TABLE OF SPECIFICATION No. Weight No. SKILLS COMPETENCIES of % of Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating Total Items Days Items 20% (8) 20% (8) 20% (8) 15% (6) 15% (6) 10% (4) Distinguish fact from opinion 1 2% 1 1 1 Tell whether an action or event is a reality or 1 2% 1 2 1 fantasy Evaluate the likelihood that a story or event 1 2% 1 3 1 could really happen Give conclusion to realistic fiction 1 2% 1 4 1 Give conclusion to humorous or cumulative 1 2% 1 5 1 poem heard Distinguish between fact or opinion in a 2 4% 2 6,7 2 narrative text Distinguish fact or opinion in an informal text 2 4% 2 8,9 2 Use context clues to find meaning of 1 2% 1 10 1 unfamiliar words (synonyms) Use context clues to find meaning of 1 2% 1 11 1 unfamiliar words (antonyms) Identify meaning of words with multiple 1 2% 1 12 1 meaning Identify meaning of words with prefixes 2 4% 2 13,14 2 (un-,in-,mis-,re-,de-, dis- Identify meaning of words with suffixes (-ful,- 5 9% 4 15,16,17,18 4 less,-er,-or, -ly,-y,-able,-ible) Interpret medical prescriptions 1 2% 1 19 1 Take down relevant information 1 2% 1 20 1 Use glossary to get meaning of words 1 2% 1 21 1 Use index to locate information 1 2% 1 22 1 Use almanac to get information 1 2% 1 23 1 Interpret bar and line graphs 1 2% 1 24 1 Use encyclopedia to get information 1 2% 1 25 1 Use strategies in test taking 1 2% 1 26 1 Use steps in a process 1 2% 1 27 1 Identify prepositions in sentences 1 2% 1 28 1 Use preposition in sentences (to, from, 4 8% 3 29,30,31 3 among, between, in, on, under, above) Use prepositional phrases in sentences 1 2% 1 32 1 Use simple sentence ( simple subject + 1 2% 1 33 1 simple predicate) Use simple sentence (compound subject + 1 2% 1 34 1 simple predicate) Use simple sentence (simple subject + 1 2% 1 35 1 compound predicate) Use compound sentence 1 2% 1 36 1 Decode words with ei/ie, ue/oo and silent 2 4% 2 37,38 2 letter Write 5-6 sentence paragraph 2 4% 2 39,40 2