K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM

FIRST QUARTER

Grade level GRADE 8 Subject K to 12 English

Area Curriculum Guide
Quarter The learner demonstrates communicative Domain/s The learner
Covered competence through his/ her understanding of Covered demonstrates
literature and other texts types for a deeper communicative
appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of competence through
other countries. his/ her understanding
of Afro- Asian
Literature and other
texts types for a
deeper appreciation
of Philippine Culture
and those of other
countries.
Content The learner demonstrates understanding of:
Standards African literature as a means of exploring forces
that human beings contend with;
variousreading styles vis – à-vis purposes of
reading; prosodic features that serve as carriers
of meaning; ways by which information may be
organized, related, and delivered orally; and
parallel structures and cohesive devices in
presenting information.
Performance The learner transfers learning by composing
Standards and delivering an informative speech based on
a specific topic of interest keeping in mind the
proper and
effective use of parallel structures and cohesive
devices and appropriate prosodic features,
stance, and behavior.

Competencies Selected
 Code Statement Topic Test Format Targeted
of Competency
EN8RC-Ia- Reading Scan for logical Timing: Approximately 30 minutes (plus 10
7.2: Comprehension connectors to minutes transfer time).
determine the No. of questions: 40
text
type Task types: A variety of question types are
used, chosen from the following: multiple
choice, matching, plan/map/diagram
labelling,
form/note/table/flow-chart/summary
completion, sentence completion.
Answering: Test takers write their answers
on the question paper as they listen and at
the end of the test are given 10 minutes to
transfer their answers to an answer sheet.
Care should be taken when writing answers
on the answer sheet as poor spelling and
grammar are penalised.
Vocabulary Determine the
EN8V-Ia- Development meaning of Marks: Each question is worth 1 mark.
10.2: idiomatic Task type and format: Test takers are
expressions by required to match a numbered list of items
noting context from the listening text to a set of options on
clues and the question paper. The set of options may
collocations be criteria of some kind.

Task focus: Matching assesses the skill of

listening for detail and whether a test taker
can understand information given in a
conversation on an everyday topic, such as
the different types of hotels or guest house
accommodation. It also assesses the ability
to follow a conversation between two
people. It may also be used to assess test
takers’ ability to recognize relationships and
connections between facts in the listening
text.

No. of questions: Variable

TABLE 1. Table of specification for first quarter.

content Instructi Numb Level of behavior, item format, number of placement

onal er of
time items
Reme Unde Apply Analy Evalu Creat %
mber rstan ing zing ate e
ing ding
1.Distinguish the 20 min 3 1-3 33%
difference between the
types of adjectives.
2. Identify which is an 10 min 15 4-8 9-15 14-18 17%
adjective in the sentence.
3. Determine the 10 min 2 19-20 17%
meaning of
idiomatic
expressions
4. Explain what is an 20 min 5 21-23 24-25 8%
idiom.
5. transform words into 10 min 5 26-28 29-30 25%
idiomatic expressions.
TOTAL 60 min 30 7 6 8 5 2 2 100%