Prepare for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) with our targeted literacy course!
This course is specifically designed to help students acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills assessed by the OSSLT, fulfilling the provincial literacy requirement for graduation.
Students will engage with a diverse array of texts including informational, narrative, and graphic formats. They will develop their writing skills across different styles such as summaries, informational paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports. Additionally, students will create and maintain a portfolio that records their reading experiences and showcases their writing samples.
This course is ideal for students looking to enhance their literacy skills systematically and achieve success in the OSSLT, setting a solid foundation for further academic achievement and effective communication.
Course information
- Discipline: English
- Course type: University Preparation
- 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.
- Teacher: Dalia Elenin