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Welcome to Quartz Core Language Arts !

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.

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Welcome to Quartz Core Language Arts !

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  1. Welcome to Quartz Core Language Arts! Ms. Blitz

  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

  3. 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.

  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

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