Barton, Laurie <br/><br/>
NorthStar 3 :  Reading & Writing / 
Laurie Barton and Carolyn Dupaquier. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - xix, 209 pages :  ill. in col. ;  26 cm. 
 - NorthStar .
<br/><br/>"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. <br/> What is special about the new edition? <br/> Blended approach with MyEnglishLab. <br/> Online activities offer support and expansion, fully blending the student book with MyEnglishLab for extra practice, ongoing assessment, and instant feedback. <br/> New and updated themes and topics. <br/> Presented in a variety of genres--including literature and lectures--and in authentic reading and listening selections, the content challenges and engages students intellectually. <br/> Explicit skills instruction. <br/> The inclusion of 2-3 explicit language skills in every unit allows students to build their language proficiency. <br/> New and revised assessments tied to learning outcomes. <br/> Online assessments allow teachers to track students' progress mastery of material and skills. <br/> A new design with thought provoking images. <br/> A compelling graphic look makes the content and activities come alive." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br/> Unit 1: Extreme Sports<br/>  Sports and Obsession<br/> Reading<br/>  Make and confirm predictions<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Recognize quotations and reported speech<br/>  Organize information using a Venn diagram<br/>  Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing <br/>  Create an outline answering Wh-questions to gather information<br/>  Write a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion<br/>  Identity the audience and add important details to clarify information<br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions<br/>  Task: Write a one-paragraph news report<br/>  My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference <br/>  Infer the writer's degree of certainty<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Recognize and use word forms<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar<br/>  Recognize and use "can, could, and be able to" to express ability in the present, past, future, and present perfect<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: Danny Parks, BMX Pro, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit I Achievement Test<br/> Unit 2: Fraud<br/>  The Consequences of Fraud<br/> Reading<br/>  Make and confirm predictions<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to understand chronology<br/>  Identify detailed examples<br/>  Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing<br/>  Make and confirm predictions<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to understand chronology  Identify detailed examples<br/>  Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Inference<br/>  Infer comparisons<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Recognize and understand synonyms<br/>  Recognize and use word forms<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar <br/>  distinguish between and use the simple past and past progressive<br/>  Recognize and use when and while<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video <br/>  My English Lab: Unhappy Returns, NBC News, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 2 Achievement Test<br/> Unit 3: Space<br/>  Exploring the Red Planet<br/> Reading<br/>  Make and confirm predictions  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Analyze problems and solutions<br/>  Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice Writing  Evaluate pros and cons<br/>  Use an outline to organize a paragraph with a main idea, supporting details and a conclusion<br/>  Identify and use parallel structure in academic writing <br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions<br/>  Task: Write a paragraph about the pros and cons of building a colony on Mars<br/>  My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference<br/>  Understand inferred meaning (degrees of difficulty) in a text<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Use knowledge of academic vocabulary to formulate collocations<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar<br/>  Recognize and express purpose with an infinitive after verbs or after a verb and in order to<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: Life in Space, ABC News, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2 Unit 3 Achievement Test<br/> Unit 4: Language <br/>  Language and Power<br/> Reading<br/>  Make and confirm predictions<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Recognize opinions and supporting examples<br/>  Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing<br/>  Organize idea using chart<br/>  Use an outline to write a paragraph<br/>  Recognize and use transition of contrast<br/>  Use transitions of contrast to introduce a counter-argument<br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions<br/>  Task: Write a point-by-point contrast paragraph with supporting examples<br/>  My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference <br/>  Infer the meaning of proverbs<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Recognize and understand antonyms<br/>  Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs)<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice <br/> Grammar <br/>  Recognize and make comparisons with adverbs <br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: Gender and Communication, Insight Media, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 4 Achievement Test Unit 5: Careers <br/>  Careers of the Future<br/> Reading<br/>  Predict content from a title and subheading in a reading<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Recognize details paraphrased from a reading<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Categorize information from two texts<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing<br/>  Organize ideas using an outline<br/>  Evaluate the structure, format, and content of a cover letter (introduction, supporting points, conclusion)<br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions<br/>  Task: Write a cover letter with appropriate content and format<br/>  My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference<br/>  Infer author's tone and irony in a reading<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Recognize and use word forms (nouns and adjectives)<br/>  Recognize and use synonyms<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar<br/>  Recognize and use future time clauses and expressions<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: Dream Jobs, ABC News, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 5 Achievement Test<br/> Unit 6: Tourism<br/>  What is ecotourism?<br/> Reading<br/>  Make and confirm predictions<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Follow chronological sequences in a reading<br/>  Categorize information from 2 texts<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing<br/>  Organize ideas and complete an outline  Identity a thesis statement, topic sentences, and supporting details in a text<br/>  Evaluate effective supporting details<br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions<br/>  Task: Writing an opinions essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion<br/>  My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference<br/>  Infer writer`s view on probability<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Identity relationships between words (synonyms, antonyms, cause/effects, degree)<br/>  Use familiar words to form collocations<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar<br/>  Recognize and use because and even though in main and dependent clauses<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: The Benefits of Ecotourism, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 6 Achievement Test<br/> Unit 7: Marriage<br/>  Finding a Spouse Reading<br/>  Make and confirm predictions<br/>  Identify the main ideas<br/>  Identify different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Recognize and understand metaphors in a reading<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing<br/>  Complete a summary<br/>  Write a descriptive paragraph<br/>  Organize information into logical groups<br/>  Use transition words to show degree of importance<br/>  Use related word forms to add cohesion to paragraphs<br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language and conventions<br/>  My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference <br/>  Infer a writer's meaning by comparing two or more pieces of information<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Identify relationships between words (synonyms, antonyms, cause/effect, degree)<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar<br/>  distinguish between uses of and use definite/indefinite articles (a/an/the)<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: Couples protects Themselves with Postnup, ABC News, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 7 Achievement Test<br/> Unit 8: Is Our Climate Changing? Reading  Predict content from a title and subheading in a reading<br/>  Identity the main ideas<br/>  Identity different types of supporting details<br/>  Scan a text to locate specific information<br/>  Analyze information in a chart<br/>  Identity cohesive devises of contrast<br/>  Understand and complete a causal chain<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice<br/> Writing<br/>  Summarize cause and effect relationships<br/>  Organize ideas using a causal chain<br/>  Use cause-and-effect transitions to connect ideas<br/>  Write an explanatory paragraph<br/>  Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions<br/>  Task: Write Skill Practice and Writing Task<br/> Inference<br/>  Infer the author's purpose<br/> Vocabulary<br/>  Infer word meaning from context<br/>  Use familiar words to form collocations<br/>  My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice<br/> Grammar<br/>  Recognize and use may, might, and could to express future possibility<br/>  My English Lab: Grammar Practice<br/> Video<br/>  My English Lab: Living the Real Simple Life, ABC News, Video Activity<br/> Assessments<br/>  My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 8 Achievement Test Grammar Book References<br/> Unit Word List<br/> Credits.<br/> The Phonetic Alphabet<br/> 
<br/><br/> Level: Intermediate 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780132940399 (Student book) 0132940396 (Student book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013050427 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Listening--Problems, exercises, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Intermediate. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1128  / .M444 2015