Description
Are your students preparing to write the Ontario Literacy Test? This OSSLT Prep Bundle has you covered! With EQAO practice tests, curriculum-aligned lessons, multiple choice questions, and information reading activities, these resources will help your students prepare for the mandated tasks on their upcoming tests. The OSSLT Prep Bundle is ideal for building student confidence, strengthening literacy skills, and familiarizing them with the test format in an engaging and supportive way.
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Included with this OSSLT Prep Bundle:
- Reading Strategies Unit – Digital & Print
- Practice making predictions, summarizing, and making inferences
- Real-Life Narrative (RNL) Unit – Digital & Print
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- Practice reading and responding to Dialogue (DI) narratives
- Compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction narrative structures
- Read and respond to diverse Canadian real-life narratives
- Information Paragraph (IP) Unit – Digital & Print
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- Identify a variety of information text features
- Examine how to identify bias, purpose, reliability, and audience
- Practice writing information paragraphs
- Read and respond to informational texts
- News Report (NR) Unit – Digital & Print
- Opinion Writing Unit – Digital & Print
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- Differentiate between persuasive writing and other forms of writing
- Learn about main ideas and types of supporting details
- Use the writing process to develop opinion pieces
- Practice opinion writing through peer-based learning
- 2 OSSLT Practice Tests – Digital & Print
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- Read and respond to mandated texts that resemble the OSSLT
- Topics explored include “Technology and Society” and “A Brighter Future”
- Detailed Answer Keys
- Teacher Instructions for using these resources
How to use this OSSLT Practice Bundle:
Whether you are leading after-school sessions, tutoring, or teaching students who will soon write the Ontario Literacy Test – this OSSLT Prep Bundle has everything you need to prepare your students for success! With resources designed to be flexible, you can adapt each unit to meet the needs of your students while staying aligned with OSSLT standards. The OSSLT Prep Bundle is perfect for one-on-one, small group, or whole-class instruction.
This bundle explores age-appropriate texts and facilitates engaging activities that are relevant to the Ontario Literacy Test. The lessons explore essential literacy skills with lessons and assessments that are both appropriate and accessible for older students. With the OSSLT Prep Bundle, you’ll save planning time while ensuring students get the targeted support they need to thrive.
The OSSLT features several informational texts that students must read and interpret. To prepare for this, students can explore information text features using engaging and interactive activities. They should also learn about information literacy and practice identifying bias, purpose, reliability, and audience. These skills are emphasized throughout the OSSLT Prep Bundle to help students critically engage with texts they encounter on the test.
Students can then apply their knowledge to a variety of information text passages and news reports with the multiple-choice questions provided with this bundle. These questions mirror the style and format of those found on the OSSLT, giving students consistent, guided practice through the OSSLT Prep Bundle.
To develop reading strategies, students can practice making inferences, making predictions, and summarizing texts. These strategies are introduced and reinforced through scaffolded instruction and meaningful practice in the OSSLT Prep Bundle, helping students to actively think while reading.
As students prepare to engage with a variety of real-life narratives, they can learn about nonfiction organizational structures and structures of narrative texts. They can apply their knowledge to a variety of real-life narrative passages that explore diverse Canadian stories. The OSSLT Prep Bundle ensures that students gain exposure to the kinds of texts and tasks they’ll encounter on the literacy test.
To prepare for the opinion piece, students can learn about persuasive writing and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details. They will also explore different types of supporting evidence that they can use for their opinion piece. They can practice opinion writing through peer-based learning before writing their own opinion essay. The OSSLT Prep Bundle provides multiple opportunities to develop this skill in a supportive and engaging way.
Students will also need to be able to write an informational paragraph for the written-response portion of the OSSLT. This unit includes lessons and practice activities for information paragraph writing. With guided examples and peer review checklists, the OSSLT Prep Bundle makes paragraph writing less intimidating and more achievable for all learners.
Finally, students can practice the test-taking process with OSSLT practice tests that explore two themes: “Technology and Society” and “A Brighter Future.” These practice tests are structured to simulate the real experience of the OSSLT and are one of the many valuable components of the OSSLT Prep Bundle, allowing students to build confidence and familiarity before test day.
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See what other teachers are saying about this OSSLT Prep Bundle:
“This OSSLT unit is a life saver!! I am in the process of preparing my students for up coming test and many of my students are ESL. My students engaged with the material and found that they loved the materials!”
– Athina P.
⭒ For classrooms utilizing Google Classroom® ⭒
To access the digital version of these worksheets, simply follow the instructions within the resource to copy the files directly to your Google Drive®.
