St. Lawrence Secondary School Wednesday February 8 th, :30 – 7:15 pm Library

Agenda Newsletter and Brochure Welcome from Vice Principal Doug Searle OSSLT: What is it? SLSS Literacy Plan for After School Literacy Guided Tour of EQAO Website test review Wellness – thinking outside the test Some test points Q & A

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test Written in one day March 29 th, 2012 All grade 10 students write the same test, the same day Is a graduation requirement Must achieve a level 3 to pass M

Students wrote practice test Parent information night One-on-one with students Case-by-case basis: more practice Whole school approach, curriculum tie-ins After school literacy program M

Eight sessions after school Begins Tuesday February 14 th, :30 pm – 3:30 pm Each week we will be covering another specific area of the OSSLT. TuesdayThursday February March TEST DAYMARCH 29 th M

OSSLT Video K

Guided Tour of EQAO Website EQAO: Education Quality and Accountability Office (3,6,9,10) K

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Booklets K

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Sleep Eating Positivity Support K

Do not leave blanks – write something One page news report Two page opinion essay Six line personal response to a question or a statement Multiple choice questions testing language skills M

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Questions from parents and students M