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JIGS MICHELLE P. PASAMONTE
 Task Analysis
Summarize narrative texts
based on elements
-Theme
-Setting
-Characters (Heroes and
Villains)
-Plot (beginning, middle
and ending)
 GUIDE CARD
The characters are the people or animals in the
story.
The setting talks about the place and the time
that the events in the story happened.
The plot is made up of the events that happened
in the story. It consists of the beginning, the
middle, and the ending.
Beginning – it gives the problem faced
by the main character
Middle – it represents the actions made
by the characters to solve the
problem
Ending – it gives the solution to the
problem

ACTIVITY CARD
 Princess Polite (Short Story)
by Jasmine Logan, Grade pr, QLD
Once there was a girl called Princess Polite but people in her
castle called her Polly or Polly Polite. One day a super star came
to her castle. Polly said 
“Why have you come here? And what is your name?” The super
star said
“My name is Sarah Jones. I’m here to rock out on your castles
stage!” Polly said
“I don’t have a stage in my castle!” 
“Ooooh dear!” Sarah cried. Polly said 
“I will make a grand stage just for you and I will name it Stage
Sarah.” Sarah said 
“You don’t have to call it stage Sarah.” Polly called for the best
builders in the land to come build the stage. The building started.
It took them two years to build it! Polly called Sarah on the
phone. 
“It’s finished come see!” Polly said. 
“Sure, I’ll be there as soon as possible!” Super star Sarah said.
Sarah brought a prince with her. Polly said 
“Where did you find him and what’s his name?”
“James Sammy and I met him at a wedding.” Sarah said.
“Oh how sweet!” Polly said.
“Nice to meet you Polly Polite.” the handsome prince said.
“You smell like tuna!’ Polly said.
“Oh.” He said.
“We are here to get married!” Sarah said.
“Wait, I thought we were here to see you rock out. I don’t want to
marry you!” James said, “I want to marry Polly!”
Polly married the prince. The rock star rocked out on the stage
but was crying the whole time. She stopped crying for a moment
then she cried into a bucket it had a thousand drips in it and it
went all the way up to the top. She had to tip it out and start all
over again. The prince and the princess lived happily ever after.
The rock star spent the rest of her life crying a million tears into a
bucket and starting all over again and again and again and again
and again and again and again and again.

1. What is the story about?

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2. What happened when the superstar came?
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3. Why did Sarah want a castles stage?

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4. How can you describe Sarah? Polly?
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5. What happened when Polly built a stage for Sarah?

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6. Why do you think the handsome prince married Polly
instead of marrying Sarah?
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7. What have you learned in the story?
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ACTIVITY CARD
 Greedy Boy
There lived a twin brother called Sam and Tom!
They were identical twins, even their mother
found it too hard to differentiate between them
during the initial months of birth. However, they
were like two poles when it comes to everything
other than their appearance. They neither agree
with anything nor do they share even one single
trait!
Sam had no friends, whereas for Tom the world
was friendship. Sam loved sweets and Tom loved
to eat spicy foods. Sam was mommy’s pet and Tom
was daddy’s pet. While Sam was generous, Tom was
greedy!
As they grew up, their father wanted to share his fortune equally.
However, Tom did not agree and he argued that whoever is
more intelligent and strong, will gain higher share of wealth than
other.
Sam agreed. Their father decided to organize a competition
between the two. And they ordered the two sons to walk as long
as they can in and they should return home before the sunset.
Whoever covers the longer distance and returns home before
sunset will get huge amount of wealth proportionate to the
distance they covered. They don’t carry watch to calculate time.
Both started to walk a long way during a sunny day. Sam walked
slowly and steadily, while Tom urged to win over Sam started to
run instantly.
The distance they cover until mid-noon will be equal to the
distance they would reach home before sunset. It was mid-noon
and Sam decided to return back as he could reach home on
time.
However, Tom, with his greediness to earn more wealth, did not
turn his way back home even after mid-noon. He walked two
times longer distance that what Sam was covered and decided
to return back before the sunset. He urged to return home as the
Sun turned orange in the evening. Unfortunately, he could not
even make half way to home and the moon rises.
He lost the race and was defeated because of greediness!
GREEDINESS WILL MAKE YOU LOSE EVERYTHING

Questions:
1. What is the setting of the story? Read the part
where the setting is mentioned.
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2. Who are the characters in the story? Describe each
of the characters.
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3. Identify the parts in the selection that helped you
described the characters.
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ASSESMENT CARD
“Mind Your Own Business”
 There was once a girl who wouldn’t mind her own business,
but loved to poke her nose into everyone else’s! She really was
most tiresome.
“You don’t do this right”, she would say to other children.
“You don’t do that right!” And she would alter what they had done
and make them very angry.
She would even make herself a nuisance to her teacher.
“You’ve put that notice up abput homework, Miss Brown. Oh,
Miss Brown, wouldn’t be better if we had painting on Thursday
instead of Wednesday, then we’d have more time?”
“Katie, when I want you to run my school for me I’ll tell you!”
Miss Brown would say, “When will you learn to mind your own
business?”
“Katie always pokes her nose into everyhting,”said William.
“When my mother sent you a note yesterday, Miss Brown, Katie
opened it and read it before you did.”
“Don’t tell tales,”said Katie at once.”Miss Brown, you don’t
like tale tellers do you? You always say
you don’t. Well, wouldn’t you scold William?” “I don’t like tale
tellers, it’s true,” said Miss Brown. “But I dislike even more little
girls who open notes meant for other people, Katie. One day
you’ll get into serious trouble for interfering.
Katie was in her worst interfering mood one day. She had
told her mother that the flowers in the vase were not arranged at
all nicely, and she had arranged them all over again. She told
her father that there was button loose in his mackintosh, and why
didn’t he remember to get it sewn tightly?
She had made the cook very angry because she had gone
into the kitchen to watch a cake being made, and had felt certain
she could do it better. So she had done a little mixing herself,
and had upset the bowl of flour, milk, sugar and eggs all over the
table.

ENRICHMENT CARD
 One hot day, an ant was
searching for some water.
After walking around for
some time, she came to a
spring. To reach the spring,
she had to climb up a blade
of grass. While making her
way up, she slipped and fell into the water.
She could have drowned if a dove up a
nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the
ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off
a leaf and dropped it into the water near the
struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf
and climbed up there. Soon it carried her
safely to dry ground. Just at that time, a hunter
nearby was throwing out his net towards the
dove, hoping to trap it.
Guessing what he was about to do, the ant
quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain,
the hunter dropped his net. The dove was
quick to fly away to safety.
One good turn deserves another.
Answer the questions:
1. What is the appropriate title of the story?
2. Who were the characters?
3. Where is the setting of the story?

REFERENCE CARD
K-TO 12 CURRICULUM GUIDE pp.102
Learner’s Material First Quarter Week 3 pp.1-4