1. Mississauga Secondary School Thursday, March 29, 2012

2. Who: All Grade 10 students Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012 Time: 8:15 a.m. Format: Two Booklets 75 mins for each booklet Purpose: To Test Reading and Writing

5. Mississauga Secondary School

8. A dictionary iPods, cell phones or other electronic devices Food of any kind Any type of beverage other than water

18. 1) News Article 2) Dialogue 3) Information paragraph 4) Graphical Text 5) Real-life narrative

19. Multiple Choice Questions open response (short answer) questions

21. You will have two long writing tasks: A news report A series of paragraphs expressing an opinion You will have two short writing tasks: Both tasks will be a six-line paragraph response to a question or statement Example: What is your favourite time of the year? Explain why