Haugnes, Natasha
NorthStar 2 : Reading & Writing / Natasha Haugnes and Beth Maher - 4th ed. - xix, 221 pages : ill. in col. ; 26 cm. - NorthStar .
"Building on the success of the previous editions, Northstar, Third Edition continues to engage and motivate students with new and updated contemporary topics delivered through a seamless integration of print and online components.
What is special about the new edition?
Blended approach with MyEnglishLab. Online activities offer support and expansion, fully blending the student book with MyEnglishLab for extra practice, ongoing assessment, and instant feedback.
New and updated themes and topics. Presented in a variety of genres--including literature and lectures--and in authentic reading and listening selections, the content challenges and engages students intellectually.
Explicit skills instruction. The inclusion of 2-3 explicit language skills in every unit allows students to build their language proficiency.
New and revised assessments tied to learning outcomes. Online assessments allow teachers to track students' progress mastery of material and skills.
A new design with thought provoking images. A compelling graphic look makes the content and activities come alive." (Book Cover)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Unit 1: Work - Finding the Ideal Job
Reading 1: Finding the Ideal Job
Reading 2: The Ideal Job
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
identify the main ideas in a reading
identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Predict content of a reading from visuals
Writing: Organize ideas in a list
identify the topic sentence of a paragraph
Support a main idea with details and examples
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Inference: Infer the author's opinion
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Distinguish between and use possessive and descriptive adjectives
Video: Interview with a Skydiving Instructor, Video Activity
Unit 2: Student Life - Creative Thinking
Reading 1: Can We Teach Creative Thinking in Schools?
Reading 2: Tips for Success in College: How to Be Creative
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to understand chronology
Recognize examples in a text
Writing: Organize ideas in a chart
Add information to give extra support to the reader
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a paragraph telling a story with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion
Inference: Infer connections between general statements and examples
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Recognize and use past tense with regular/irregular past simple forms
Video: College Students Spark Creativity in Kids, Voice of America
Unit 3: Money - Making Money
Reading 1: Making Money
Reading 2: I Made It Myself
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Follow chronological sequence
Compare information from two readings
Writing: Write sentence of comparison
Organize ideas using a cluster diagram
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a well-organized paragraph with clear explanations
Inference: Infer information about situations in the future
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize antonyms
Grammar: Recognize and use the comparative form of adjectives
Video: The History of Money
Unit 4: Etiquette - Subway Etiquette
Reading 1: A Civilized Suggestion
Reading 2: Riding the Subway in Japan
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Identify the main elements of a story (background information, conflict, climax, and resolution)
Compare and contrast information from two readings
Writing: Write responses to letters
Organize ideas in a list
Create sentences using parallel structure
Edit and redraft writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write an informal Web page
Inference: Infer the author's attitude
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
Grammar: Recognize and use imperatives to give instructions and make polite requests
Video: How to Ask for a Date
Unit 5: Food - We Are What We Eat
Reading 1: A New Fish in Town
Reading 2: Making Sense of the American Diet
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in each paragraph of a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Analyze advantages and disadvantages
Writing: Organize ideas using an e-chart
Support main ideas with reasons
Express contrasting ideas using but and however
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Inference: Infer facts
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
Grammar: Recognize and use too much/too many/too + adjective
Video: Food from the Hood
Unit 6: Heroes - The Heart of a Hero
Reading 1: What Is a Hero?
Reading 2: Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Follow chronological sequence in a reading
Writing: Organize ideas using a list and an outline
Add examples and explanations to give extra support to the reader
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a paragraph telling a story
Inference: Infer meaning from metaphors
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
Grammar: Recognize and use time clauses in the present tense
Video: All for One, ABC News
Unit 7: Health - What's Your Medicine?
Reading 1: Leech
Reading 2: Gross Medicine
Reading: Use a title and headings to predict content
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Take double entry notes to interact with the text
Writing: Organize ideas using a cluster diagram
Signal basic chronological sequence using time order words
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a personal narrative paragraph
Inference: Use inferences to make judgments about information in a text
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Recognize and use a variety of adverbs of manner
Video: Chinese Medicine
Unit 8: Endangered Cultures
Reading 1: Will Indigenous Cultures Survive?
Reading 2: The Penan
Reading: Study a map
Use a title to predict content
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details and examples
Scan a text to locate specific information
Understand the purpose of quoted speech in a text
Support general statements in one text with examples from another text
Writing: Organize ideas using an outline
Take notes from a reading to support an opinion
Support a main ideas with reasons
Recognize and write concluding sentences
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a paragraph that makes a prediction
Inference: Infer the author's attitude
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Recognize and use be going to to make predictions
Recognize and use will to make predictions
Recognize and use the present progressive to describe future events
Video: Maori Cultures
9780133382167 (Student book) 0133382168 (Student book)
2013050427
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.
Listening--Problems, exercises, etc.
