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NorthStar Reading and Writing Basic w/CD

Autor Beth Maher, Natasha Haugnes
en Limba Engleză Mixed media product – 4 aug 2003
Explore fascinating content while building language competence and critical thinking skills. The best-selling NorthStar series offers two strands: a reading and writing strand and a listening and speaking strand. Both strands stimulate students' imagination, encourage critical thinking, and promote personal expression.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780131846715
ISBN-10: 013184671X
Dimensiuni: 197 x 248 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2Nouă
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Pearson Education
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Cuprins

Scope and Sequence
 
Unit 1       Finding the Ideal Job
    Theme: Work
    Reading One: Finding the Ideal Job
            A review of a job hunter’s manual
    Reading Two: The Ideal Job
            A newspaper report
    Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, vocabulary classification
    Grammar: Descriptive and possessive adjectives
 
Unit 2       Country Life vs. City Life
                Theme: The Country and the City
                Reading One: The Farming Life for Me
                        A letter to the editor
                Reading Two: Leaving the Farm
                        A newspaper report
                Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, multiple definitions
                Grammar: Simple past tense
 
Unit 3       Making Money
                Theme: Money
                Reading One: Making Money
                        A magazine article
                Reading Two: I Made It Myself
                        A counterfeiter’s account
                Vocabulary: Context clues, developing word definitions, antonyms
                Grammar: Comparative forms of adjectives
 
Unit 4       Save the Elephants
                Theme: Animals
                Reading One: Save the Elephants
                        A fundraising appeal
                Reading Two: Save a Logger — Eat an Owl
                        A letter to the editor
                Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, vocabulary classification
                Grammar: Wh-questions in the simple present tense
 
Unit 5       “Netiquette”
                Theme: Network Etiquette
                Reading One: “Netiquette” Do’s and Don’ts
                        An excerpt from an online newsletter
                Reading Two: Dear Debbie
                        A newspaper advice column
                Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, prefixes
                Grammar: Verbs plus gerunds and infinitives
 
Unit 6       Women’s Work?
                Theme: Male and Female Roles
                Reading One: Housework
                        A poem
                Reading Two: Good-bye to (Some) Housework
                        A magazine article
                Vocabulary: Context clues, appropriate word choice, vocabulary classification
                Grammar: Adverbs and expressions of frequency
 
Unit 7       Organic Produce: Is It Worth the Price?
                Theme: Food
                Reading One: Organic Produce vs. Regular Produce
                        A newspaper advice column
                Reading Two: What’s in Our Food?
    Vocabulary: Context clues, vocabulary classification, word association
    Grammar: Count and non-count nouns
 
Unit 8       “I’ll take the train, thanks.”
                Theme: Travel
                Reading One: The Climate Train
                        A magazine article
                Reading Two: On the Road with John Madden
                        A newspaper report
                Vocabulary: Synonyms, word definitions, context clues
                Grammar: Can and Could
 
Unit 9       The Winter Blues
                Theme: Health and Illness
                Reading One: Seasonal Affective Disorder
                        Editing words for meaning
                Reading Two: A SAD Woman in Alaska
                        A case study
                Vocabulary: Editing words for meaning, context clues
                Grammar: Should and shouldn’t
 
Unit 10     Endangered Cultures
                Theme: Endangered Cultures
                Reading One: Will Indigenous Cultures Survive?
                        A magazine article
                Reading Two: The Penan
                        An excerpt from a travelogue
                Vocabulary: Paraphrase word meaning, context clues, appropriate word usage
    Grammar: Expressing predictions and future plans with the simple future, be going to, and
            the present progressive
 
Grammar Book References

Caracteristici

Features and Benefits
  • F: New and updated high-interest topics.
  • B: Motivate students to express their own points of view.
  • F: Expanded vocabulary and pronunciation practice.
  • B: Ensures greater language proficiency.
  • F: Grammar correlation chart.
  • B: Links NorthStar to two leading grammar series: Focus on Grammar and the Azar Grammar series.
  • F: Outstanding instructional resources including a teacher’s manual with achievement tests, process writing activity books, audio recordings of the main reading and listening sections, a new video program, and Web activities.
  • B: Facilitate teacher preparation and enhance students’ engagement with the material.