OSSLT - TIPS AND STRATEGIES

TIPS FOR STUDENTS: READING

• Reading An Informational Text - A sample passage with tips on answering multiple choice questions and questions that begin with “Explain”.
• Reading A Narrative Selection - Strategies on reading a narrative passage, graphic organizers showing the elements of short stories, Think-Aloud and Most/Least Important Ideas, a sample passage, and tips on answering multiple choice questions.

TIPS FOR STUDENTS: WRITING

• Writing a News Report - Instructions on writing a news report, a sample news report, a chart identifying the elements of a news report, a news report check list, a graphic organizer and an EQAO rubric.
• Writing a Series of Paragraphs - Instructions on writing a series of paragraphs, a checklist, a graphic organizer for a series of paragraphs expressing an opinion and an EQAO rubric.
• Open Response Writing Task: Writing a Paragraph - Instructions on writing a paragraph, a sample of a short writing task using a graphic organizer, a rubric for topic development and a rubric for use of conventions (grammar, punctuation, etc). 
• Writing a Summary - Instructions on writing a summary, a graphic organizer, a sample passage and an EQAO summary rubric.
• How To Write An Opinion Paragraph - Instructions on writing an opinion paragraph and an EQAO rubric.