English Literature and Composition: First Time - ENGL.1260

About the Workshop

This four-day workshop will provide an overview of an AP® Literature and Composition class based on College Board® guidelines and objectives with an emphasis on strategies for reading and analyzing fictional texts through oral discussions and written responses. Using contemporary and classic texts, participants will explore a variety of instructional strategies for reading and analyzing poetry and prose passages. They will examine course and syllabi design, the AP® exam, works of literary merit, novel openings, and effective writing strategies. They will compare various genres, literary themes, and author techniques with an emphasis on ways to help students effectively incorporate such strategies in their approach to interpreting and evaluating literature. Throughout the institute, the focus will be less about what to teach and more about how to teach students to read, analyze, and write effectively, confidently, and independently.

Register for the 2019 English Literature and Composition: First Time workshop online.

About the Instructor

  • Judith Nevil

    Judith Nevil

    Judith Nevil has taught English at both the high school and college levels for thirty six years. She has twenty three years of experience teaching AP® English Literature and the AP® English Language and has been an AP® reader for twelve years and a Texas AP® Advocate for eight years. Currently, she teaches as an adjunct English professor at Grayson County Community College, Denison Texas. Previously, she taught English at Irving High School and North Lake Community College and served as AP® Chair at Irving High School in Irving, Texas, where she taught for twenty-six years. This is her sixth year as an APSI consultant and her sixteenth year as a district AP® consultant and mentor. Irving High School faculty honored her twice as campus teacher of the year, and in 2011, the Irving Independent School District honored her as secondary teacher of the year. In 2017, she received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. Judith holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Gifted and Talented state certification and endorsement from the University of North Texas.