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
:
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.
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:
WRITING
Students must complete several writing tasks including:
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.
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
- 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
- developing a main idea with sufficient supporting details
- organizing and connecting information and ideas
- using correct grammar, punctuation and spelling
