ENC 0025
College Preparatory Writing 2
Placement by last course taken in high school or successful completion of ENC0015 with an “S” grade.
The mission of the Kendall Campus College Prep Department is to provide accessible, high-quality instruction that develops the skills, competencies, and attitudes necessary to meet the needs of a diverse population of developmental learners as they pursue their academic goals. Our program is designed to bring students to the appropriate reading or writing level of academic competency needed for college success.
This information will be provided by the instructor/professor via first-day handout(s).
Students must satisfactorily complete the following:
Your instructor will provide specific information about how grades are determined. Attendance, class participation, and other learning activities may also contribute to the final course grade.
FINAL GRADE
| *S (Satisfactory) | = | Total average grade of 70%, register for ENC 1101, English Composition 1 |
| *P (Progress) | = | Retake ENC 0025, College Prep Writing 2 |
| *U (Unsatisfactory) | = | Retake ENC 0025, College Prep Writing 2 ("U" is considered an "F" in calculating the grade point average.) |
| *W (Withdrawal) | = | Retake ENC 0025, College Prep Writing 2 |
| Competency | |
|---|---|
WDECU1 |
Sustain focus on a specific topic or argument |
WDECU2 |
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard written English, including grammar, usage, and mechanics |
WDECU3 |
Support and illustrate arguments and explanations with relevant details and examples |
WDECU4 |
Create a logical progression of ideas or events, and convey the relationships among them |
WDECU5 |
Establish a thesis that addresses the specific task and audience |
WDECU6 |
Develop and maintain a style and tone appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience |
WDECU7 |
Choose words and phrases to express ideas precisely and concisely |
WDECU 8 |
Assess the quality of one's own writing and, when necessary, strengthen it through revision |
WDECU 9 |
Use varied sentence structures to achieve cohesion between sentences |
WDECU10 |
When writing to inform or explain, students must convey information clearly and coherently |
WDECU 11 |
When writing to inform or explain, students must demonstrate understanding of content by reporting facts accurately |
WDECU 12 |
Accurately incorporate source material into one's own work while avoiding plagiarism |
WDECU 13 |
When writing arguments, students must establish a substantive claim |
WDECU 14 |
When writing arguments, students must link claims and evidence with clear reasons and ensure that the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims |
WDECU15 |
When writing arguments, students must acknowledge competing arguments or information, defending or qualifying the initial claim as appropriate |
WDECU 16 |
Gather the information needed to build an argument, provide an explanation, or address a research question |
WDECU 17 |
Recognize effective transitional devices within the context of a passage |
WDECU18 |
Recognize and use correctly commonly confused or misused words or phrases |
WDECU19 |
Place modifiers correctly |
WDECU 20 |
Use coordination and subordination effectively |
WDECU 21 |
Recognize and use correctly parallel structure |
WDECU 22 |
Avoid inappropriate shifts in verb tense |
WDECU 23 |
Maintain agreement between pronoun and antecedent |
WDECU 24 |
Avoid inappropriate pronoun shifts |
WDECU 25 |
Maintain clear pronoun references |
WDECU 26 |
Use proper case forms of pronouns |
WDECU 27 |
Use adjectives and adverbs correctly |
WDECU 28 |
Use appropriate degree forms |
WDECU 29 |
Avoid fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences |
WDECU 30/31 |
Use standard verb forms & maintain agreement between subject and verb |
WDECU 32/33/34 |
Use standard spelling, punctuation, and capitalization |
WDECU 35 |
Use technology as a tool to produce, edit, and distribute writing |
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