Mississauga Secondary School Thursday, March 29, 2012
Who: All Grade 10 students Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012 Time: 8:15 a.m. Format: Two Booklets 75 mins for each booklet Purpose: To Test Reading and Writing
Mississauga Secondary School
A dictionary iPods, cell phones or other electronic devices Food of any kind Any type of beverage other than water
1) News Article 2) Dialogue 3) Information paragraph 4) Graphical Text 5) Real-life narrative
Multiple Choice Questions open response (short answer) questions
You will have two long writing tasks: A news report A series of paragraphs expressing an opinion You will have two short writing tasks: Both tasks will be a six-line paragraph response to a question or statement Example: What is your favourite time of the year? Explain why