Department of Education

English Program

PREPARED AND ADAPTED BY

Maribel ArroyoYauco English Supervisor

Sandra BlondetPonce III English Supervisor

Jo - Ann FeblesJuana Diaz English Supervisor

Tulidania GonzalezGuayanilla English Supervisor

Ivelisse LeónPonce II English Supervisor

Dr. Iris LugoPonce I English Supervisor

Carmen MartínezSanta Isabel English Supervisor

Lina Pérez Adjuntas English Supervisor

Pat RiosPeñuelas English Supervisor

Inés RosadoGuanica English Supervisor

Olga HernandezSanta Isabel English Teacher

CONTRIBUTING EDUCATORS

Prof. Iviana DelgadoPonce I English Teacher

Barbara González CamachoGuánica English Teacher

Prof. Olga HernándezSanta Isabel English Teacher

Brenda E. Serrano SantosGuánica English Teacher

EDITORS

Dr. Evelyn VeguillaEnglish Program Director

Prof. Alvin RíosJayuya English Supervisor

Prof. Luz Selenia GarcíaVillaba English Supervisor

Prof. Aidita Vélez OrtizCidra English Supervisor

Prof. María V. MartínezBayamón I English Supervisor

Luz Magali Ramos MatosNaguabo English Supervisor

Patricia Nieves SánchezCaguas II English Supervisor

Angel ValentinHormigueros English Supervisor

Pre-Post TestTenth Grade

PART I

Standard 1: Listening/Speaking

Expectations

L/S. 10.2 Listens and responds to explain, describe, support and discuss information; answers closed and open-ended questions.

L/S. 10.5 Explains the main idea or topic and important details from readings.

L/S. 10.4 Makes inferences.

Listen to the following dialogue. Then listen to the questions, and select the best answer.

María: Guess what? I thought I’d be able to go to the disco with you this weekend, but I can’t.

John: That’s too bad. I was really looking forward to it. It’s cheap on Saturdays so it wouldn’t cost us much money. Why can’t you go?

María: My whole family’s going to visit my grandmother this weekend. She’s sick.

John: Well, that’s ok; we can do it another time.

1. Why are María and John not going to the disco this weekend?

a. The disco won’t be open.b. They don’t have enough money.c. The disco is too expensive.d. María will be visiting her grandmother.

2. When John replies “That’s too bad. I was really looking forward to it”. We can infer that John is ______________.

a. disappointedb. happyc. angryd. indifferent

3. The dialogue is mainly about:

a. plans to go to the museum.b. plans to go to the disco.

c. plans to visit Maria’s grandmother.d. plans to visit John’s grandmother.

This is a passage about two students named Stephanie and Manuel. Listen to the passage. Then listen to the questions and select the best answer.

On Friday afternoon, everyone in Stephanie’s English class turned in their homework – everyone except Manuel. “Manuel is a new student and this is his first day here, everyone”, said the teacher. “So, we’ll take it easy on him. Manuel, today you don’t have to turn in any homework!” Everyone laughed.

After class, Stephanie went up to Manuel. “Hi”, she said. “You might not remember me, but we met a long time ago, when we were kids. Your dad and my dad are friends”. “Oh, yes – I remember you! You’re Stephanie. My dad still talks about you and your father”, Manuel answered.

Stephanie said, “I hope you like it hear at this school. I heard you like basketball. I’ll introduce you to my friend Luis. He plays basketball all the time- maybe you can join the school team. We’ll ask him what you need to do”. “Thanks – that would be wonderful, Manuel said. “But could I ask you a question? I was wondering about what your English teacher said about me not turning in homework today”. Stephanie laughed. “Oh, she was just making a little joke. She does that a lot. But she does give homework just about every day. It’s important to keep up with it.”

4. This passage is mainly about:

a. Stephanie’s first day in class.b. Manuel’s interest in entering the school basketball team.c. Stephanie’s interest in Miguel.d. Manuel’s first day in class.

5. Manuel did not turn in any English homework on Friday because:

a. the class did not have any homework to do.b. Manuel left his homework at school.c. Friday was Manuel’s first day in school.d. he didn’t know he had homework to do.

6. When did Stephanie first meet Manuel?

a. At the beginning of class today.b. At the beginning of the school year.

c. When they were young. d. When Manuel first moved to town.

7. Why does Stephanie want to introduce Manuel to Luis?

a. They both play basketball.b. They both like English.c. They both go to the same school.d. They both live on the same street.

Speaking: Answer the following open-ended questions orally.

8. How was your first day in school?

9. How did you feel when you didn’t do your homework?

Rubric for Open-ended questions

Speaks fluently, correctly, and

appropriately to express feelings and

personal experiences. Has extensive

vocabulary. Speaks in complete sentences.

Speaks clearly and appropriately to express feelings

and personal experiences. Has varied vocabulary.

Is able to communicate feelings and

personal experience with some limitations. Has basic

vocabulary.

