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Lauren Riley: 8th Grade English/Language Arts
I have worked at CCMS for the past 3 years teaching both 7th and 8th grade. I am also one of the Student Council sponsors this year and am honored to currently be the head of the ELA department here at CCMS.
My schedule is:
1st Period English/Language Arts 8:58 - 9:49 am
2nd Period Pre AP English/Language Arts 9:53 - 10:44 am
3rd Period CONFERENCE 10:48 - 11:39 am
4th English/Language Arts 11:43-12:45 pm
Lunch 12:45-1:15 pm
5th Period English/Language Arts 1:19-2:10 pm
6th Period English/Language Arts 2:14-3:05 pm
7th Period Pre AP English/Language Arts 3:09-4:00 pm
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Syllabus 8th Grade
Aug 14-Sep 6 Unit 1: Launching Strong Literacy Habits
Sep 9-Oct 11 Unit 2: Analyzing and Composing Literary Texts: Fiction and Literary/Narrative Nonfiction District CA 10/8/19
Oct 15-Nov 8 Unit 3: Analysis and Composition of Informational Texts Campus CA 11/5/19
Nov 11-Dec 4 Unit 4: Analyzing and Composing Literary Texts: Poetry District CA 12/3/19
FALL ACADEMIC TARGET WINDOW Nov 11-Nov 15
THANKSGIVING BREAK Nov 25-Nov 29
Dec 5-Dec 19 Unit 5: Research-based Synthesis, Creation and Innovation Project to be due by 12/13/19
WINTER BREAK Dec 20 - Jan 3
Jan 7-Jan 31 Unit 6: Rhetorically Analyzing and Composing Argumentative Texts Project to be due by 1/28/20
Feb 3-Feb 21 Unit 7: Analyzing Drama District CA 2/19/20
MOCK STAAR SHUT DOWN WINDOW Feb 3-Feb. 7
Feb 24-May 8 Unit 8: Making Connections Across Genres and STAAR Review (assessments are built in)
TELPAS Window Feb24-Apr 3
SPRING BREAK Mar 16-20
STAAR Apr 6-Apr 9
STAAR Retest May 11-May 15
May 11-May 27 Unit 9: Analyzing the Craft of our Favorite Author
Last Day of School MAY 27

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Email: lriley@bisdtx.org
School Phone: 512-772-7425