OLC40P: Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course
BRV.01 demonstrate the ability to read and respond to a variety of texts;
BRV.02 demonstrate understanding of the organizational structure and features of a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts, including opinion pieces, information paragraphs, textbooks, newspaper reports and magazine stories, and short fiction;
BRV.03 demonstrate understanding of the content and meaning of informational, narrative, and graphic texts that they have read using a variety of reading strategies;
BRV.04 use a variety of strategies to understand unfamiliar and specialized words and expressions in informational, narrative, and graphic texts;
BWV.01 demonstrate the ability to use the writing process by generating and organizing ideas and producing first drafts, revised drafts, and final polished pieces to complete a variety of writing tasks;
BWV.02 use knowledge of writing forms, and of the connections between form, audience, and purpose, to write summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces (i.e., series of paragraphs expressing an opinion), news reports, and personal reflections, incorporating graphic elements where necessary and appropriate.
Specific Expectations:
BR3.01 choose an appropriate approach to reading a text to match the purpose for reading (e.g., scan to locate the relevant section in a text; skim to identify the main point; read closely to clarify one’s obligations in a contract);
BR3.03 use appropriate strategies to activate and build on prior knowledge of the content of the informational, narrative, or graphic selections (e.g., brainstorm about a topic);
BR3.04 use appropriate strategies to monitor comprehension when reading informational and narrative texts (e.g., pose questions to check understanding; reread passages to clarify understanding; adjust reading speed to suit the complexity of the text);
BR3.05 use appropriate strategies to track and record information and ideas while reading informational and narrative texts (e.g., use highlighter, note-taking, or a visual organizer to identify key facts, points in an argument, or events in a narrative);
BR3.06 use appropriate strategies to locate information in different types of texts, including:
BR3.07 use appropriate strategies to make inferences about and interpret different types of texts, including:
BR4.01 use appropriate strategies to discover the meaning of unfamiliar and technical words encountered in their reading (e.g., use print, online, and bilingual dictionaries; use context to determine the meaning of new words; create concept maps using new words; build a bank of sight words to increase reading fluency);
BR4.02 use appropriate strategies to discover the meaning of unfamiliar idiomatic expressions encountered in their reading (e.g., “read past” an unfamiliar expression to gain a sense of the sentence, then make a guess as to its meaning; use or create dictionaries of phrases and expressions);
BR4.03 use appropriate strategies to expand their vocabulary through reading (e.g., use knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to create new words; contribute to class word walls; create personal dictionaries of new words encountered in their reading).