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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) 2015

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1 Is it a good idea for high school students to have a part-time job?

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Section Writing a Series of Paragraphs page 3G

Section Writing a Series of Paragraphs page 4XSection Writing a Series of Paragraphs page 4G

Multiple-Choice

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

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Section Writing page 5H

A Stunning Comeback to an Elite Sport

Multiple-Choice

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

6 F G H J

7 A B C D

8 F G H J

9 A B C D

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Section Reading page 6I

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Multiple-Choice

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

Open-Response Answers

6 Does�Gerry�believe�that�Hanna’s�suggestions�will�help�him?�Use�specific�details�from�the�selection�to�support your answer.

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7 What�does�this�selection�show�about�Gerry�and�Hanna’s�relationship?�Use�specific�details�from�the selection to explain your answer.

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Short Writing Task

1 Identify�one�action�you�take�in�your�daily�life�to�be�healthy.�Use�specific�details�to�explain�how this action contributes to your health.

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Section Writing page 10K

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Canada’s Forests

Written for EQAO.

Canada’s Forests

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50

100

150

200

250

Thousandsof hectares

Northwest Territoriesincluding Yukon

& Nunavut

British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec Atlantic Provinces

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area

Source: Statistics Canada

CANADA’S FOREST MANAGEMENT

CANADA’S FOREST MANAGEMENT

CANADA’S FORESTSCANADA’S FORESTS

NEW INVESTMENTS IN ONTARIO’S FOREST INDUSTRY

$373 billion (2009)

WAGES AND SALARIES IN ONTARIO’S FOREST INDUSTRY

$2.446 trillion (2008)

Canada is the world’s leading exporter of softwood lumber, panels, pulp and newsprint, and the third largest exporter of printing and writing paper. Canada’s forest management includes sustainable harvest-ing of forests, replanting of harvested areas, and tracking threats to forests, including damage due to fires.

Ontario’s forest products industry contributes substantially to the provincial economy. The three major sectors of the forest products industry in Ontario are represented below. The pie graphs illustrate the percentage each sector contributes to the total revenue from Ontario’s forest-industry-manufactured goods; the amount of wages generated and the amount newly invested in Ontario’s forest industry.

Main sectors of the forest industry:

Forestry and logging

Pulp and paper product manufacturing

Wood product manufacturing

4%$14.5 B

18%$68.8 B

12%$290.1 B

55%$1,345.8 B

33%$809.8 B

11%$1550.7 B

60%$7992.6 B

29%$3856.6 B 78%

$289.8 B

REVENUE FROM ONTARIO’S FOREST-INDUSTRY-MANUFACTURED GOODS

$13.4 trillion (2008)

Area planted (2008)

Area burned (2009)

Harvest area (2008)

Ontario’s Forest Industry

0

50

100

150

200

250

Thousands of hectares

Northwest Territories including Yukon

& Nunavut

British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec Atlantic Provinces

62 he

ctar

es p

lant

ed

250

hect

ares

har

vest

area

Source: Statistics Canada

CANADA’S FOREST MANAGEMENT CANADA’S FOREST MANAGEMENT

Area planted (2008) Area burned (2009) Harvest area (2008) Area planted (2008) Area burned (2009) Harvest area (2008)

CANADA’S FORESTS CANADA’S FORESTS

NEW INVESTMENTS IN ONTARIO’S FOREST INDUSTRY

$373 billion (2009)

WAGES AND SALARIES IN ONTARIO’S FOREST INDUSTRY

$2.446 trillion (2008)

Canada is the world’s leading exporter of softwood lumber, panels, pulp and newsprint, and the third largest exporter of printing and writing paper. Canada’s forest management includes sustainable harvest-ing of forests, replanting of harvested areas, and tracking threats to forests, including damage due to fires.

Ontario’s forest products industry contributes substantially to the provincial economy. The three major sectors of the forest products industry in Ontario are represented below. The pie graphs illustrate the percentage each sector contributes to the total revenue from Ontario’s forest-industry-manufactured goods; the amount of wages generated and the amount newly invested in Ontario’s forest industry.

Main sectors of the forest industry:

Forestry and logging

Pulp and paper product manufacturing

Wood product manufacturing

4% $14.5 B

18% $68.8 B

12% $290.1 B

55%$1345.8 B

33% $809.8 B

11%$1550.7 B

60%$7992.6 B

29%$3856.6 B 78%

$289.8 B

REVENUE FROM ONTARIO’S FOREST-INDUSTRY-MANUFACTURED GOODS

$13.4 trillion (2008)

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

AlbertaBritishColumbia

NunavutNorthwest Territories

Quebec

NewBrunswick

Prince EdwardIsland

Yukon

Newfoundland& Labrador

Ontario

Nova Scotia

Canada is the world’s leading exporter of softwood lumber, panels, pulp and newsprint, and the third largest exporter of printing and writing paper. Canada’s forest management includes sustainable harvesting of forests, replanting of harvested areas and tracking threats to forests, including damage due to fires.

Ontario’s forest industry contributes substantially to the provincial economy. The three major sectors of the forest industry in Ontario are represented in the pie graphs below.

Multiple-Choice

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

6 F G H J

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Section I: ReadingAdapted from “A Stunning Comeback to an Elite Sport” by Randy Starkman, published in the Toronto Star, August 2, 2010. Reprinted with permission—Torstar Syndication. Photos: © Christopher Pike and © Howard Bailey.

Section J: ReadingWritten for EQAO.

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