VOCABULARY WORDS NO.

3
● CHAMBER – a large room
● SIMPLETON – a foolish or gullible person
● CLOAK – an outdoor overgarment to cover
your body from head to toe
● SILLY – showing of lack of common sense
● ILLUMINATED – lighted
The Twelve
Dancing
Princesses
How to
make a
story
outline?
 1. Main Idea

State the problem or situation that

needs a solution
 1. Main Idea

The travelers want to get rich to buy a

bigger ship
 2. Setting

Tell when and where the story takes

place, either clearly stated or implied.

When
Where
 2. Setting

Where: In a temple city of South India

When: none
 3. Character

Tell who are the characters and what

are their roles in the story.
 3. Character

Group of young merchants – the

characters who wants to become rich.
 4. Plot

Relate the characters do and what

happened to them.
 4. Plot

The story is about young who set out

the goal of getting rich, but they went
hope poorer than they were before.
 4. Plot

The story is about young merchants

who set out the goal of getting rich.
They dreamt of buying a beautiful and
bigger ship, but they went home
poorer than they were before.
 5. Ending

The young merchants realized that they

only spend their time on fruitless
speculation about the ship, and just
lose hope for the thought of becoming
rich.
 BOOK ACTIVITY

●Read the story “The Twelve

Dancing Princesses” Page
352
●Answer the page 360