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