PE1128 / .M444 2015
NorthStar 2 : Reading & Writing / Natasha Haugnes and Beth Maher - 4th ed. - xix, 221 pages : ill. in col. ; 26 cm. - NorthStar .
"Building on the success of the previous editions, Northstar, Third Edition continues to engage and motivate students with new and updated contemporary topics delivered through a seamless integration of print and online components.
What is special about the new edition?
Blended approach with MyEnglishLab. Online activities offer support and expansion, fully blending the student book with MyEnglishLab for extra practice, ongoing assessment, and instant feedback.
New and updated themes and topics. Presented in a variety of genres--including literature and lectures--and in authentic reading and listening selections, the content challenges and engages students intellectually.
Explicit skills instruction. The inclusion of 2-3 explicit language skills in every unit allows students to build their language proficiency.
New and revised assessments tied to learning outcomes. Online assessments allow teachers to track students' progress mastery of material and skills.
A new design with thought provoking images. A compelling graphic look makes the content and activities come alive." (Book Cover)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Unit 1: Work - Finding the Ideal Job
Reading 1: Finding the Ideal Job
Reading 2: The Ideal Job
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
identify the main ideas in a reading
identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Predict content of a reading from visuals
Writing: Organize ideas in a list
identify the topic sentence of a paragraph
Support a main idea with details and examples
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Inference: Infer the author's opinion
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Distinguish between and use possessive and descriptive adjectives
Video: Interview with a Skydiving Instructor, Video Activity
Unit 2: Student Life - Creative Thinking
Reading 1: Can We Teach Creative Thinking in Schools?
Reading 2: Tips for Success in College: How to Be Creative
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to understand chronology
Recognize examples in a text
Writing: Organize ideas in a chart
Add information to give extra support to the reader
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a paragraph telling a story with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion
Inference: Infer connections between general statements and examples
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Recognize and use past tense with regular/irregular past simple forms
Video: College Students Spark Creativity in Kids, Voice of America
Unit 3: Money - Making Money
Reading 1: Making Money
Reading 2: I Made It Myself
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Follow chronological sequence
Compare information from two readings
Writing: Write sentence of comparison
Organize ideas using a cluster diagram
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a well-organized paragraph with clear explanations
Inference: Infer information about situations in the future
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize antonyms
Grammar: Recognize and use the comparative form of adjectives
Video: The History of Money
Unit 4: Etiquette - Subway Etiquette
Reading 1: A Civilized Suggestion
Reading 2: Riding the Subway in Japan
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Identify the main elements of a story (background information, conflict, climax, and resolution)
Compare and contrast information from two readings
Writing: Write responses to letters
Organize ideas in a list
Create sentences using parallel structure
Edit and redraft writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write an informal Web page
Inference: Infer the author's attitude
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
Grammar: Recognize and use imperatives to give instructions and make polite requests
Video: How to Ask for a Date
Unit 5: Food - We Are What We Eat
Reading 1: A New Fish in Town
Reading 2: Making Sense of the American Diet
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in each paragraph of a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Analyze advantages and disadvantages
Writing: Organize ideas using an e-chart
Support main ideas with reasons
Express contrasting ideas using but and however
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Inference: Infer facts
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
Grammar: Recognize and use too much/too many/too + adjective
Video: Food from the Hood
Unit 6: Heroes - The Heart of a Hero
Reading 1: What Is a Hero?
Reading 2: Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Reading: Make and confirm predictions
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Follow chronological sequence in a reading
Writing: Organize ideas using a list and an outline
Add examples and explanations to give extra support to the reader
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a paragraph telling a story
Inference: Infer meaning from metaphors
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
Grammar: Recognize and use time clauses in the present tense
Video: All for One, ABC News
Unit 7: Health - What's Your Medicine?
Reading 1: Leech
Reading 2: Gross Medicine
Reading: Use a title and headings to predict content
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details
Scan a text to locate specific information
Take double entry notes to interact with the text
Writing: Organize ideas using a cluster diagram
Signal basic chronological sequence using time order words
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a personal narrative paragraph
Inference: Use inferences to make judgments about information in a text
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Recognize and use a variety of adverbs of manner
Video: Chinese Medicine
Unit 8: Endangered Cultures
Reading 1: Will Indigenous Cultures Survive?
Reading 2: The Penan
Reading: Study a map
Use a title to predict content
Identify the main ideas in a reading
Identify different types of supporting details and examples
Scan a text to locate specific information
Understand the purpose of quoted speech in a text
Support general statements in one text with examples from another text
Writing: Organize ideas using an outline
Take notes from a reading to support an opinion
Support a main ideas with reasons
Recognize and write concluding sentences
Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions
Task: Write a paragraph that makes a prediction
Inference: Infer the author's attitude
Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context
Grammar: Recognize and use be going to to make predictions
Recognize and use will to make predictions
Recognize and use the present progressive to describe future events
Video: Maori Cultures
9780133382167 (Student book) 0133382168 (Student book)
2013050427
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.
Listening--Problems, exercises, etc.
PE1128 / .M444 2015