Department of Education

Caraga Region
DIVISION OF BUTUAN CITY

ENGLISH Grade 9
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Table of Specifications

Learning Competencies No. of days % No. Lower-order Thinking Skills Moderate-order Thinking Skills Higher-order Thinking
based on
Skills
LC Codes
of
Items Remembering Understanding Application Analysis Evaluation Creating

Quarter I

 Express permission, obligation and

prohibition using modals 2 6 3 1,2,3

 Use conditionals in expressing 1 2 2 4,5

arguments

 Employ the appropriate

communicative styles for various 4 11 6 6,7 8 9, 10 11
situations (intimate, casual,
conversational, consultative, frozen)

Quarter II

 Make connections between texts to

particular social issues, concerns, or 4 11 6 12,13 14 15,16,17
dispositions in real life

 Analyze literature as a means of

understanding unchanging values in 18 19,22 20,21,
the VUCA (Volatile, uncertain,
 complex, ambiguous) world 4 11 6 23

Quarter III

 Differentiate biases from prejudices 2

6 3 24,25,26

 Determine the relevance and the

truthfulness of the ideas presented in 4
the material viewed 11 5 27 28,29 30

Quarter IV

 Judge the validity of the evidence 4

listened to 11 6 32,33,35 34 31

 Judge the relevance and worth of

ideas, soundness of author’s reasoning 6 17 8 36,37 38,39 40
and the effectiveness of the
presentation

 React to lay value judgment on critical

issues that demand sound analysis and 4 13 5 42,45 43,44, 47 41,46
call for prompt actions 48,49,
50
TOTAL 35 100 50 9 11 7 12 11

Prepared by:

FRANCIS MAY Q. DELOS REYES METZI M. BESIN TOMASITA C. PIZON

SST-II SST-III SST-I
Checked by:

LOINDA E. GUERTA
EPS-English

Approved by:

MARILOU B. DEDUMO, CESO V, PhD

Division Superintendent