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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Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 Offbeat Jobs
Theme: Work
Listening One: What's My Job?
A game show
Listening Two: More Offbeat Jobs
A report on an unusual website
Vocabulary: Context clues, dictionary work, word definitions
Grammar: Descriptive adjectives
Unit 2 A Piece of the Country in the City
Theme: The Country and the City
Listening One: The CommunityGardens
A radio interview
Listening Two: Let's Hear from Our Listeners
A radio call-in show
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions
Grammar: Simple past tense
Unit 3 A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Theme: Money
Listening One: A Barter Network
A community meeting
Listening Two: Saving Money
Three conversations
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions
Grammar: Comparative adjectives
Unit 4 At Your Service: Service Animals
Theme: Animals
Listening One: Kimba, the Hero Dog
A news report
Listening Two: Do People Help Animals Too?
A conversation
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, appropriate word usage
Grammar: Simple present tense - wh- questions with do
Unit 5 "Celletiquette"
Theme: Cell phone etiquette
Listening One: Everyone Has an Opinion
A radio call-in show
Listening Two: Our Listeners Write
A radio call-in show
Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, appropriate word usage
Grammar: Verbs plus gerunds and infinitives
Unit 6 Is It Women's Work?
Theme: Male and Female Roles
Listening One: Who's Taking Care of the Children?
A TV talk show
Listening Two: Who is Right for the Job?
Three conversations
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, idiomatic expressions
Grammar: Adverbs and expressions of frequency
Unit 7 Good-Mood Foods
Theme: Food
Listening One: Would You Like to Be on the Radio?
A radio show
Listening Two: What's the Matter?
Four cases
Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, vocabulary classification, context clues, word association
Grammar: Count and non-count nouns
Unit 8 An Ice Placeto Stay
Theme: Travel
Listening One: An Unusual Vacation
A travel hotline
Listening Two: Vacations Around the World
Three Vacation packages
Vocabulary: Context clues, dictionary work, vocabulary classification
Grammar: Can andcan't
Unit 9 Staying Healthy
Theme: Health and Illness
Listening One: Thin-Fast
A radio commercial
Listening Two: Health Problems and Remedies
Two conversations
Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues
Grammar: Should, ought to, and have to
Unit 10 Endangered Languages
Theme: Endangered Languages
Listening One: Language Loss
A class session
Listening Two: My Life, My Language
An autobiographical account
Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, editing inaccurate definitions
Grammar: Future with will
Student Activities
Grammar Book References
Audioscript
The Phonetic Alphabet