Melanie WhiteAdult High School English & ESL Department

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The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is comprised of two test booklets which include various Reading and Writing tasks

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There are THREE different types of Reading Tasks.

1. Read an Informational Text of 200-220 words Read a paragraph Read a news report

2. Read a Narrative Read a dialogue of about 225 words Read a real-life narrative of about 600 words

3. Graphic Text Read a graphic text of about100-150 words

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Types of Questions:

multiple choice open response (six lines each)

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There are different types of writing tasks:

A. Long Writing Tasks1. News Report (one page)2. Paragraphs expressing an opinion (two pages)

B. Two Short Writing Tasks (six lines each)

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Stay focused and respond to the question

Answer every question Fill in all the lines Write clearly and legibly Use proper grammar, and punctuation

Be confident!

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