"One seed?" Mom said. "What are we supposed to eat while it grows?" "Oops," Jack said. As
usual, his belly chose the wrong moment to growl. "Now we really will starve," Mom said. There
was nothing to do but plant the seed. The next morning, the magic plant had already grown! But
it wasn’t a giant vine, it was a giant pepper. The plant was normal. The pepper was the size of a
house. "Oh, that's great," Jack said. "I can’t climb a big pepper to the giant." "Sell it," Mom said.
"It won't fetch as much as the panda, but anything's better than three months of pepper
casserole. I trust you know what to buy this time, son."
So Jack rolled the pepper to market. It was ridiculously heavy, and of course he had to roll it up a
big hill. Suddenly, up came the old man. He was riding Archibald. "That pepper for sale?" asked
the man. "Not to you," Jack said. "Not even for a magic toothbrush?" The old man smiled. His
teeth shone like the moon. "How would you like to never brush your teeth again?" Jack hesitated.
He did hate brushing his teeth. Then he said, "Sorry, I have this thing about getting humiliated
twice by the same purple guy." The man's dark eyes narrowed and gleamed. "Young man, I want
2. that pepper." "Don't we all," Jack said. He put his shoulder to the massive pepper. "Give it here!"
the man screamed. He leapt from the panda, his fingers gnarled claws tearing at Jack. Jack
dodged. The man crashed into the pepper and it rolled away with him down the hill.
So Jack rode the panda home. He'd never thought to ride him before. "Not another panda!"
Mom said. But Jack explained everything. "Well, I'm happy to see Archibald," Mom said, "but we
still need cash. You'll have to sell him. Again." "I've been thinking," Jack said. "It’s not everyone
that has a riding panda. Why don't we give lessons?" And so they did. All the neighbouring
villagers cheerfully shelled out big bucks to learn how to ride a panda. From then on, Jack had
plenty of money. And he never saw the purple old man again.
Exercise A: Detail Check
Before we get into the Deeper Meanings of our tale, let's do a little detail hunting to make sure
everyone's awake. Your answers don't have to be in complete sentences.
1. How long did it take the magic pepper to grow?
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2. The magic seed sparkled like which gem?
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3. Describe the old man's appearance.
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4. What did Jack's mother want him to buy?
_____________________________________________________________________
5. How much time goes by from the first thing Mom says to the last thing Jack says? Give your
answer in time units (e.g., days).
_____________________________________________________________________
6. What problem did Mom point out with Jack's plan to buy the magic seed, grow a huge plant,
and climb it to raid the giant's house?
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7. Did Mom instantly recognize Archibald when Jack brought him back? Explain how you know.
_____________________________________________________________________
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8. How did the old man exit Jack's life?
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3. Exercise B: Rousing Understanding
Okay, good, we're awake. Now let's look at the story on a slightly more meaningful level.
(We’re not at the Deeper Meanings stage yet.)
1. Metaphor. A metaphor is a comparison that doesn't bother with "like" or "as". If you say,
"That guy's a werewolf," we presume you're being metaphorical and you mean "he's vicious"
(rather than "he's a superhuman monster"). Each word below appears in the story as a metaphor.
Write what the metaphor refers to, then explain how the ideas of the metaphor connect.
a. potato
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b. claws
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2. Simile. A simile is a comparison that does use "like" or "as". "Red as a rose", "in like a lion",
and "fat as a," er, "corporate bonus" are all similes. Write three similes from the
story.
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3. Why doesn't Jack trade in the pepper for the magic toothbrush?
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4. Why could you think that Jack's mother plans ahead?
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Exercise C: Imagine
For these questions, the only rule is that you have to use complete sentences. You can
finish a question on the back of the page if you need the space.
1. Who would you rather spend the afternoon with, Jack or Mom? Explain.
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4. 2. What if you needed someone to care for your pet for two weeks? Who would you rather leave
it with, Jack or Mom? Explain.
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3. Make up a quick story for what happened to the old man when the pepper finally stopped
rolling.
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4. Imagine that Jack's fairy godmother appears and offers him a magic pennyseed that will
grow into a magnificent tree that will never stop sprouting nickels, dimes, and DVD
players. In exchange, Jack must give up Archibald. What does Jack answer?
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Exercise D: Deeper Meanings
At last, we're ready to tackle the Great Truths enshrined in this profound tale. Again, please use
complete sentences and feel free to use the back of the page. Explain each answer with at
least one example from the story unless otherwise noted.
1. Do you think Jack and his mother really were happy together?
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2. Stories often (or always, depending on your definition) have a central conflict. For instance,
you could sum up the conflict of the classic The Three Little Pigs, as:
"Three pigs crave safety, but a wolf threatens to eat them." How might you sum up the conflict
of this story, Jack and the Giant Pepper? (no example needed)
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3. Heroes often have a main defect they struggle with throughout the story. What is Jack's
main defect, and does he beat it?
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4. What do you think is the theme (Deep Meaning) of this story?
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When you are done with everything do this:
- Write your own modern version of a classical fairytale.
6. Jack and the Giant Pepper (middle school) Answer Key:
Exercise A
1. one night
2. ruby
3. a little purple man in a shiny silver tweed suit
4. food and seeds
5. 2 days
6. They had nothing to eat while the plant grew.
7. No, because she said, "Not another panda!"
8. He rolled away in the giant pepper.
Exercise B
1. a. old man's face. Both old potatoes and his face are wrinkled. ["His face was a wrinkly
old potato..."]
b. the man’s hands. Both animals and the old man have sharp and dangerous fingers
2. his eyes were sharp and bright as knifepoints a seed sparkled like a ruby pepper was as
big as a house
3. He doesn't want to be fooled again. Or He's determined to buy food and seeds. Or any
other sensible answer.
4. She wanted seeds to grow food for later.
Exercise C
All answers vary.
Exercise D
1. Answers vary.
2. Answers vary, but we suggest, "Jack will soon starve, but an old man tries to trick him
out of his one chance to get money."
3. Answers vary. Some students may think his main defect is wanting to use magic to
solve his problems, and he beats this by rejecting the magic toothbrush. Others (probably
fewer) may think he wants an easy way out of hard work, and it's not entirely clear he
conquers this tendency by deciding to teach panda riding for a living.