Subject
English
Grade: 12
Type: Open
Language of Study: English
Prerequisites:
None
Course description:
This course is designed to help you acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). If you complete the course successfully, you will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation. You will read a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts and you will produce a variety of forms of writing, including summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports.
Grade: 12
Type: Open
Language of Study: English
Prerequisites:
None
Course description:
This course is designed to help you acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). If you complete the course successfully, you will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation. You will read a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts and you will produce a variety of forms of writing, including summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports.
Course Lessons
This course is designed for independent study.
This course is designed for independent study.
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20 Lessons
5 Lessons
1.1
When and how do we read?
1.1
When and how do we read?
1.2
What are reading comprehension strategies?
1.2
What are reading comprehension strategies?
1.3
The Main Idea
1.3
The Main Idea
1.4
Writing the first draft
1.4
Writing the first draft
1.5
Editing and revising the final draft
1.5
Editing and revising the final draft
5 Lessons
2.1
Inferring and summarizing
2.1
Inferring and summarizing
2.2
Exploring the news
2.2
Exploring the news
2.3
Get your story right
2.3
Get your story right
2.4
Writing information paragraphs
2.4
Writing information paragraphs
2.5
Putting it all together
2.5
Putting it all together
5 Lessons
3.1
Applying for a job
3.1
Applying for a job
3.2
Resumes and cover letters
3.2
Resumes and cover letters
3.3
Thank-you notes and vocab
3.3
Thank-you notes and vocab
3.4
Workplace communication
3.4
Workplace communication
3.5
Race to the right job
3.5
Race to the right job
5 Lessons
4.1
Using reading strategies
4.1
Using reading strategies
4.2
Summaries and information paragraphs
4.2
Summaries and information paragraphs
4.3
News reports
4.3
News reports
4.4
Writing an opinion essay
4.4
Writing an opinion essay
4.5
Reflecting on my learning
4.5
Reflecting on my learning