SCHOOL WIDE CROSS CURRICULAR PLAN

An effective action plan supported by School Administration provides our Grade 9 and 10 students with plenty of opportunities throughout the year to become familiar with OSSLT tasks in ALL subject areas. Teachers in each discipline, as outlined in the chart below, work with students to practice and master ONE reading task and ONE writing task found on the OSSLT. 

HOW DOES THE PLAN WORK?

1. Teachers embed literacy formats, language and tasks within their courses through in-class tasks, homework, assignments, and tests by using writing topics and reading passages which are already part of their subject specific curriculum.
   
   
2. All grade 9 and 10 CPTs (Culminating Performance Tasks) will reflect either the OSSLT reading task and/or the writing task that has been practiced and assessed throughout the semester.
   
   
3. All grade 9 and 10 Final Exams will reflect either the OSSLT reading task and/or the writing task that has been practiced and assessed throughout the semester.

AFTER SCHOOL SUPPORT

All grade 9, 10 and 11 students who have demonstrated weakness in literacy skills are invited to participate in an after school program to develop their reading and writing skills. Instructors will provide students with strategies for success that can be used in all subject areas.

The 10 hour course is free to all parents/guardians and students will be provided with plenty of opportunities to respond to the types of questions they will face on the upcoming literacy test.

Students can obtain a registration form from any of their subject teachers, or from this site. Forms should be forwarded to students’ subject specific teachers or to R. Efpatridis via the main office.

Once registration forms have been returned (min. 20) students will be contacted by an instructor outlining the specific times and dates of their sessions. Without minimum enrolment, sections will not run.

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

"Parents are children's primary educators and their encouragement and support is vital." (Helping Your Child Queen’s Printer, Ontario 1997). Each child's first teachers are adults in the home. It's at home that children form their attitudes toward learning. And it's at home that children first learn the values they will carry throughout their lives. Children are "schooled" at home in the basics of getting along with people, communicating effectively, and solving problems. As a parent, you are your child’s most important role model. If your child sees you reading, especially for pleasure or information, he or she will understand that reading is a worthwhile activity.