1. MS. BLITZ WELCOME TO QUARTZ CORE LANGUAGE ARTS!

2. 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 www.MsBlitz.weebly.com

3. 7 TH 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 2 nd draft of their autobiographical event essay. More than 90% of Lincoln students scored proficient or advanced on the 7 th grade state writing test.

4. CALIFORNIA LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS Written and Oral English Language Conventions Sentence Structure Grammar Punctuation Spelling Vocabulary Roots, suffixes and prefixes

5. 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

6. WRITING Narrative Autobiography Story Response to Literature Persuasive Summary Research

7. 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.

8. 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?”

9. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING TONIGHT! SARAH BLITZ sblitz@smmusd.org www.MsBlitz.weebly.com