1. OSSLT
Get Ready!

2. Who?
ALL Grade 10 students in Ontario MUST write the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).

3. What is the OSSLT? It is a test of reading and writing skills.
It is based on the curriculum up to the end of Grade
NINE.

4. When is the OSSLT?
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 March 27

5. What is the OSSLT?
The Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is a GRADUATION requirement for all students.
(It’s a “High-stakes” Test)

6. What Happens if I am Not Successful on the OSSLT?

7. the OSSLC (Course) in Grade 11!
Students who are NOT successful on the OSSLT will take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy COURSE (OSSLC)
in Grade 11!

8. What Does The OSSLT Look Like?

9. What is the OSSLT? Two Sessions One Question Booklet per session
One Answer Booklet per session
No answers written in the question booklet
One goal: SUCCESS!

10. What Does The OSSLT Look Like?
Booklet 1
Reading Selections – Multiple Choice and Open Response Questions (narrative)
Short Writing Tasks (with the reading selection)
The News Report
Open Response Question (something current)
Booklet 2
Long Writing Task (a.k.a. the Essay)
Multiple Choice (conventions – grammar, paragraphs, sentence structure, punctuation)
2 more Reading Selections – Multiple Choice Questions
Short Writing Task – your own experience
Graphic Reading Selection – Multiple Choice Questions

11. How Do We Prepare For The OSSLT?
Grade 9 Practice Test
(The OSSLT looks the same with new questions)
Practice questions from the Lit-Blitz in Class (March 18 to 21)
AFTER SCHOOL Literacy Help
Two RF Hall booklets (online)
D2L Quiz Bank
The practice questions on the EQAO Web site

12. Every student can take up to 150 minutes for each booklet.
What’s New? The 2019 OSSLT
Every student can take up to 150 minutes for each booklet.
Students should ask about using a computer for the OSSLT!

13. What kind of questions do you need to Practice?
Reading Selections? Multiple Choice? Main Idea? Open Response? Short Writing Tasks? Graphic Reading? Long Writing Task (the Essay) The News Report? Grammar? Paragraphs? Sentence Structure? Punctuation?

14. What kind of questions do you need to Practice?
Multiple Choice? Main Idea? Open Response? Graphic Reading Long Writing Task The News Report? Grammar? Paragraphs? Sentence Structure? Punctuation?

15. Graphic Text – What is it?
A Graphic Text presents ideas and information with graphic features (diagrams, photographs, drawings, sketches, patterns, timetables, maps, charts, or tables).
For the Graphic Reading Text you will be required to answer 6 multiple choice questions.
Let’s Practice!

19. Short Reading Task Find the Main Idea
State the main idea of this selection and provide one specific detail from the selection that supports it.
(6 Lines of writing)

20. Find the main idea Let’s Practice!
State the main idea of this selection, and provide one specific detail from the selection that supports it. !
Let’s Practice!

21. Find the main idea
The main idea of the selection is…..

22. Open Response
Demonstrate your writing skills by using your knowledge and personal experience.
There is no reading selection connected to these tasks. You must write your response based on your own experiences, background knowledge and connections in relation to the question.
(6 Lines of Writing)

23. Open Response Question 1 Do you prefer to work alone or with a group?
Becomes…..
I prefer to work with a group for several reasons. I find that being in a group helps me to discover new ideas. I also like to share my thoughts with others. Finally, being in a group is a great way for me to meet new people.

24. Open Response Let’s Practice!
Name an event you would like to attend. Use specific details to explain your answer.
Name a person from history that you would like to meet. Use specific details to explain your answer.
What is the best advice you have ever given to someone? Use specific details to explain your answer.

25. Tips for Completing Short-Writing Tasks
Re-read the passage if you need to
Re-read the question if you need to
Include as much information as you can
Editing Tips:
Capitalization
Punctuation
Sentence structure
Give at least one example
Write as clearly as you can
Explain your thinking

26. The Long Writing Task (The Essay)
Example:
Is it a good idea for high school students to have a part-time job?
Becomes…
I believe it is important for every high school student to have a part-time job.
(2 pages of writing)

27. Brainstorm by designing a web
Statement
Why?
(Big Topic)
Why?
(Big Topic)
Why?
(Big Topic)
Example #1
Example #1
Example #1
Example #2
Example #2
Example #2
Example #3
Example #3
Example #3

28. Brainstorm by designing a web
It is a good idea for every student to ….
Why?
(To earn money)
Why?
(Skills)
Why?
(Work experience)
References
To buy clothes
People skills
To build a resume
To save for education
Work skills
To pay for social life
Time management skills
Meet future employers

29. Do celebrities make good role models for teenagers? Becomes…….
Let’s practice….
Do celebrities make good role models for teenagers?
Becomes…….

30. Some helpful hints
Review your Grade Nine Practice Test – teacher comments and rubrics.
Come to the AFTER SCHOOL sessions on Wednesdays!!
Review the LITERACY ACTIVITIES from dpcdsb.org/RFHAL/Learning/Library/Literacy
Complete the D2L Quiz Bank.

31. Some helpful hints
Use the LITERACY page on our WEB SITE for helpful hints, The Online PowerPoint lessons, and videos on each section of the OSSLT
>Literacy

32. Desire 2 Learn (D2L)

33. Some helpful hints www.eqao.com
Look at the EQAO Web site for sample questions and exemplars:

34. Examples of Assessments (left side)
Some helpful hints
Look at the EQAO Web site for sample questions and exemplars:
Examples of Assessments (left side)
OSSLT
sessment-docs/OSSLT-scoring-guide-2018.pdf
Scoring Materials Item-Specific Rubric and Sample Student Responses with Annotations

35. Exemplars

38. LET’S LOGIN TO A COMPUTER AND FIND:
RF Hall Library
D2L
EQAO

39. after the test?
Students will attend classes in the afternoon.

40. Results
OSSLT Results will be released to students in June