OLC4O
Open
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course
Course Summary
Subject Area Subject: English
Grade 12
Prerequisites:
Eligibility requirement: Students who have been eligible to write the OSSLT at
least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once are eligible to take the course. (Students who have already met the literacy requirement for graduation may be eligible to take the
course under special circumstances, at the discretion of the principal.)
1 Credit
4 Units, 20 learning activities
This course is designed to help students acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Students who complete the course successfully will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation. Students will read a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts and will produce a variety of forms of writing, including summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports. Students will also maintain and manage a portfolio containing a record of their reading experiences and samples of their writing.
Interested in enrolling?
Please connect with the guidance counsellor at your school to see if this course is available to you. Your counsellor will support you in accessing the course, if available, or work with you to find an alternative in which you can enroll.
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