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Requirements

Students who have been eligible to write the OSSLT at least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once are eligible to take the course. (Students who have already met the literacy requirement for graduation may be eligible to take the course under special circumstances, at the discretion of the principal.)

Description

This course is designed to help students acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Students who complete the course successfully will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation. Students will read a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts and will produce a variety of forms of writing, including summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports. Students will also maintain and manage a portfolio containing a record of their reading experiences and samples of their writing. Eligibility requirement: Students who have been eligible to write the OSSLT at least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once are eligible to take the course. (Students who have already met the literacy requirement for graduation may be eligible to take the course under special circumstances, at the discretion of the principal.)

Course Content

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	OLC4O- Course Outline		mb

	Types of Reading Survey		mb
	Why do We Read		mb

	Six Elements of a Narrative		mb
	Features of a Text		mb
	Reading Narrative Texts		mb

	Narrative Text Practice		mb
	Real Life Narrative Practice		mb

	India Keeps Life Interesting Questions - Student		mb
	India Keeps Life Interesting		mb

	Narrative Writing Assignment		mb
	Narrative Writing Rubric		mb
	Writing Narrative Text		mb

	Element of a Newspaper Article		mb
	Example of Newspaper Article		mb
	Newspaper Article Organizer		mb
	Sample Newspaper Article		mb

	New Report Rubric		mb
	Structure of a Newspaper Article		mb

	Newsreport Article Assignment		mb

	Success with Reading		mb

	Skimming Mammals in the sea		mb

	Scanning Worksheet		mb
	Scanning Handout		mb

	Reading Narrative Texts		mb
	Narrative Text Practice		mb

	Everday Text		mb

	Jim Carrey Paragraph		mb
	OLC 401-Informational Paragraphs		mb
	OLC 401-Informational Paragraphs ppt		mb

	Opinion Piece Format		mb
	The Opinion Piece Assignment		mb
	The Opinion Piece Organizer		mb
	Writing a Series of Paragraphs Rubric		mb
	Writing a Series of Paragraphs		mb