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Literacy Information



For our full Literacy Plan
2009-2010
click on the link
Important dates:

Ontario Secondary School
Literacy Test:
31st March, 2011

Grade 9 Practice Literacy Test:
Semester 1 English Students: To Be Determined
Semester 2 English Students: To Be Determined

Parents' Pre-Test Seminar:
To Be Determined

For other useful dates and information see below

  
The OSSLT is a provincial test of literacy skills students should have acquired by grade 10.

Two papers = 2.5 hrs of testing time in total.  


    Reading selections include:
          - informational reading (e.g. paragraph, news report)
          - narrative reading (e.g. dialogue, real-life narrative)
          - graphic reading
   Testing is through multiple choice and open response.


    Writing selections include:  
          - long writing tasks - a news report (one page)
                                         - a series of paragraphs expressing an
                                           opinion
         - two short writing tasks - 6 lines each
         - multiple choice questions: developing a main idea with
                                                                     supporting details
                                                        organization of ideas
                                                        language conventions

Full information can be found at the following link to EQAO -


For help with writing the
news report
For help with writing a
series of paragraphs expressing an opinion
For help with writing the
short writing task:  the information paragraph

The successful student's work is characterized by:

COMPLEXITY - big ideas, details selected to support generalizations; broad vocabulary, connects purposes, audience, and form.

VARIETY - range of literacy and fluency skills; navigates and adopts different types of expression; produces own ideas; syntax is that of written language where appropriate; flexibility of expression.

ABSTRACTION - uses symbols and visualization in understanding and expression; transfers skills and prior knowledge to new situations.
The unsuccessful student's work is characterized by:

SIMPLICITY - in ideas and sparse supporting details in understanding and in use of forms, and in vocabulary use.

REPETITION - the small set of ideas selected from texts or chosen for writing are used repeatedly; narrow range of skill sets for choice of vocabulary and sentence structure; syntax is often drawn from oral language.

CONCRETENESS - focus on specifics of tasks; straight-forward purposes in reading or writing; heavy reliance on personal experience for evidence.


Further important dates:

- Reading strategies workshops for grade10
  LDCC and Applied classes
 10 Sessions = 1 Grade 10 class per day
 To be administered by the Librarian and Literacy Co-ordinator
 Dates to be determined

- After School Advancement Program
 
  These sessions will be open to all, but students
 who specifically require additional help will
 receive invitations
Dedicated ASAP sessions will be take place
in the SIX weeks prior to the test.
Regular Program: To Be Determined
Special Education Program: To Be Determined

.
- Blitz Days -
FULL four periods - TWO DAYS ONLY
To Be Determined
- Students with IEPs will receive additional assistance! -



Last Modified: Jan 26, 2011
 

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