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THE KEY Study Guide for English Language 3 is specifically designed to assist students all year in preparing for quizzes, unit tests, and provincial assessments. It is 100% aligned with the Ontario curriculum and focusses primarily on preparing students for the reading comprehension and writing components of the provincial primary division assessment.
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THE KEY Study Guide for Language 3 is 100% aligned with the Ontario curriculum . The resource focuses on reading and writing. The suggestions and strategies for approaching reading and writing should be used in conjunction with curriculum concepts and content studied in the classroom.
Examples of strands addressed in the resource include:
- Identifying a topic, purpose, and audience
- Forms of Writing
- Generating Ideas
- Sorting Ideas and Information
- Making Sentences into Paragraphs
- Improving Writing
- Revising Writing
- Spelling, Capitalization, Grammar and Punctuation
- Using Strategies with Personal narrative, Journal entry, Persuasive paragraph, and Descriptive paragraph
- Reading Strategies
- Purpose for Reading
- Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details
- Making Inferences
- Using Prior Knowledge
- Expressing Personal Opinions
- Point of View
- Recognizing Organizational Patterns
- Predicting
- Elements of Style and Word Usage
- Elements of Text
- Understanding Words in a Variety of Reading Context
- Using Strategies with Prose, Poetry, and Visual texts.
THE KEY includes two sample year-end assessments. Students may use them to become familiar with provincial assessment test format and rigour. Detailed solutions are provided for all questions. Solutions show the processes and ideas used in arriving at the correct answers and may help students gain a better understanding of the concepts that are being tests.
KEY Tips for Being Successful at School provides students with suggestions for reaching their potential at school, identifying their particular learning style, maximizing their study time, and reviewing notes effectively. The section includes a checklist to help students assess their strategies for success.
KEY Strategies for Success on Tests focuses on preparing students to write tests. This section describes the most common types of questions used on tests and provides students with some strategies for dealing with test anxiety.