WELCOME TO AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION!!!

Please make sure phones and IPods are powered off and put away.

Place Summer Reading Assignment on small table at entrance.

Mrs. Hernandez: Mexican Catholic girl, born and raised

in El Paso TX. Attended girls Catholic school from K-

12th grade. UTEP Alumni: both bachelor’s and

master’s degrees. Worked in EPISD for thirteen years. Beginning ninth year at AISD. Worked at TCC for two years: Comp I.

Moved to DFW area in 2004 when I got married.

No biological children; two step-daughters and three step-grandkids.

Answers to What Students Always Ask About Me:

Mexican parents from small towns in Mexico. Dad came to US as a child and Mom came to US when she got married.

I’m 100% bilingual; Spanish is my first language and I always spoke it at home while growing up.

I am white, Caucasian and Mexican because of my upbringing and culture.

Mexican/Latina is not a race, it’s an ethnicity!!

First Six Weeks Preview: Review, discuss, and analyze important

stuff in Lord of the Flies. Review important literary terms and

tempers to be used all year. Beowulf/epic hero Poetry from different literary time

periods AP Test practice Oedipus Rex

Important Dates: Summer Reading Journal due today

(hard copy) Your work should already be in Turnitin.com

Tues, Sept 4: test on literary terms Thurs, Sept 6: absolute last day to turn

in Summer Reading for late grade. Lord of the Flies test: Sept 10 Fri, Sept 28: Summer Reading due date

for new students who just enrolled in course

Due Process Assemblies for Seniors: Sept 5-6.

Counselor visit to Senior English classes: Wed, Sept 12.

Turnitin.com Info:

Class ID: 5436455 Class enrollment password: summer

AP Exam Format: Section 1: multiple choice; (60 min) 45%

of score; 55 questions; prose and poetry passages.

Section 2: Essays; (120 min) 55% of score. #1: poetry analysis (40 min) #2: prose analysis (40 min) short story, novel excerpt, or essay. #3: open essay. (40 min) Answer prompt with support from your own reading.