Has difficulty expressing

feelings and personal

experiences. Has limited vocabulary

Has many limitations and

difficulty in expressing

feelings and personal

experiences. Has very limited vocabulary.

Speaks only a few words.

5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

PART II

Standard Two: Reading

Expectations

R 10.2 Analyzes character traits and setting, classifies point of view in fiction

R 10:1 Analyzes context clues to assess word meaning R 10.5 Classifies genre and figurative languageR 10.3 Organizes and analyzes the plot

ARACHNE

Olivia E. Coolidge

Read the following excerpt taken from Arachne by Olivia E. Coolidge. Then answer the questions.

Arachne was a maiden who became famous throughout Greece,

though she was neither wellborn nor beautiful and came from no great city.

She lived in an obscure little village, and her father was a humble dyer of

wool. In this he was very skillful, producing many varied shades, while above

all he was famous for the clear, bright scarlet which is made from shellfish,

and which was the most glorious of all the colors used in ancient Greece.

Even more skillful than her father was Arachne. It was her task to spin the

fleecy wool into a fine, soft thread and to weave it into cloth on the high,

standing loom within the cottage. Arachne was small and pale from working

too much. Her eyes were light and her hair was a dusty brown, yet she was

quick and graceful, and her fingers, roughened as they were, went so fast

that it was hard to follow their flickering movements. So soft and even was

her thread, so fine her cloth, so gorgeous her embroidery, that soon her

products were known all over Greece. No one had ever seen the like of them

before.

At last Arachne’s fame became so great that people used to come from

far and wide to watch her working. Even the graceful nymphs would steal in

from the stream or forest and peep shyly through the dark doorway,

watching in wonder the white arms of Arachne as she stood at the loom and

threw the shuttle from hand to hand between the hanging threads, or drew

out the long wool, fine as a hair, from the distaff as she sat spinning. “Surely

Athene herself must have taught her,” people would murmur to one another.

“Who else could know the secret of such marvelous skill?” Arachne was used

to being wondered at, and she was immensely proud of the skill that had

brought so many to look on her. Praise was all she lived for, and it

displeased her greatly that people should think anyone, even a goddess,

could teach her anything.

1. The author narrates the story from the:

a. first-person point of viewb. third-person point of viewc. second-person point of viewd. fourth-person point of view

2. The story takes place in:

a. Romeb. Athensc. Greeced. France

3. One of Arachne’s greatest traits was her ability to spin wool. Based on this information, we can say that she is:

a. quickb. gracefulc. skillfuld. beautiful

4. The problem with Arachne was that:

a. she was very skillful.b. she was very graceful.c. she was very proud.d. she was very beautiful.

5. In the sentence…Came from no great city. She lived in an obscure little

village. The word obscure means:

a. darkb. unknownc. lightd. well known

6. An ancient story that relates the actions of gods or heroes or explains events in nature can be classified as a:

a. mythb. legendc. fabled. short story

7. Arachne’s father was a:a. fishermanb. wool dyerc. Greek godd. lawyer

8. In the sentence: “Praise was all she lived for, and it displeased her greatly that people should think anyone, even a goddess, could teach her anything”. We can infer that Arachne was:

a. stubbornb. brightc. jealousd. proud

9. In the sentence: “Arachne was used to being wondered at, and she was immensely proud of the skill that had brought so many to look on her”. The word wondered means:

a. enviedb. ignoredc. praisedd. admired

Read the following poem. Then select the answers that best complete each statement.

Who has seen the wind?Christina Rossetti

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?Neither you nor I:

But when the trees bow down their heads,The wind is passing by.

10. “The leaves hang trembling” is an example of:

a. simileb. hyperbolec. personificationd. metaphor

11. Line six “But when the trees bow down their heads” can be classified as:

a. metaphorb. personificationc. similed. hyperbole

12. What is the answer to the question Who has seen the wind?

a. The authorb. No onec. The speakerd. Everyone

13. The wind is passing by is an example of:a. personificationb. metaphorc. similed. hyperbole

14. Oral Fluency Test

Test Students individually for oral fluency. 1 minute per student.

Reading time: 1 minute

Total number of words: 165Minimum of correct words: 115% of achievement: 70

Scoring Example:

Total words read: 165Number of errors: 20Number of correct words: 165-

20=145Accuracy percentage: 145/165=88%

Oral Fluency Test

Read the following passage to your teacher aloud.

Rain forests take up only 2 percent of the world’s surface area- 6

percent of the land – yet they are home to more than half the plants and

animals in the world. Rain forests are being destroyed at a rate of 55,000

square miles a year. The rain forests cover an area about the size of the

continental United States, excluding Alaska. In relative terms, an area larger

than Florida is being destroyed annually. Every second, a football-field-sized

plot of rain forest comes tumbling down. At this rate, none will be left by the

year 2000. We all must work together to save the rain forests before it’s too

late.

