Department of Education

Region III
Division of City of San Fernando, Pampanga
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
St. Vincent of Quebiawan Integrated School

Name: __________________________________ Score: _______/ 50

Grade Level and Section: __________________ Date: _____________

Fourth Quarterly Assessment in

English 8
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the
number.

A. For items1-6. Identify the meaning of the underlined words.

______1 Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights and then acts like
little Miss Innocent.
A. check it out B. protect it C. get it started D. ignore it

______2. I like that store. All the employees strive to make the customers feel right at home.
A. complain B. clean C. fail D. try
______3. Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning!
A. an itchy skin condition B. funny
C. trying to hide or disguise a piece of cheese D. with little thought or consideration
______4. Some people are always bashing the president just like others bashed the one before him. Wouldn't
you think that everyone could find something to praise him for, at least once in a while?
A. hitting hard with a heavy tool B. going to too many expensive parties
C. speaking or writing harshly about D. voting for a different candidate
______5. Wherever he goes, the esteemed Dr. Sanchez is applauded for his life saving research.
A. held over boiling water B. very old
C. unable to chew gum D. greatly admired
______6. I believe that if you lower taxes so that people can keep more of the money they earn, it will be an
incentive for them to work harder.
A. a reason to do something B. a small amount of money
C. a tax D. a good job

B. Read following journalistic texts. Identify the type of each text by writing the letter of the correct
answers. Choose from the choices in the box.

A. Feature article C. Opinion article

B. News report D. Sports news

______7.
Cavaliers ban fan who aimed racial taunts at Spurs’ Mills
While Mills was at the foul line, the fan was heard on the ABC broadcast twice yelling,
“Hey, Jamaica called, they want their bobsledder back!” Mills is black and from Australia with
an Aboriginal heritage.

Acosta, selling her soul

How do you solve a problem like Persida? In her decade and a half as chief of the Public
Attorney’s Office, lawyer Persida Acosta has brought a sense of dedication and not a little flair
______8. for the public spectacle, which has raised the profile of her office and of her staff. But she has
also, and much too frequently, made a spectacle of herself in high-profile cases, preferring
emotion (the anguished public official) over reason (the competent

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 Drug pushers operating near police camp caught
______9.
Four drug pushers who were brazenly selling their wares just a few meters away from the
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) headquarters and a barangay hall were arrested in a buy-
bust operation on Monday.

How the 135-year-old house in Batangas is kept forever young

______10.
Ancestral house in Batangas City is one of only three structures built in the 19th century
that is still standing in this city. Since 1883, it has been a mute witness to the passage of time.

C. For items 11-15. Write G if the sentence expresses a general statement and S if the statement
expresses a specific statement.
______11. For many Americans, the cowboy symbolizes freedom and independence.
______12. Arcel was naturally lazy and would not exert effort to study his lesson
______13. According to research, the first year of college can be a very difficult time for students living away
from home.
______14.. Dogs are in many ways like human beings
______15. The boys went out and played billiard together.

D. For items 16-20. Read the passage and determine what event is likely to occur next. Explain your
answer.

Maya and Tony moved quickly as the sky got darker and the wind grew stronger. They grabbed as many
candles and flashlights as they could find, and they placed them all over the house. The air cracked with the
sound of thunder, and the lights in the house flickered off and on again.

16-20. What do you think will happen next?

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E. For items 21-40. Compose a full blown journalistic text applying the past and past perfect tenses
and direct and reported speech. (see attached rubrics)

F. For items 41-50. Deliver a memorized declamation. (see attached rubrics)

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Lilibeth S. Guevarra Paolo Luigi D. Macarayo Corazon O. Pamintuan

Teacher I Head Teacher III Principal III

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 Department of Education
Region III
Division of City of San Fernando, Pampanga
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
St. Vincent of Quebiawan Integrated School

DECLAMATION SPEECH RUBRIC

CATEGORY A B C D
Listens to Listens intently. Listens intently Sometimes does Sometimes does
Other Does not make but has one not appear to be not appear to be
Presentations distracting noises or distracting noise listening but is not listening and has
movements. or movement. distracting. distracting noises
or movements.
Volume Volume is loud Volume is loud Volume is loud Volume often too
enough to be heard enough to be heard enough to be heard soft to be heard by
by all audience by all audience by all audience all audience
members members at least members at least members.
throughout the 90% of the time. 80% of the time.
presentation.
Posture and Stands up straight, Stands up straight Sometimes stands Slouches and/or
Eye Contact looks relaxed and and establishes eye up straight and does not look at
confident. contact with establishes eye people during the
Establishes eye everyone in the contact. presentation.
contact with room during the
everyone in the presentation.
room during the
presentation.
Movement Gestures & Gestures & Gestures & Gestures &
& Gestures movement naturally movement are movement movement are
punctuate speech. slightly unnatural, are repetitive very distracting.
No superfluous, forced, or and
distracting gestures distracting. distracting.
or movement
Speaks Clearly Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Often mumbles or
distinctly all (100- distinctly all (100- distinctly most mispronounces
95%) the time. No 95%) the time. (95%- 80%) of the words;
mispronunciations Some time. annunciation &
or annunciation mispronunciations Annunciation & articulation are
issues. and annunciation lazy speech make major issues;
issues. comprehension cannot
difficult at be understood as
times. a result.
Preparedness Student is Student seems The student is Student does not
& Accuracy completely pretty prepared but somewhat prepared, seem at all prepared
prepared and has might have needed but it is clear that to present. Not
obviously a couple more rehearsal was memorized, line
rehearsed. rehearsals. Few lacking. Struggled prompts were a
Completely errors in to remember lines. distraction, needed
memorized & memorization. Multiple line to rely on script
accurate. Needed 1-2 prompts (50%
line prompts. throughout. deduction).

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Lilibeth S. Guevarra Paolo Luigi D. Macarayo Corazon O. Pamintuan

Teacher I Head Teacher III Principal III

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 Department of Education
Region III
Division of City of San Fernando, Pampanga
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
St. Vincent of Quebiawan Integrated School

Rubric for journalistic writing

Score Content Organization Development Use of Language

Answer is Clear sense of order. Develops each Uses technical or
appropriate to Begins point with may scientific terminology
the question. with a thesis or topic specific details. appropriately and
Content is sentence. Answers correctly. No major
factually Supporting points question grammatical or spelling
4 correct. are presented in a completely. errors.
logical
progression.
Answer is May lack a thesis Each point Accurate word choice.
appropriate to sentence, but points supported with No more
the question. are presented in a some details and than 2 major errors and
3 Content may logical progression. evidence. a few minor errors.
have one or two All important
factual points
errors. included.

Content relates Logic of argument is Sparse details or Ordinary word

peripherally to minimally evidence. Question choice; use of
the question; perceivable. Points only partially scientific terminology
contains presented in a answered. avoided. Some
significant factual seemingly random serious errors (but
2 errors. fashion, but all they don’t impair
support argument. communication).
Content unrelated Lacks clear Statements are Limited vocabulary;
to question. organizational plan. unsupported by errors impair
Reader is any detail or communication.
confused. explanation.
Repetitious,
1 incoherent,
illogical
development.

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Lilibeth S. Guevarra Paolo Luigi D. Macarayo Corazon O. Pamintuan

Teacher I Head Teacher III Principal III

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