Department
of English
Test Specification Matrix-2076
Subject: English Literature
Grades VI-VIII
SN
|
Genre & Test Type
|
Task
|
Item
|
Marks/Item
|
Total Marks
|
1
|
Poetry-25
Marks
|
4
|
9
|
1
|
13
|
A.
|
Reference
to Context
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
B.
|
Vocabulary
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
C.
|
Comprehension
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
D.
|
Context
Based/Free HOT Question
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
Prose
25 Marks
|
4
|
9
|
1
|
13
|
A.
|
Reference
to Context
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
B.
|
Vocabulary
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
C.
|
Comprehension
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
D.
|
Context
Based/Free HOT Question
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
3.
|
Drama-25
Marks
|
4
|
9
|
1
|
14
|
A.
|
Reference
to Context
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
B.
|
Vocabulary
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
C.
|
Comprehension
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
D.
|
Context
Based/Free HOT Question
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
6
|
E.
|
CAS
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
10
|
Total
|
12
Separate Test Texts From 3 Different Genres of Literature
|
14
Tasks
|
32
Items
|
1,
5 & (6) Mark/Item
|
50
Marks
|
Please follow
the chart below for further clarification as to what comes in what tasks and
items.
SN
|
TEST TYPES
|
TASK TYPES
|
MARK PER ITEM
|
1
|
Reference
to the Context
(Teacher
developed/As prescribed in the textbook)
|
Who…?
When…? Where…? Why…? What…?
·
Do not repeat the intended
test task already asked in Category D
|
1
|
2
|
Vocabulary
|
a) Adjectives: What is hot/ cold;
big/small, etc.
b) Alphabetical order
c) Analogy
d) Cloze test
e) Compound nouns
f) Crossword/Puzzles
g) Deriving more words from one
h) Figures of speech
i) Filling missing letters to
form words
j) Forming new words using
prefixes and suffixes
k) Grouping and listing common
words
l) Homophones
m) Identifying flowers, fruits,
vegetables, trees, birds
n) Idiomatic expressions/phrasal
verbs
insects/animals,
etc.
o) Matching words and pictures
p) Odd man/one out
q) Phonics and spelling
r) Picking out the silent letters
from words
s) Rhyming words
t) Synonyms/ Antonyms, etc.
u) Unscrambling words
v) Word formation using prefixes
and suffixes
w) Writing/identifying animals
and birds’ sounds
· Please
use any two of these tasks with four items each carrying 1 mark.
· Do
not repeat similar test items in any case whatsoever.
|
1
|
3.
|
Comprehension
|
a) Cloze test
b) Comparing Characters
c) Entitling paragraphs
d) Listing Characters /Events
/Incidents/Actions
e) Matching Characters and their Actions
and Attributes
f) Multiple Choice
g) Note taking
h) Ordering Statements
i) People and their profession
j) Poet/Writer/Author’s Biography
k) Sentence Completion
l) Short Answer Type Question
m) True/False or Yes/No
statements
·
Please use any two of these
tasks with four items each carrying 1 mark.
·
Do not repeat similar test
items in any case whatsoever.
|
1
|
4
|
Text Based/Free HOTQ
(Higher
Order Thinking Questions)
1. Apply….
2. Arrange….…. chronologically
3. Compare/contrast…
4.
Create….
etc.
5. Devise……
6. Diagram/Table….
7. Discuss….
8. Evaluate….
9. Explain….
10. Interpret…
11. Paraphrase…
12. Plan ………
13. Relate….
14. Review…
15. Summarize…
16. What can you infer…?
|
17. Can you Distinguish between…?
18. Complete the story in your own
way…
19. Do you agree/disagree with…….?
20. Elaborate……
21. Give your opinion on….
22. How do you justify…?
23. If you were X/Y/Z, What….?
24. Justify the statement/remark….
25. What…… touches you the most?
Why?
26. What would be the consequences
if……?
27. What would be the possible
solution(s) to…….?
28. What would happen, if…?
29. What/Why do you think…...?
30. Who is your favourite….? Why?
31. Why did the character
choose….?
32. Why do you like/dislike
Character A/B/C…?
33. Why/Do you believe…...? etc.
·
Please use any ONE of these
tasks with ONE item each carrying 4 marks.
·
Do not repeat similar test
items in any case (Genre) (Do not repeat the intended test task already asked
in Category A)
|
5-6
|
Please
note the following guidelines: 1) The
test area must include at least one chapter/lesson representing one genre each:
Poetry, Prose and Drama.
2)
All these genres are to be assessed
proportionately as far as possible.
3)
Do not ask questions for less than a
full mark.
4)
All test task items, except for HOT
questions=5-6 marks, carry 1 mark each.
5) Note that CAS band may vary from Grade
I to VIII.
6)
Design your test making a proportionate
representation of knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis
and evaluation or creativity as far as possible.
7) This test specification matrix is meant
for grades 6-8 in general. Teachers, are therefore, suggested to pick and
choose the most relevant test tasks and items that best cater to the text
genres they have practised in the class.
Final
Evaluations
Half-Yearly Examinations: 100%
(Subject to Change)
SN
|
EXAMINATION
|
PERCENTAGE
|
TOTAL
|
1
|
Mid
Term Test-I
|
25
% of 40
|
10
|
2
|
Half-yearly
Examination
|
80
% of 50
|
40
|
Total
|
50
|
||
Annual
Examinations: 100%
(Subject to Change)
SN
|
EXAMINATION
|
PERCENTAGE
|
TOTAL
|
1
|
Mid
Term Test-II
|
25%
of 40
|
10
|
2
|
Annual
Examinations
|
80
% of 50
|
40
|
Total
|
50
|
||
FINAL OUTCOME
FOR GRADING AND PROMOTION
(Subject to Change)
SN
|
EXAMINATION
|
PERCENTAGE
|
TOTAL
|
1
|
Half
yearly Examinations
|
40
% 50
|
20
|
2
|
Annual
Examinations
|
60
% 50
|
30
|
Total
100 %
|
50
|
||
Please follow
the Test Specification Matrix while teaching and testing (setting the paper)
for all the forthcoming examinations wef Kartik 2076.
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