ReadMC MainIdea V 1
Student Name: ______________________________________________
Date: __________________________________
Please read the following and complete the task in order to prepare for this section of the Ontario Secondary School
Literacy Test (OSSLT).
Before
Refer to pages 2, 3 and 4 and discuss the following questions with your peers:
• What is the task from this section of the OSSLT? How do you know this?
• What are you supposed to do in the section of the test? How do you know this?
• Where do you fill in the answers to the multiple choice questions? How do you know this?
• When you complete the written answer, how much space should you fill, in order to complete the task? How do you know this?
During
• Read the directions on the Student Answer Sheet on page 8 and discuss the question at the top of the page.
• Complete the multiple choice section of this task, using the Student Answer Key on page 8.
• Compare your response for the multiple choice section with the answers on page 10. Discuss the question at the top of the page.
• Read the rubric on page 5, and answer the question at the top of the page that refers to the rubric.
• Read the student exemplar on page 6 and answer the questions below it.
• Read the student exemplar on page 7 and answer the questions below it.
After
• Write down 2 tips that you would like to suggest to another student in order to be successful in this section of the Literacy Test.
Please write your tips on page 7 in the space provided.
• Reflect upon your strengths, areas of improvement and next steps. Write your responses on page 11 in the space provided.
ReadMC MainIdea V 2
Section V: Reading
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Section V: Reading
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Use the space below for rough notes. Nothing you write in this space will be scored.
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ReadMC MainIdea V 5
This is the rubric that is used to evaluate this section of the Literacy Test. Read each descriptor and try to determine how each is
different from the one above. If you were completing this section, what would do to move from a Code 20 to a Code 30? Explain.
Scoring Guide for Reading Open-Response
Section V Information Paragraph Question 7
Q7: State a main idea of this selection and provide one specific detail from the selection that supports it.
Code
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Illegible*
Descriptor
nothing written or drawn in the lined space provided
response is illegible
An illegible response cannot be read.
The response comments on the task (e.g., I don’t know how to answer this.).
Off topic/
Incorrect*
response is off-topic, irrelevant or incorrect
A typical off-topic response has no connection to the selection or the question.
A typical incorrect response provides an answer based on a misunderstanding of the question AND/OR
the ideas in the selection.
Code 10
• response indicates minimal reading comprehension
• response provides minimal or irrelevant ideas and information from the reading selection
The response provides
only a main idea from the selection
OR
x only one or more details from the selection
OR
x a main idea with one or more irrelevant details from the selection.
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Code 20
• response indicates some reading comprehension
• response provides vague ideas and information from the reading selection; it may include
irrelevant ideas and information from the reading selection
The response provides
a correct main idea and one or more vague details from the selection to support it.
OR
x a vague main idea and one or more specific or vague details from the selection to support it.
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The response often requires the reader to make the connection between the main idea and supporting
detail(s).
Code 30
• response indicates considerable reading comprehension
• response provides accurate, specific and relevant ideas and information from the reading
selection
The response provides a correct main idea and one or more specific and relevant details from the
selection to support it.
ReadMC MainIdea V 6
Scoring Guide for Reading Open-Response
Section V Information Paragraph Question 7
20
Annotation:
The response provides a correct main idea (Hurricanes are named different things over
time) with vague detail (they have to give a different name to it). The reader needs to
make the connection between the main idea and the details. The last sentence contains
inaccurate information (have to use all the letters of the alphabet).
From the student response and annotation above, answer the following questions:
1. What is the correct main idea in this section? _______________________________________________________
2. How is the detail vague? _______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What is the problem with the connection between the main idea and details? ______________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How does the last sentence contain inaccurate information? ___________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Re-write this section so that it meets the criteria of a 30 in the rubric outlined on page 5. You may re-write this section in the space
provided on page 4. Once you have completed this, compare you response with the student example on page 6 by answering the
questions below it.
ReadMC MainIdea V 7
Scoring Guide for Reading Open-Response
Section V Information Paragraph Question 7
30
Annotation:
The response provides a correct main idea (Naming Atlantic Basin hurricanes have
varied over time) with specific and relevant details (On September 13, 1876, (the day of
San Felipe), …50 years later) to support it.
Answer the following questions once you have completed the task.
1. Why is the response on this page a 30? Discuss with your class, how your response compares the response above. How can
you improve your response even further.
2. List 2 tips that you would suggest to any student completing this task so that they can be successful:
Tip #1: ______________________________________________ Tip #2: _________________________________________
ReadMC MainIdea V 8
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This is the Student Answer Sheet
this section
of theLiteracy
LiteracyTest
Test. Read the directions below for completing this section, and
March
2011
summarize each of them with your peers. Once this is done, complete the multiple choice response for this section of the test.
Student Answer Sheet
For Test Sessions 1 and 2
For your multiple-choice answers to be included in the calculation of your final results, they must be entered on this sheet.
• To indicate your answer, use only pencil or blue or black pen to fill in the circle completely:
Like this:
Not like this:
• If you fill in more than one circle for a question, the question will be scored incorrect.
• If you leave a question blank, the question will be scored zero.
• If you wish to change a multiple-choice answer, erase or cross out your answer and fill in the circle for your new answer.
Booklet 1
Booklet 2
Section I
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Section VI
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1. Respond in booklet.
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Section VII
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Section V
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Section X
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Student Answer Sheet
1
ReadMC MainIdea V 9
ReadMC MainIdea V 10
Answer the following once you have completed the task.
1. How did your response compare with the answer key below? What is one piece of advice that you would suggest to other students
who are completing this section of the Literacy Test?
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
March 2011
Student Answer Key
For Test Sessions 1 and 2
Booklet 1
Booklet 2
Section I
Section III
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Respond in booklet.
Section II
Section IX
Section VI
Respond in booklet.
Section IV
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Questionnaire
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Respond in booklet.
Section VII
Respond in booklet.
Section V
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End of Test
Answer Key
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ReadMC MainIdea V 11
Reflection: When it comes to this section:
My strengths are: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Areas to improve are: ________________________________________________________________________________
I can improve this by:
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you have any other questions or comments about this task?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
List 2 tips that you would give to any student completing this task so that they can be successful:
Tip #1: ______________________________________________
Tip #2: _________________________________________