Ghost Stories -

TEXT 1

Ghost Story

When the ___________ entered the _________ and asked if there were __________ that taught how to
talking to ___________, we were all surprised. She was an old woman like those seen smiling in
_________ from the plan of ______ and it would certainly seem more plausible looking for books on _______ or cooking.
More ghosts, no.
The woman explained to the ____________, who, surprised, took her to the esoteric books, under the smiling gaze of the
____________ next.
“Until last Saturday I didn't believe in ghosts.” – he said – “But on that day, suddenly, they
they started to show up. I live alone. Just me and my ________.” – he commented, while flipping through books aimlessly. Everyone around us

we approached discreetly, _________ accomplices among strangers, all interested in this ________
new and unheard of.
Saturday, when I woke up, they were sitting at the ______ of the ________. They were not ghosts of ________.
not one of those that appear in __________ of _________. They were common ghosts, of that sad pallor that did not
is found among the _________.” – and we were all laughing somewhat openly, thinking about how much the __________ moves
as ___________, at the time when the old woman chose two books without much criteria.
We talked ________, since then. There has been _________ nobody talked so much with me and the cats.
and we, laughing at everything, knowing that we should mourn, while the saleswoman took the books and carried them to the
__________.
Yesterday, they told me I was special, then they left. - And I didn't know what they meant by that.
Yes. For this reason, I want the books: to better understand our next ____________.
The _________ next to me laughed loudly, as if someone were telling him a __________. We were all having fun.
with the ____________ of the old woman; the _________ was for later. "I want to understand why I am special," she questioned,
when we all laughed unabashedly.
But when the old woman paid for the books and disappeared into the ________, in the middle of the bookstore, we all stopped laughing.

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ACTIVITIES
1) You must have noticed that some words are missing from the text. Complete it with the words from the Bank of
Words.

WORD BANK

Solitude Years Sofa Health Saleswoman Cats Room Fat

Sheet Knitting Joke History Bookstore clientele Hours People

Old lady Ghosts Box Subject Commercials Smiles Books

Movies Alive Guilt Conversation Terror

We realize that the narrator is a character, meaning he experienced the narrated story. Prove this.
statement with excerpts from the text.
The narrator describes the old lady who enters the bookstore as "one of those that you see smiling in
"health insurance commercials." How do you imagine this old lady?

4) Why does the narrator claim that it seemed more plausible that the old lady was looking for knitting books?
or of cooking?

5) Explain the reason why the old lady was looking for books that taught how to converse with
ghosts.

6) While the old lady was telling her story in the bookstore, the others present were laughing a little
openly." Why were they laughing? What reason, at first, did they attribute to the fact that the
Old lady is "imagining" the ghosts?

In the story, the old woman compared the ghosts that appeared to her with two other types of ghosts.
How was it:
a) The first type of ghost mentioned. Prove with a fragment of the text.
b) The second type of ghost mentioned. Prove it with a fragment from the text.

The old lady mentioned that she would like to understand why the ghosts had said that she was special.
What does this mean in the text?

9) About the narrative sequence, complete the following outline:

a) Initial situation:
Who were the characters at the beginning of the text?
Where were they?
When did the events occur?

b) Complication:
What event changed the situation?

c) Phases of actions:
What happened from that moment on?

d) Resolution:
How was the situation resolved?

e) Final Situation:
What happened, in the end, with the characters?

10) Withdraw a noun derived from "book" in the text.

11) Identify the adjectives used to characterize:

a) Smiles (line 5):
b) Subject (line 6):
c) Ghosts (line 7):
d) Paleness (line 8):

TEXT 2
STORIES DE GHOST
Henrique Schneider

________________________________________?" – and the voice of the little one sounded adult, so great was their
concern.
The older brother was already in that twilight before sleep and decided to remain silent, the
to see if the other would forget the call and let him sleep. But children don't easily give up on anything and it was because of
this is that, a few seconds later, the question was repeated:
________________________________________? ______________________________?
No, I'm awake. ____________________________________________________?
"___________________________________________?" - the younger one asked, ignoring the provocation.
The oldest one let out a laugh that completely startled him awake.
No man, it doesn't exist. ____________________________________________________________?
 The little one began to cry softly, seeming embarrassed to do this next to his brother.
It's just that at school,
ghost exists, what appears de night e lever a people although.

_____.
Nonsense. They only say that to scare you, they know you are foolish.
"_________________" – the little one reacted, indignant – "_____________________________________! And
At night they come and keep appearing and disappearing, until they catch us. Just like there, look!
wall, on which the flashes of moonlight, entering through the gaps of the window, projected a movement that seemed
grow and diminish with each new glance.
"Nothing to see. _______________________________." - reassured the elder. - ____________________.
I stay awake until you fall asleep.
____________________________?
"I promise."
And the youngest finally managed to sleep, peacefully, supported by the invincible strength of the brother. But the oldest
the old man spent the night awake: first because the little one took a long time to fall asleep; then, because the courtyard of
the house didn't have trees and those shadows on the wall never stopped moving.

QUESTIONS

1) Complete the gaps in the text, properly using the phrases below.

BANK OF PHRASES

They speak seriously, that it really exists!

Why this question?
What happened, pest?
Does a ghost exist?
Hey, man?
No!
Are you sleeping?
This is the yard tree.
One of them even said that he knew a kid who was taken by a ghost.
Promise?
And now sleep.

2) What is the difference between the narrator of this text and the narrator of 'Ghost Story'? Prove it.
statements with passages from the text.

In the fifth paragraph, we find the following fragment: "the youngest asked, What was that provocation?"
What did the younger one ignore?

ignoring the provocation.

4) What words did the narrator use to refer to the younger brother?

5) What resource did the author use to indicate that the characters are speaking?

6) How does the boy refer to the first graders?

7) What place does the word 'there' refer to in the fragment 'just like there, oh'?

In the end, the smallest one managed to sleep, but the largest one did not. Explain why.

9) Identify which adjectives are used in the text to characterize:

a) Voice (line 1):
b) Small (line 11):
c) Small (line 17):
d) Look (line 20):
e) Force (line 25):
f) Eyes: (line 26):