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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC, Course Code: OLC3O/OLC4O) is a Grade 11 or 12 open course that can be taken by those who had written the OSSLT more than once. It is designed to assist students in acquiring the basic literacy skills required for getting an Ontario high school
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grammar. Examples of pieces requested in the OSSLT include summaries, opinion pieces, news reports and information paragraphs. Marks may be deducted due to a lack of detail. However, the inclusion of too much information can also result in penalties.
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