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[TEA-Jan-26] OLC4O, Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course by Sunny (2025-26 T3)
May 29th, 2025 - LESSON 12: Writing Your News Article
How Journalists Decide What to Write
How Journalists Decide What to Write
Opened:
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 12:00 AM
Due:
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 12:00 AM
Mark as done
How Journalists Decide What to Write.docx
22 January 2026, 9:10 AM
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Templates and Rubrics
Responsibilities of Students
Attendance Policy
Cheating and Plagiarism Policy
Late and Missed Assessments Policy
Appropriate Computer Used Policy
Virtual Classroom Procedures and Code of Behaviour
Learning Journal/ Portfolio
Diagnostic Test -Sample OSSLT
Item-Specific Rubrics and Sample (READ THIS!!!)
Writing response scoring criteria
Reading- The World's Weirdest Natural Disasters
Lesson #2 - Reading Comprehension Quiz
Writing a Summary (upload here your summary)
Peer Review
EXIT CARD
Homework
Writing a Summary (Assessment OF Learning)
Video - 4 things all great listeners know
Quiz - 4 things all great listeners know
Reading - The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster
Lesson #3 - Reading Comprehension
Summary-The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster
Group Activity- Sharing your Opinion
Lesson Exit Card
Reading Strategy- Visualizing
Lesson 4: Vocabulary Quiz
Narrative reading - The Gift of the Magi
Quiz: Reading Comprehension - The Gift of The Magi
Group Discussion
Summary Writing: The Gift of the Magi (Assignment)
Exit Card
Scoring criteria for writing response
March 2012 sample test responses-different band scores with examiner comment
EXIT CARD
OSSLT Test
Reading - A Sweet Invention
Quiz: Reading Comprehension - A Sweet Invention
Post Reading Response: A Sweet Invention
Video- The History of Cheese
Writing an Informational Text
Lesson 1 Exit Card (Assessment as learning)
Step 2-Reading- Ant-tastic Teamwork!
Step-2-Reading Strategy KWL
Step 3-Reading Comprehension- Ants
Step 4-KWL Chart
Step-5-Writing Conference
Lesson 2 Exit Card (Assessment as learning)
Vocabulary Practice - Idioms
Opinion- Tik Tok
Sharing your opinion
Portfolio Update
EXIT CARD
Reading and Error Correction- Tattoos
Reading- Creativity
CW-Demonstrating Understanding of an Information Text
Self Reflection
EXIT CARD
Pdf file-Reading and Error Correction- Tattoos
Pdf file-Reading- Creativity
Learning Skills & Work Habits Student Self-Assessment (Midterm)
Midterm - Course Evaluation
Lesson 5 Exit Card
Reading Test
MIDTERM TEST
Reading the News (Assignment)
Elements of a News Article
Lesson 10 Exit Card
Writing Effective Headlines
MORE HEADLINES
Notes- Elements and Purpose of a News Article
Planning your news report
Notes- New Report Writing
It's Your Turn - Write a News article (Assessment of Learning)
EXIT CARD:
Newspaper Rubric Checklist
Vocabulary Quiz-M
Skimming, Scanning and Annotating
Assessment Of Learning - Writing a News Article
Vocabulary
Writing The News - Crew Chosen for Artemis II Space Mission
Debate- Would you move to Mars?
EXIT CARD: PLEASE COMPLETE BEFORE SIGNING OUT OF CLASS
Using Conjunctions to Complete Sentences
Opinion Writing - How much is too Much Homework? (Assessment FOR Learning)
Writing an Opinion Essay: Assessment OF Learning)
OLC Reflection Exam
Step-1-Vocabulary Quiz
Step-3-How to Read Graphic Texts
CW 1-Reading a Graphic Text
CW-2-Q&A
Graphic Text - Conducting effective online searches .pdf
Lesson 16 Exit Card
Assessment for learning: graphic texts (opinion)
Vocabulary Quiz
Step-1-Graphic Text- Is this Burger Bad for the Planet?
