OSSLT Preparation
OSSLT Test Outline
- Watch the following video: What to expect on the OSSLT
- More information: Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) Framework
There are a series of mandated skills required to pass the OSSLT. Typically, focusing on the following areas will help you sharpen these mandated skills:
- Writing a series of paragraphs
- Expressing and developing an opinion
- Usingmain points and evidence to support an opinion
- Identifyingmain points and supporting evidence within a text
- Writing introductions and conclusions
- Interpreting narrative texts(ie. news reports, magazine stories, short fiction)
- Interpreting informational texts(ie. opinion pieces, textbooks)
- Summarizingideas and information that are explicitly stated
- Understanding ideas and information that are implicitlystated
- Writing to different audiences
Additional OSSLT Study Resources
- OSSLT Walkthrough of Practice Test – YouTube
- OSSLT Online Practice Test
- OSSLT Resources – Ontario Literacy
- OSSLT Preparation Resources
- OSSLT Prep Guide with Sample Answers