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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, 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 3 and discuss them.
• Complete the multiple choice section of this task, using the Student Answer Sheet on page 3.
• Compare your response for the multiple choice section, with the answers on page 5. Discuss the question at the top of the page.
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• Reflect upon your strengths, areas of improvement and next steps. Write your responses on page 6 in the space provided.
• 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 6 in the space provided.
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This is the Student Answer Sheet for this section of the Literacy Test. Read the directions below for completing this section, and
summarize each of them with your peers. Once this is done, complete the multiple choice response for this section of the test.
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
March 2011
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
Section III
1.
a
b
c
d
2.
a
b
c
d
1.
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3.
a
b
c
d
e
4.
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5.
6.
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e
Respond in booklet.
Section II
1.
a
b
c
d
e
2.
a
b
c
d
e
3.
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b
c
d
e
4.
a
b
c
d
e
Section IX
Section VI
Respond in booklet.
Section IV
1.
Questionnaire
1.
Respond in booklet.
Section VII
Respond in booklet.
Section V
1.
a
b
c
d
2.
a
b
c
d
e
3.
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b
c
d
e
4.
a
Section XII
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3. a) Y
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b) Y
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6.
Respond in booklet.
c) Y
N
7.
Respond in booklet.
d) Y
N
e) Y
N
1.
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b
c
d
e
2.
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3.
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Section VIII
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Section XI
Respond in booklet.
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Section X
1.
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N
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N
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N
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b) Y
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c) Y
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d) Y
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N
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7.
c) Y
N
d) Y
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e) Y
N
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End of Test
Student Answer Sheet
1
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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
1.
a
b
c
d
1.
2.
a
b
c
d
3.
b
c
d
4.
b
c
d
5.
b
c
d
6.
Respond in booklet.
Section II
Section IX
Section VI
Respond in booklet.
Section IV
1.
Questionnaire
1.
Respond in booklet.
Section VII
Respond in booklet.
Section V
1.
a
b
c
d
2.
a
b
c
d
3.
a
b
c
d
4.
a
b
c
d
1.
a
b
c
d
2.
a
b
c
d
b
c
d
Section VIII
3.
Section XII
1.
a
b
c
d
1. a) Y
N
2.
a
b
c
d
b) a
b
c
d
e
3.
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c
d
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d
b) Y
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6.
Respond in booklet.
c) Y
N
7.
Respond in booklet.
d) Y
N
e) Y
N
Section X
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b
c
d
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Section XI
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4.
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b
c
d
1.
b
c
d
b
c
d
2.
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c
d
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5.
End of Booklet 1
1.
Respond in booklet.
f) Y
N
g) Y
N
h) Y
N
i) Y
N
j) Y
N
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N
d) Y
N
e) Y
N
f) Y
N
a
b
End of Test
Answer Key
1
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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 suggest to any student completing this task so that they can be successful:
Tip #1: ______________________________________________ Tip #2: _________________________________________
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