TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
FIRST PERIODICAL TEST
GRADE 9 ENGLISH
August 14-15, 2014
Domain
of Literacy
Reading
Comprehen
sion
Listening
Comprehen
sion
Viewing
Comprehen
sion
Vocabulary
Developme
nt
Learning Competencies
EN9RC-Ia-16: Share prior knowledge about a text
topic
EN9RC-Ia-16: Share prior knowledge text topic
EN9SS-Ie-1.5.1: Skim to determine key ideas and
authors purpose
EN9LC-If-8.2: Judge the relevance and worth of
ideas presented
EN9VC-Ic-3.8: Infer thoughts, feelings, and
intentions in the material viewed
EN9V-Ie-11: Arrive at meaning of words through
word formation (clipping, blending, acronymy,
compounding, folk etymology, etc.)
EN9V-Ia-1: Provide words or expressions
appropriate for a given situation
EN9V-Ig-12.3: Note types of context clue
(restatement, definition, synonyms, antonyms)
used for a given word or expression.
Text
Types
No.
of
Item
K
(15
%)
MC
MC
MC
3
2
MC
No.
of
Days
Item
Placemen
t
2
3
3
Identificati
on
MC
MC
MC
P
(25
%)
U
(30
%)
P
(30
%)
14, 15
Mar
c.
Allo
c.
2%
Time
Alloc.
Minut
e
2
2
3
41, 42, 43
53-57
3%
2%
4
2
44-46
3%
58-62
5%
3, 4
2%
6, 7, 8
3%
1%
EN9WC-Ic-8: Distinguish between and among
informative, journalistic, and literary types of text
Oral
Language
and
Fluency
EN9OL-Ia-1.15: Use the appropriate segmentals
(sounds of English) and the suprasegmentals or
prosodic features of speech when delivering lines
of poetry and prose in a speech choir, jazz chants
and raps.
Grammar
EN9G-Ic-1.6/1.7: Use appropriate punctuation
marks and capitalization to convey meaning
EN9G-Ic-1.6/1.7: Use appropriate punctuation
marks and capitalization to convey meaning
TOTAL
Sequencin
g
17
1, 50-52
4%
16-32, 4749
20%
15
3%
5%
8%
2%
MC
33-35
5
MC
36-40
7
MC
MC
32
MC
MC
MC/Dynamic
Writing and
Compositio
n
MC
Performance
s
Literature
EN9WC-Ii-3.6: Use literary devices and
techniques to craft poetic forms
EN9LT-Ih-14: Analyze literature as a means of
discovering the self
EN9LT-Ig-2.2.3: Determine tone, mood,
technique, and purpose
EN9LT-Ih-2.3: Draw similarities and differences of
the featured selections in relation
EN9LT-If-2.2.3: Determine tone, mood, technique,
and purpose of the author.
100
15
2
3
30
Give
n
Earli
er as
Part
25
30
30
63-70
10, 11
12-13, 71100
32%
1%
1%
100
100
%
60
Minute
s
40