NorthStar Reading and Writing Advanced w/CD
2nd Edition
Published on 4. September 2003
Book
Mixed media product
271 pages
978-0-13-184673-9 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
ELT/ESL
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Width: 259 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-184673-9 (9780131846739)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 Mickey's Team
Theme: Addiction
Reading One: My Time in a Bottle
An autobiographical magazine article
Reading Two: Mick's Toughest Inning
A newspaper op-ed column
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms with suffixes
Grammar: Past unreal conditionals
Unit 2 A Season in Utopia
Theme: Utopian Movements
Reading One: Early Life at Brook Farm and Concord
A book review
Reading Two: Making Ends Meet
A book review
Vocabulary: Synonyms, idioms, word forms
Grammar: Noun clauses
Unit 3 The Road to Success
Theme: Personality
Reading One: Gotta Dance
A short story
Reading Two: Keeping Your Confidence Up
An excerpt from a self-help book
Vocabulary: Hyphenated adjectives, context clues, idioms
Grammar: Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clauses
Unit 4 Silent Spring
Theme: Trends
Reading One: A Fable for Tomorrow
A moral tale
Reading Two: The Story of Silent Spring
An essay
Vocabulary: Word forms with prefixes and suffixes, context clues
Grammar: Adverb clauses and discourse connectors to express cause and effect
Unit 5 What is Lost in Translation
Theme: Cross-cultural Insights
Reading One: Lost in Translation; The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl
Two autobiographical accounts
Reading Two: Dear In OneSchool, Many Sagas
A newspaper report
Vocabulary: Vocabulary classification, synonyms, word forms with suffixes
Grammar: Adverb clauses of comparison and contrast
Unit 6 The Landscape of Faith
Theme: Religion
Reading One: Peace Prevails
An interview
Reading Two: Religion
A definition essay
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, analogies, word categorization
Grammar: Definite and indefinite articles
Unit 7 Going into Business
Theme: Business
Reading One: From Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur?
A college magazine article
Reading Two: Coca Cola Thinks International
An excerpt from a business school textbook
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms, idioms
Grammar: Infinitives and gerunds
Unit 8 When the Soldier Is a Woman...
Theme: The Military
Reading One: Women at War
Personal letters
Reading Two: AsmaraJournal: In Peace, Women Warriors Rank Low
A news report
Vocabulary: Vocabulary categorization, word forms with suffixes, idioms
Grammar: Direct and indirect speech
Unit 9 The Cellist of Sarajevo
Theme: The Arts
Reading One: The Cellist of Sarajevo
A magazine article
Reading Two: The Soloist
Fiction
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, vocabulary categorization, participles as adjectives, antonyms, figurative language
Grammar: Use of the passive voice
Unit 10 The Right to Read
Theme: First Amendment Issues
Reading One: Book Banning Must Be Stopped
An essay
Reading Two: Some Books That Have Been Banned from School Libraries
An annotated list
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms
Grammar: Verb tense review
Grammar Book References
Unit 1 Mickey's Team
Theme: Addiction
Reading One: My Time in a Bottle
An autobiographical magazine article
Reading Two: Mick's Toughest Inning
A newspaper op-ed column
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms with suffixes
Grammar: Past unreal conditionals
Unit 2 A Season in Utopia
Theme: Utopian Movements
Reading One: Early Life at Brook Farm and Concord
A book review
Reading Two: Making Ends Meet
A book review
Vocabulary: Synonyms, idioms, word forms
Grammar: Noun clauses
Unit 3 The Road to Success
Theme: Personality
Reading One: Gotta Dance
A short story
Reading Two: Keeping Your Confidence Up
An excerpt from a self-help book
Vocabulary: Hyphenated adjectives, context clues, idioms
Grammar: Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clauses
Unit 4 Silent Spring
Theme: Trends
Reading One: A Fable for Tomorrow
A moral tale
Reading Two: The Story of Silent Spring
An essay
Vocabulary: Word forms with prefixes and suffixes, context clues
Grammar: Adverb clauses and discourse connectors to express cause and effect
Unit 5 What is Lost in Translation
Theme: Cross-cultural Insights
Reading One: Lost in Translation; The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl
Two autobiographical accounts
Reading Two: Dear In OneSchool, Many Sagas
A newspaper report
Vocabulary: Vocabulary classification, synonyms, word forms with suffixes
Grammar: Adverb clauses of comparison and contrast
Unit 6 The Landscape of Faith
Theme: Religion
Reading One: Peace Prevails
An interview
Reading Two: Religion
A definition essay
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, analogies, word categorization
Grammar: Definite and indefinite articles
Unit 7 Going into Business
Theme: Business
Reading One: From Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur?
A college magazine article
Reading Two: Coca Cola Thinks International
An excerpt from a business school textbook
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms, idioms
Grammar: Infinitives and gerunds
Unit 8 When the Soldier Is a Woman...
Theme: The Military
Reading One: Women at War
Personal letters
Reading Two: AsmaraJournal: In Peace, Women Warriors Rank Low
A news report
Vocabulary: Vocabulary categorization, word forms with suffixes, idioms
Grammar: Direct and indirect speech
Unit 9 The Cellist of Sarajevo
Theme: The Arts
Reading One: The Cellist of Sarajevo
A magazine article
Reading Two: The Soloist
Fiction
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, vocabulary categorization, participles as adjectives, antonyms, figurative language
Grammar: Use of the passive voice
Unit 10 The Right to Read
Theme: First Amendment Issues
Reading One: Book Banning Must Be Stopped
An essay
Reading Two: Some Books That Have Been Banned from School Libraries
An annotated list
Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms
Grammar: Verb tense review
Grammar Book References