Course Outline
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OSSLT PRACTICE RESOURCES
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EQAO ONLINE ​

OSSLT Sample Tests

Link to Read, Write, Rock website
Examples of student questions, answers and scoring guides from EQAO website
​Series of Opinion Paragraph practice
​News Report Practice
​APE format
Strategies for Multiple Choice
Strategies for writing a summary
Graphic Text practice
Reading Comprehension Strategies ​

OSSLT Test Format: 

The test includes two test booklets which contain reading and writing activities. In total, there are five reading passages, 41 multiple choice questions and 8 written response activities, including 6 short answer questions and 2 long writing tasks.
The test is administered in two 75 minute sessions with a break in between each session.
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READING
Students read five different passages, covering a range of topics. They vary in length from a single paragraph to two pages. Selections include the following forms:

• Informational paragraph
• News report
• Dialogue
• Real-life narrative
• Graphic text

Students answer comprehension questions to demonstrate they can:

• understand explicitly stated information and ideas
• understand indirectly stated information and ideas
• make personal connections to the text

 
WRITING
Students must complete several writing tasks including:

• two long writing samples
  • A news report (1 page)
  • A multi-paragraph opinion piece (2 pages)
• Short writing tasks with a 6 line response
• Multiple choice questions

Student writing must demonstrate skill in:

• developing a main idea with sufficient supporting details
• organizing and connecting information and ideas
• using correct grammar, punctuation and spelling