OSSLT 2015 Practice Test Booklet 1 - Questions

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OSSLT 2015 Sample Assessment Booklet 1 provides Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test practice tasks across reading and writing sections. Learners follow identification and page-order instructions and must not use electronic devices during the assessment. Section A centers on a reading selection about an animation internship candidate, featuring multiple-choice questions and an open-response prompt. Section B includes multiple-choice items on paragraph coherence, sentence insertion, revision, and correct sentence usage.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time30 min

AccessFree to download

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) 2015

Instructions

Section A Reading

Section B Writing

Section C Reading

| Sample Assessment Booklet: New Layout Booklet 1

QUESTIONS
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) 2015 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Follow along as your teacher reads the instructions: | | | | INSTRUCTIONS | | | | ✔ Check the identification numbers on the Question and Answer booklets to see that the final 12 digits all match. If they do not, report the problem to the teacher in charge.
✔ Check the pages of your Question and Answer bookletsto see that they are in order. If they are not, report the problem to the teacher in charge.
Note:
You are not permitted to use cellphones, audio-or videorecording devices, digital music players or e-mail or text messaging devices during the assessment. | |
No work in this booklet will be scored. | | | Continue to follow along as your teacher reads the directions on the cover of Answer Booklet 1.
| | Section A Reading page 2 |
Read the selection below and answer the questions in Answer Booklet 1. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | An Animator from Scarborough | | | | | Over 1500 applications from around the world flood George Lucas’s animation academy each year (Lucas created the Star Wars films), but only four applicants are selected for internships. Randolph Lizarda, 21, from Scarborough, was one of them.“I’m very excited. I’ll be working in the LucasArts division animating videogames, although I don’t know what we’reworking on. They wouldn’t tell me—it’s confidential,” Lizarda said on a break from his Sheridan College class.
As a child, Lizarda liked to draw cartoons. Now he is learning to transfer his drawing ability to the computer.
“I was into [art] when I was little; then I got more into it in high school. In Grade 10, I took one of those career surveys to find out where you fit in. I fit into the animation industry,” he said.
Lizarda aspires to one day work for an animation company such as Pixar or DreamWorks. | 1
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5 | “He’s an excellent student,” said Dave Quesnelle, who teaches animation and isone of Lizarda’s professors. Lizarda stood out after handing in his first assignment, a 10-second action sequence of a muscular circus performer balancing on a ball before jumping through a hoop of fire. This clip was the first segment on the demo reel he submitted to Lucasfilm.
“I had a really good sense of his storytelling. He had the basic principles of animation [but] it was also comical. And that’s our job. Anyone can make a picture move, but to make it entertaining, that’sthe craft of an animator.”
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7 | Section A Reading page 3 |
Provide your answers in Answer Booklet 1. | | | | --- | --- | --- | | 1
A
B
C
D
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F
G
H
J
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A
B
C
D
6 | Multiple-Choice Questions | | | | What will the focus of Lizarda’s internship be? films
cartoons video games action sequences
Which word is closest in meaning to“confidential” as used in paragraph 2?
secret personal confusing professional
According to Quesnelle, what ability is most important for an animator?
creating characters pleasing an audience developing a demo reel programming computers | 4 What do Quesnelle’s quotes indicate about him?
F He knows a lot about internships.
G He focuses on technical aspects of animation.
H He recognizes skill and creativity in his students.
J He suggests interesting storylines to his students.
5 Which paragraph presents information in chronological order?
A paragraph 2
B paragraph 4
C paragraph 5
D paragraph 7 | | | Open-Response Question
Why is Lizarda a good choice for this internship? Use specific details from the selection to explain your answer. | | Section B Writing page 4 |
Provide your answers in Answer Booklet 1. | | | | --- | --- | --- | | 1
A
B
C
D
2
F
G
H
J | Multiple-Choice Questions | | | | Choose the sentence that does not belong in this paragraph.
(1) Traffic is busy on ci

FAQs

What are the key instructions for using the assessment booklet?

Check that the identification numbers on the question and answer booklets match and that the pages are in order. Follow the cover directions for Answer Booklet 1.

What does Section A Reading focus on?

Section A uses a reading selection titled “An Animator from Scarborough” and asks both multiple-choice and an open-response question about why Lizarda is a good internship choice.

What types of tasks appear in Section B Writing?

Section B includes multiple-choice questions on choosing an out-of-place sentence, inserting a sentence into the correct location, revising sentences, and selecting sentences written correctly.

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