Northstar : reading & writing
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Northstar : reading & writing
（Always learning）
Pearson Education, c2015
4th ed
- level 3 : Student book : pbk
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Northstar : reading and writing
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Contents: Level 3 : Student book / authors Laurie Barton, Carolyn Dupaquier Sardinas ; series editors Frances Boyd, Carol Numrich
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Northstar, now in its third edition, motivates students to succeed in their academic as well as personal language goals. For each of the five levels, the two strands - Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking - provide a fully integrated approach for students and teachers.
What is Special about the Third Edition?
New Themes and Updated Content - presented in a variety of genres and in authentic materials - challenge and engage students intellectually.
Enhanced Focus on Academic Skills, more purposeful integration of critical thinking, and an enhanced focus on academic skills such as inferencing, synthesizing, notetaking, and test taking help students develop strategies for success in the classroom and on standardized tests.
A new, fully integrated writing section leads students through the writing process with engaging writing assignments focusing on various rhetorical modes.
A New Design with full color pages, more photos, illustrations, and graphic organizers fosters student engagement and makes the content come alive.
MyNorthStarLab
NorthStar is now available with MyNorthStarLab - an easy-to-use, powerful online program for students and teachers that saves time and improves test scores.
Students receive personalized instruction and practice in all four skills. Audio, video, and test preparation are all in one place - available anywhere, anytime.
Teachers can take advantage of many resources including online assessments, a flexible gradebook, and tools for monitoring student progress.
Unlimited access to reading and audio selections, DVD segments, as well as original activities that support and extend the Northstar program.
Teacher's Manual
A unit-by-unit guide including overviews, suggested times, step-by-stepteaching suggestions, expansion and homework activities, and links to the companion strand and to MyNorthStarLab
Detailed multi-level strategies and activities so instructors can reach students at different proficiency levels
The Student Book Answer Key and unit word lists for easy reference
Reproducible Unit Achievement Tests to save time and allow teachers to evaluate students' progress
Table of Contents
Unit 1 The World of Advertising
Unit 2 Fraud
Unit 3 Going to Extremes: Sports and Obsession
Unit 4 Speaking of Gender
Unit 5 Ecotourism
Unit 6 The Metamorphosis
Unit 7 The Choice to Be Amish
Unit 8 Finding a Spouse
Unit 9 Is Our Climate Changing?
Unit 10 Crime and Punishment
Research Topics
Grammar Book References
by "Nielsen BookData"