OLC4O - 课程列表 - Inspired Mind Academy

Course Description

This course is designed to help students acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Students who complete the course successfully will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation. Students will read a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts and will produce a variety of forms of writing, including summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports. Students will also maintain and manage a portfolio containing a record of their reading experiences and samples of their writing.

Credits:1.0

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course

Course code:OLC4O
Grade: 12
Credits:1.0
Type: Open
Language of Study: English
Prerequisites: None

Unit Titles and Descriptions	Time Allocated
Reading In this unit students will learn and practice reading strategies to help them better understand what they read. Strategies used before reading help to activate the students' knowledge about the world and make predictions about the text. Strategies used while reading help students assess their understanding, and make sense of unfamiliar vocabulary. Strategies used after reading help students better retain and use the information. Students will read information texts, graphic texts, and narrative texts in this unit. They will also explore different purposes for reading, and how to approach these different kinds of texts. At the end of this unit students will have more confidence in their reading abilities, and many different skills to apply to all the reading they have to do in their lives.	50 hours
Writing In this unit students will learn how to plan and write a variety of texts - information paragraphs, opinion essays, summaries, and news reports. The form and writing process for each type of text is presented in clear steps, and there are many opportunities to practice and receive feedback on writing skills. At the end of this unit students will have a solid understanding of the writing process, and the ability to apply planning skills to the writing tasks they encounter in daily life.	50 hours
Final Assessment
Project Students will create and organize a Literacy Portfolio worth 15% of the final grade in which they will include examples of their work from the course, reflect on their skills, and write an outline and opinion essay.	7 hours
Exam This course includes a proctored exam worth 30% of your final grade.	3 hours
Total	110 hours