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ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL LITERACY COURSE, GRADE 12 (OLC4O) 25
– explain the purpose and uses of personal reflections (e.g., for self-assessment; to demonstrate personal growth in reading and writing; to set goals);
– construct personal reflections, in para- graph form, choosing a clear focus and using appropriate examples to explain their thinking (e.g., set goals for reading or writing; reflect about an important accomplishment in their personal lives; explain an important skill they’ve acquired);
– explain the purpose and uses of other non-fiction narrative forms, such as inci- dent reports, recountings, or biographies/ autobiographies (e.g., to provide a first- person account of an event; to tell some- one’s life story from an objective, “biographer’s” point of view).