A rain forest is a delicate, intricate balance of life. Though most of us

are aware of its role in protecting the ozone layer, some people don’t know

that the rain forest is a world where more than ten million species thrive.

Who knows if among the unexplored regions there lies a cure for cancer?

Taken From: Writer’s Companion (Prentice Hall)Middle Grades

ORAL FLUENCY SCORES

GROUP:______________________ DATE:_________________

STUDENT A B A-BTotal Words

ReadTotal Errors

WCMP PMA(%)

OBSERVATIONS:

Oral Fluency Score

PART III

Standard III: Writing

Expectations

W.10.1 Applies transitional words, appropriate grammar, structure and syntax

W.10.5 Applies editing marks and revision techniques.W.10.3 Analyzes and applies organizational patterns to connect

ideas and to write narrative, expository essays

Select the sentence that is correct.

1) a) A Grand Jury will decide whether the man is innocent or

guilty.

b) Innocent or guilty a Grand Jury will decide whether the man is.

c) Whether the man is innocent or guilty a Grand Jury will decide.

d) A Grand Jury whether innocent or guilty will decide the man is.

2) a) I eats too much at that party last night.

b) I eat too much at that party last night.

c) I ate too much at that party last night.

d) I eaten too much at that party last night.

3) a) Roberto Velázquez is a puerto rican living in New York.

WCPM PMA165+ 100%148-164 90 %132-147 80%

b) Roberto Velázquez is a Puerto Rican living in New York.

c) Roberto Velázquez is a Puerto Rican living in new york.

d) Roberto velázquez is a Puerto Rican living in New York.

4) a) The title of the book is: Grandpa and the statue of liberty.

b) The title of the book is: grandpa and the Statue of Liberty.

c) The title of the book is: Grandpa and the statue of liberty.

d) The title of the book is: Grandpa and the Statue of Liberty.

5) a) The road from the village to the town is usually covered with snow, but this year the winter, had been a mild one.

b) The road, from the village to the town, is usually covered with snow, but this year the winter had been a mild one.

c) The road from the village to the town is usually covered with

snow, but this year the winter had been a mild one.

d) The road from the village to the town is usually covered with snow but this year the winter, had been a mild one.

6) a) Couldn’t you borrow a girl’s bicycle? “Complained mother”.

b) “Couldn’t you borrow a girls’ bicycle?” complained Mother. c) “Couldn’t you borrow a girl’s bicycle”? complained mother .

d) “Couldn’t you borrow a girl’s bicycle?” Complained Mother.

The Writing Process

7) The first step in the Prewriting stage is to:

a) gather ideas

b) brainstorm

c) select the topic you will write about

d) organize events

8) The second stage in the writing process when you develop and present your ideas in sentences in a preliminary product is known as:

a) editing

b) revising

c) drafting

d) prewriting

9) The process of reworking what you have written to make improvements is known as:

a) prewriting

b) editing

c) drafting

d) revising

10) To correct errors in grammar and usage; punctuation, and capitalization are some of the tasks in:

a) editing

b) proofreading

c) publishing

d) prewriting

Read the following essay. Then select the best answer.

My seven-year-old cousin Lamont thinks rules are for breaking, not for

following. Our grandmother says, “A fence is nothin’ to a child but an

invitation to climb.” When she says that, she must be thinking of Lamont.

Once he saw a “Keep Off the Grass” sign outside the science museum, and

he sat down on the grass right next to the sign until I dragged him away.

Another time, when my aunt brought out a plate of cookies and said we

could have two each, he grabbed five right in front of her.

If you ask Lamont why he breaks rules, the reason he gives most often

is that he likes keeping other people on their toes. Child behaviorist Dr.

Ramon Chuya puts it another way: “Children test rules constantly to find out

their limits. They want to know that there are consequences for their

behavior, and they need to find out just what those consequences are.”

11) The writer uses ___________________ to elaborate on the topic sentence.

a) a detail

b) a transitional phrase

c) a quotation

d) a transitional sentence

12) The topic sentence in this essay is________________________.

a) “A fence is nothin’ to a child but an invitation to climb.”

b) Children need to find out what the consequences for breaking the rules are.

c) My seven-year-old cousin Lamont thinks rules are for breaking, not following.

d) When she says that, she must be thinking of Lamont.

13) A supporting detail used to sustain the topic is:

a) Lamont’s main reason for breaking rules.

b) A quote from an expert.

c) Lamont’s reason for breaking rules.

d) All of the above.

14. Write an introductory paragraph for the following topic:

Tourist Attractions in Puerto Rico

Present your sub-topics, using transitional words or phrases. Include a

transitional sentence to introduce your paragraph. Provide at least five

supporting details.

Department of Education

English Program

Summary Sheet

Date_______________________________Teacher______________________

School_____________________________ Total Students:_______________Group_______________

Expectation #Items

PEM #Items Mastere

d

% Mastered

#Items Not

Mastered% Not

Mastered

Listening Speaking 12 8

Reading 13 9

Writing 37 26

Total Test 62 43