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 • • • • 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