MIAMI DADE COLLEGE

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College Prep Reading Writing

• MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
• NORTH CAMPUS
• 11380 NW 27 Avenue,
• Miami, Florida 33167

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College Prep Department

• Geoffrey Philp, Chairperson, College Prep
  Department, 305-237-1267
• Dawn Marache-Allen, Assistant to the Chairperson,
  305-237-1280
• Sylvia Hurtarte, Secretary, College Prep
  Department, 305-237-1269
• Mark Johnson, Lab Coordinator, North Campus,
  305-237-1649
• Javier Duenas, Lab Coordinator, Hialeah,
  305-237-8763
• Liliana Ramirez, Lab Coordinator, SAIL Lab,
  305-237-8046
• 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, http//www.mdc.edu/north/col
legeprep/Default.asp
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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, http//www.mdc.edu/north/col
legeprep/faculty.asp
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College Prep Placement

• 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
  SSuccessful. The other grades are
  PProgress, and UUnsatisfactory. 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.

• 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.

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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.

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CPT PLACEMENT GUIDE FOR READING STUDENTS
ENTERING MDC BETWEEN 7/1/03 6/30/04
For more information, http//www.mdc.edu/testing_
information/
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CPT PLACEMENT GUIDE FOR WRITING STUDENTS
ENTERING MDC BETWEEN 7/1/03 6/30/04
For more information, http//www.mdc.edu/testing_
information/
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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.

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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

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Florida State Exit TestReading 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

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FLORIDA STATE EXIT TESTWriting Skills

• 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

• 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

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