MIAMI DADE COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS NW 27 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33167

College Prep Department Geoffrey Philp, Chairperson, College Prep Department, Dawn Marache-Allen, Assistant to the Chairperson, Sylvia Hurtarte, Secretary, College Prep Department, Mark Johnson, Lab Coordinator, North Campus, Javier Duenas, Lab Coordinator, Hialeah, Liliana Ramirez, Lab Coordinator, SAIL Lab, The mission of the College Prep Department is to equip our students with the necessary communication skills to become successful students and lifelong contributors to our community. For more information,

College Prep Faculty Marlene Cueto Sarah Garman Bert Lorenzo Robert Mathews Joann McNair Alda Noronha-Nimmo Stephanie Packer Maryann Pelikant Maritza Perez Gail Press Isabel Rodriguez-Dehmer Lois Smith Denton Tulloch Elizabeth Wilber Yuanzhong Zhang For more information,

College Prep Placement All students entering Miami Dade College must take the CPT Reading, Sentence Skills, and Math Exams. The CPT Exam is mandated by the Florida Department of Education for all undergraduates entering tertiary education. Students who score 83 points on the CPT Reading and Sentence Skills Exams are placed in ENC 1101 Depending on the Reading and Sentence Skills scores, students are placed in one of three levels of College Prep Reading and Writing. Students earn a single grade for each course (Lecture and Lab). In order to pass a course, the student must pass the course with an “S”— Successful. The other grades are “P”—Progress, and “U”— Unsatisfactory. To earn the grade of “S” students must complete satisfactory course work, lab work, and pass the final exams for each level. In ENC 0021 and REA 003, students must take the State Final Exams. After students have passed ENC 0021 and REA 003 with an “S” they may register for ENC 1101.

COLLEGE PREP LABS READING LAB Students in reading classes complete independent assignments designed to enhance their learning of course material. 3 contact hours WRITING LAB Students in reading classes complete independent assignments designed to enhance their learning of course material. 3 contact hours SAIL LAB An electronic classroom designed to assist students with their reading, math and writing skills. The SAIL Lab is optional and is skills-based.

CPT PLACEMENT GUIDE FOR READING: STUDENTS ENTERING MDC BETWEEN 7/1/03 – 6/30/04 Reading ScoreRequired Placement 20 – 50REA 0001 (4 credits) 51 – 70REA 0002 (4 credits) 71 – 82REA 0003 (4 credits) 83 – 120None Required For more information,

CPT PLACEMENT GUIDE FOR WRITING: STUDENTS ENTERING MDC BETWEEN 7/1/03 – 6/30/04 WRITING SCOREREQUIRED PLACEMENT 20 – 50ENC 0002 (4 Credits) 51 – 70ENC 0020 (4 Credits) 71 – 82ENC 0021 (4 Credits) 83 – 120ENC 1101 For more information,

READING COURSES REA 0001 (4 Credits) REA 0002 (4 Credits) REA 0003 (4 Credits) These courses build vocabulary skills, literal and critical comprehension skills, and successful reading strategies.

Writing Courses ENC0002 (4 credits) Addresses effective sentence development ENC0020 (4 credits) Addresses effective sentences and paragraph development ENC0021 (4 credits) Addresses effective sentence, paragraph and essay development

Florida State Exit Test Reading Skills Main ideas Supporting details Purpose Organizational patterns Connections within and between sentences Context clues Biased language Tone Fact & Opinion Inferences & conclusions Support for reasoning

FLORIDA STATE EXIT TEST Writing Skills Topic sentences Supporting details Sequence of ideas Relevant details Transitional devices Proper expressions Confused or misused words/phrases Modifiers Coordination & subordination Parallel structure Fragments, comma splices, & fused sentences Standard verb forms Shifts in verb tense Subject and verb agreement Pronoun and antecedent agreement Pronoun shifts Clear pronoun reference Pronoun case forms Adjectives and adverbs Degrees of adjectives and adverbs Standard spelling Standard punctuation Standard capitalization

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