Unit 1

Reading and Writing for Personal Success

30 hours

Unit 2

Community V oices Through Reading and Writing

40 hours

Unit 3

Reading and Writing as Community Action

Unit 4

Demonstrating Success in Reading and Writing

Assessment and Evaluation of Student Achievement in the OSSLC

Assessment of student work in the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course differs from assessment for other courses in a number of key ways:

· Students who receive 50 per cent or higher in the course receive a credit for the course and also are deemed to have met the secondary school literacy requirement for

graduation.

· Although this course is offered in Grade 12 and represents a credit awarded in Grade 12, the standard for a pass in the course is comparable to that established by the OSSLT,which represents achievement of Grade 9 literacy expectations.

· The course has an Achievement Chart that describes student achievement of literacy skills. However, as the following chart shows, the levels and their mark ranges differ from those in the Achievement Charts for other courses.

· This course differs from other courses in outlining specific requirements for the final 30 per cent evaluation that will be administered towards the end of the course.

20 hours