TY - BOOK AU - Barton,Laurie AU - Dupaquier,Carolyn TI - NorthStar 3: Reading & Writing SN - 9780132940399 (Student book) AV - PE1128 .M444 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - White Plains, NY PB - Pearson Education KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Spoken English KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Listening KW - Intermediate N1 - "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: Extreme Sports ; Sports and Obsession ; Reading ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Recognize quotations and reported speech ; Organize information using a Venn diagram ; Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Create an outline answering Wh-questions to gather information ; Write a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion ; Identity the audience and add important details to clarify information ; Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions ; Task: Write a one-paragraph news report ; My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Infer the writer's degree of certainty ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use word forms ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; Recognize and use "can, could, and be able to" to express ability in the present, past, future, and present perfect ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Danny Parks, BMX Pro, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit I Achievement Test ; Unit 2: Fraud ; The Consequences of Fraud ; Reading ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to understand chronology ; Identify detailed examples ; Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to understand chronology; Identify detailed examples ; Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Inference ; Infer comparisons ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and understand synonyms ; Recognize and use word forms ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; distinguish between and use the simple past and past progressive ; Recognize and use when and while ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Unhappy Returns, NBC News, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 2 Achievement Test ; Unit 3: Space ; Exploring the Red Planet ; Reading ; Make and confirm predictions; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Analyze problems and solutions ; Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice; Writing; Evaluate pros and cons ; Use an outline to organize a paragraph with a main idea, supporting details and a conclusion ; Identify and use parallel structure in academic writing ; Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions ; Task: Write a paragraph about the pros and cons of building a colony on Mars ; My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Understand inferred meaning (degrees of difficulty) in a text ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Use knowledge of academic vocabulary to formulate collocations ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; Recognize and express purpose with an infinitive after verbs or after a verb and in order to ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Life in Space, ABC News, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2 Unit 3 Achievement Test ; Unit 4: Language ; Language and Power ; Reading ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Recognize opinions and supporting examples ; Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Organize idea using chart ; Use an outline to write a paragraph ; Recognize and use transition of contrast ; Use transitions of contrast to introduce a counter-argument ; Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions ; Task: Write a point-by-point contrast paragraph with supporting examples ; My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Infer the meaning of proverbs ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and understand antonyms ; Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; Recognize and make comparisons with adverbs ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Gender and Communication, Insight Media, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 4 Achievement Test; Unit 5: Careers ; Careers of the Future ; Reading ; Predict content from a title and subheading in a reading ; Identify the main ideas ; Recognize details paraphrased from a reading ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Categorize information from two texts ; My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Organize ideas using an outline ; Evaluate the structure, format, and content of a cover letter (introduction, supporting points, conclusion) ; Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions ; Task: Write a cover letter with appropriate content and format ; My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Infer author's tone and irony in a reading ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use word forms (nouns and adjectives) ; Recognize and use synonyms ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; Recognize and use future time clauses and expressions ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Dream Jobs, ABC News, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 5 Achievement Test ; Unit 6: Tourism ; What is ecotourism? ; Reading ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Follow chronological sequences in a reading ; Categorize information from 2 texts ; My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Organize ideas and complete an outline; Identity a thesis statement, topic sentences, and supporting details in a text ; Evaluate effective supporting details ; Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions ; Task: Writing an opinions essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion ; My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Infer writer`s view on probability ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Identity relationships between words (synonyms, antonyms, cause/effects, degree) ; Use familiar words to form collocations ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; Recognize and use because and even though in main and dependent clauses ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: The Benefits of Ecotourism, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 6 Achievement Test ; Unit 7: Marriage ; Finding a Spouse; Reading ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify the main ideas ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Recognize and understand metaphors in a reading ; My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Complete a summary ; Write a descriptive paragraph ; Organize information into logical groups ; Use transition words to show degree of importance ; Use related word forms to add cohesion to paragraphs ; Edit and revise writing for content, language and conventions ; My English Lab: Writing Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Infer a writer's meaning by comparing two or more pieces of information ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Identify relationships between words (synonyms, antonyms, cause/effect, degree) ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; distinguish between uses of and use definite/indefinite articles (a/an/the) ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Couples protects Themselves with Postnup, ABC News, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 7 Achievement Test ; Unit 8: Is Our Climate Changing?; Reading; Predict content from a title and subheading in a reading ; Identity the main ideas ; Identity different types of supporting details ; Scan a text to locate specific information ; Analyze information in a chart ; Identity cohesive devises of contrast ; Understand and complete a causal chain ; My English Lab: Vocabulary and Reading Skill Practice ; Writing ; Summarize cause and effect relationships ; Organize ideas using a causal chain ; Use cause-and-effect transitions to connect ideas ; Write an explanatory paragraph ; Edit and revise writing for content, language, and conventions ; Task: Write Skill Practice and Writing Task ; Inference ; Infer the author's purpose ; Vocabulary ; Infer word meaning from context ; Use familiar words to form collocations ; My English Lab: Vocabulary Practice ; Grammar ; Recognize and use may, might, and could to express future possibility ; My English Lab: Grammar Practice ; Video ; My English Lab: Living the Real Simple Life, ABC News, Video Activity ; Assessments ; My English Lab: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 8 Achievement Test; Grammar Book References ; Unit Word List ; Credits ; The Phonetic Alphabet ; Level: Intermediate UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/eap/northstar-reading-and-writing-level-3-student-book-with-myenglishlab-294039 ER -