The reading component of the O.S.S.L.T will ask you to complete five reading response tasks. Some of the tasks will ask you to complete multiple choice questions only, and others will ask you to complete a series of multiple choice and short open-response questions based on the reading provided.
STRATEGY FOR OPEN-ENDED READING RESPONSE:
APE READING RESPONSE STRATEGY
The APE Model below illustrates what a good open-response should include:
ANSWER THE QUESTION
Answer the question using part of the question PROOF FROM THE TEXT The text says... The pictures show that ... Using information from the text I know that ... Evidence to support this idea is ... The author wrote ... EXTEND YOUR RESPONSE (CONNECT, INFER & SUMMARIZE) I thought this because ... I think ___ happened because ... I think the author was trying to tell us ... One reason I think this is because ... I also think ... I know this because ...
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