Writing from dictation

1. Writing from dictation
By:
LUCILA O. MELLOMIDA
T-III

2. Pronunciation Drill
• frosted windows
• with fairy palace
• a ballroom
• a large hall
• icy furniture

3. Unlocking the Difficulties
Give the meaning of the underlined word in
each phrase.
frosted fairy
ballroom hall icy
Use the phrase in your own sentences.

4. All countries have their own government, only
of different forms.
What form of government do we have in the
Philippines?
Who is its head?

6. What is the name of the official residence of our
President and her family?
How many among you have seen the
Malacaňang Palace?

8. Some nations have the monarchial form of
government which is headed by a king or a
queen who lives in a palace.

10. • I know that you want to enter a palace.
Perhaps you want to know what can be found
inside.

11. As this moment, it is impossible for us to visit a
palace so I will just tell you a story about a
wonderful palace.

12. This is an “ice palace”.

14. This is a “diamond castle”.

15. The Ice Palace
One morning the Princess noticed the
frosted windows of her bedroom. The panes
were all covered with fairy palaces and towers
of ice. Then an idea came to her. She would
build a palace of ice!
So the Princess called a famous architect.
Her plans were soon laid before him. After
some weeks, the ice palace was completed.
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16. The palace contained only three rooms, a
ballroom and a dining room in one large hall
and a bedroom. Each room was furnished with
icy furniture. But no one slept on the ice bed.
The ice logs in the ice fireplace did not burn.
Naphtha was poured on the logs and the
naphtha burned but ice logs didn’t melt.
The windows panes were sheets of clear
ice. At night the candles glistened like
diamond through the ice windows.

17. Answering comprehension questions
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
a. What did the princes notice one morning?
What part of speech are princess, windows and
bedroom?
b. Describe the windowpanes.
Which are the nouns in the sentence?
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18. Listen and try to give back each
sentence.
a. The princess noticed the frosted windows of
her bedroom. (Individual Repetition)
b. The panes were all covered with fairy palaces
and towers of ice. (Individual Repetition)
c. The princess called the famous architect.

19. Write the selection from dictation.
Remember to observe correct letter form,
capitalization, punctuation and spelling.

20. Evaluation:
Have the pupils check their work against the
original, call on some of them to read their
work.

21. Assignment:
Go over your composition to correct your
error. Then write for submission.