WELCOME TO QUARTZ CORE
LANGUAGE ARTS!
MS. BLITZ
CONTACT INFORMATION
• E-mail or text is the best way to
contact me.
• My email: sblitz@smmusd.org
• To sign up for the text messaging
service, see the information on the
back of your pink sheet.
• My website: www.MsBlitz.weebly.com
7TH GRADE WRITING NIGHT
(MARK YOUR CALENDAR)
Thursday, October 3,at 6:30
• In the Auditorium
• Please join the 7th grade students and teachers for an evening of
introduction to the 7th grade writing program and information
about HOW TO HELP your student at home.
• Students will bring the 2nd draft of their autobiographical event
essay.
• More than 90% of Lincoln students scored proficient or advanced
on the 7th grade state writing test.
CALIFORNIA LANGUAGE
ARTS STANDARDS
• Written and Oral English Language Conventions
• Sentence Structure
• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Roots, suffixes and prefixes
READING
• Core Novels
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A Day No Pigs would Die
The Giver
The Red Scarf Girl
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer
**IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE
COPIES OF ANY OF THESE TITLES,
PLEASE SEE ME. WE ALWAYS
NEED SOME EXTRA COPIES!**
• Book Projects
• Classic, biography, realistic
fiction, and historical fiction
selections
• Short stories
• Poetry
• Non-fiction reading
WRITING
• Narrative
• Autobiography
• Story
• Response to
Literature
• Persuasive
• Summary
• Research
COMPUTER ACCESS: WE HAVE IT!
• There will be numerous assignments required to be
completed on the computer this year. Essays,
poems, and reports, just to name a few.
• Computers and printers are available in the library,
computer, lab, and in my classroom.
• I recommend keeping a flash drive for your student
in case he or she needs to bring an assignment to
school to print.
WHO AM I? PROJECT
• Portfolio project
• A compellation of writing completed primarily in Language Arts,
but also in Social Studies, Science, and Math
• Please see the back of the pink sheet for detailed information
about each assignment
• Exit interview:
• “What is a Worthwhile Life?”
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
TONIGHT!
SARAH BLITZ
sblitz@smmusd.org
www.MsBlitz.weebly.com