Step-2-CW-Creating a Graphic Text (Assessment for Learning)
Burger Assignment (reading comprehension graphic text)
All About Conditionals
Grammar Practice- Mixed Conditionals
Pdf file-Mixed Conditionals
Graphic Text “Mean reading scores for Canadian 13-year-olds
Assessment of Learning: Creating a Graphic Text
Grammar- Run on Sentences
Narrative Fiction - Lamb to the Slaughter
Part 1 - Vocabulary
Part 2- Reading Response and Personal Connections (homework)
Part 3 - Writing Your Own Narrative (before Saturday 4 p.m.)
Lamb_to_the_Slaughter_-_Roald_Dahl
Step-1-Narrative Reading - The Oblong Box
Pre- Reading Vocabulary (Use it as part of Step 1)
Step 2-(OF assessment)-Narrative Fiction- The Oblong Box - Question paper
Step 3-EXIT CARD: Complete before you exit Moodle
Pdf-The Oblong Box (Pdf file from Step 1)
The Oblong Box -question paper (From Step 2)
Rubric-OLC4O reading -(OF assessment)-Narrative Fiction- The Oblong Box
Vocabulary
GLOSSARY: Words that came up in the documentary
Facts about Media
Violence in the Media
Let's discuss the documentary in groups of 3
Opinion Writing - Media Violence (OF assessment)
EXIT CARD
Vocabulary
Step 1-Reading and Grammar Practice
Step-3-Reading- Eight Billion and Growing
Step-4-Questions- Eight Billion and Counting
Step-5-Infographic- Eight Billion and Growing
EXIT CARD:
The Lazy Editor- The Donut goes to China
Reading -Eight Billion and Growing
Vocabulary Quiz
Write a reflective response to the video-Video- RISE High: Keeping homeless and foster youth in school- Kari Kroft
Narrative Reading "Homeless to Harvard:
You Be The Reporter
EXIT CARD
Pdf-Homeless to Harvard
Rubric-OLC4O Portfolio
Narrative- Touching Bottom
Story Web
Narrative Questions (OF Assessment)
“Touching Bottom” by Kari Strutt
Touching Bottom Questions
Lesson #26: How to be a Hipster
ACTIVITY 26: AN INFLUENCER I KNOW
Reading Strategies review
Reading- A New Kind of Ride
Questions- A New Kind of Ride
EXIT CARD
How to be a Hipster
Reading Strategy Review
A New Kind of Ride- Reading
A New Kind of Ride questions
Reading and Error Correction
Reading- Inflation hits the family budget
Questions- Inflation
Responding to a Graphic Text (OF Assessment)
EXIT CARD
Pdf-How to Scratch your nose in Space
pdf-Reading- Inflation hits the family budget
Pdf-Questions- Inflation
Pdf-Responding to a Graphic Text
Lazy Editor
Step 1-Reading - A Pontiff's Apology
Step 2-A Pontiff's Apology- Some Questions (OF assessment)
Step 3-Reporting on an Important Issue (OF assessment)
EXIT CARD
Pdf-Reading- A pontiffs Apology
Question Reading- A pontiffs Apology
Pdf-A pontiff's Apology News Article
Step 1-Qatar Reading
Step 2-Qatar Questions
Step-3-Qatar Infographic
EXIT CARD
Pdf-Reading Qatar 2022
Pdf-Qatar 2022 Questions
Pdf-Infographic Qatar 2022
Step #2 Answers
Ste 33 Answers
Step 1-Saving The Whales
Step 2-Questions
Step 3-How a handful of fishing villages sparked a marine conservation revolution | Alasdair Harris
Final Presentation - Portfolio
OCL40 Final Exam (Wiki) Conference Schedule
Final Exam
Final Exam OLC4O Term 5 2024 - 2025