Grade 12 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course

This course is designed to help students acquire and demonstrate the literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).

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 create, maintain and manage a portfolio containing a record of their reading experiences and samples of their writing.

Students who successfully complete this course will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation.

Eligibility requirement: Students who have been eligible to write the OSSLT at least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once are eligible to take this course.