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1 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 1 1 Predicting (page 1) Sharing Information (page ) Background (pages -) Reading for Details (pages -7) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (pages -) Linking Readings One and Two (page 10) Prewriting: Freewriting, Exercises 1- (pages 1-) Organizing: Creating a Narrative, Exercise (page ) Writing the First Draft (page ) Peer Review (page ) Style: Elements of Autobiographical Writing, Exercises 1- (pages 1-18) Revising: Describing Character, Exercises 1- (page ) Grammar: Past Unreal Conditionals, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Using Past Unreal Conditionals, Exercises 1 and (page 7) Vocabulary for Comprehension, (pages -) Reading One: My Time in a Bottle (pages -) Reading for Main Ideas (page ) Reading Two: Mickey s Toughest Inning (pages 8-10) (review homework exercise in class) Organizing: Creating a Narrative Exercises 1- (pages -) (answer key in book) Revising: Describing Character, Exercise (page ) Checklist (page 9) At the end of this unit students can take the unit tests. Test 1 assesses students receptive (reading) skills. (Students can complete sections A, B, D, and E.) Test assesses students productive (writing) skills. The tests and test answer keys are in the Teacher s Manual. You can also create NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 1

2 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 1 Predicting (page 1) Sharing Information (page ) Background (pages -) Reading for Details (page 9) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (pages 0-) Linking Readings One and Two (page ) Prewriting: Critical Listing, Exercises 1- (pages 10-1) Organizing: The Basic Features of an Essay, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Writing the First Draft (page 1) Peer Review (page 1) Style: Introductory Paragraphs and Thesis Statements, Exercises 1- (pages 1-) Grammar: Noun Clauses, Exercises 1- (pages 8-0) Using Noun Clauses, Exercise 1 (page 1) Vocabulary for Comprehension, Exercises 1- (pages -) Reading One: Early Life at Brook Farm and Concord (pages -7) Reading for Main Ideas (page 8) Reading Two: Making Ends Meet, Exercises 1- (pages -) Prewriting: Critical Listing, Exercises - (page 1) Writing the First Draft (page 1) Revising: Analyzing Introductions and Thesis Sentences, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Checklist (page 18) skills. (Students can complete sections A, C, and D.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners

3 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 1 Predicting (page 7) Sharing Information (page 8) Background (page 9) Reading for Details (page ) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (page 7) Linking Readings One and Two (page 1) Prewriting: Making a Flowchart, Exercises 1- (pages 19-0) Style: Supporting a Topic Sentence with Illustration and Conclusion, Exercises 1- (pages 7-8) Organizing: Supporting Main Ideas, Exercises 1-, and (pages 1-) Peer Review (page ) Revising: Cohesion between Paragraphs, Exercises 1- (page ) Grammar: Identifying and Nonidentifying Adjective Clauses, Exercises 1- (pages -) Using Identifying and Nonidentifying Adjective Clauses, Exercise 1 (page ) Vocabulary for Comprehension, (page 0) Reading One: Gotta Dance (pages 1-) Reading for Main Ideas (page ) Reading Two: Keeping Your Confidence Up, Exercises 1- (pages 7-0) Prewriting: Making a Flowchart, Exercises - (page 1) Organizing: Supporting Main Ideas, Exercise (pages ) Writing the First Draft (page ) Using Identifying and Nonidentifying Adjective Clauses, Exercise (page ) Checklist (page 8) skills. (Students can complete sections A, D, and E.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners

4 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 1 Predicting (page 71) Sharing Information (page 7) Background (page 7) Reading for Details (page 78) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (page 79) Linking Readings One and Two (page 8) Prewriting: Making a Flowchart, Exercises 1- (pages 9-1) Style: Cause-and-Effect Essays, Exercises 1- (pages 9-9) Organizing: Focusing on Cause and Effect, Exercises 1- (pages 1-) Peer Review (page ) Revising: Writing Unified Essays, Exercises 1- (pages -) Grammar: Adverb Clauses and Discourse Connectors Expressing Cause and Effect, Exercises 1- (pages 87-89) Using Discourse Connectors to Express Cause and Effect, Exercises 1- (pages - 7) Vocabulary for Comprehension, (pages 7-7) Reading One: A Fable for Tomorrow (pages 7-77) Reading for Main Ideas (pages 77-78) Reading Two: The Story of Silent Spring (pages 79-8) (review written responses in class) Vocabulary exercises on the NorthStar Companion Website: Organizing: Focusing on Cause and Effect, Exercise (page ) Writing the First Draft (page ) Revising: Writing Unified Essays, Exercise (page ) (to be submitted directly to teacher) Checklist (page 8) skills. (Students can complete sections A, B, and D.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners

5 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 1 Predicting (page 97) Sharing Information (pages 98-99) Background (pages ) Reading for Details, Exercises 1- (pages 10-10) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (pages ) Linking Readings One and Two (page 110) Prewriting: Creating a Venn Diagram, Exercises 1- (pages 9-1) Style: Comparison and Contrast Essays, Exercises 1- (pages 118-1) Organizing: Analyzing Methods of Organization, Exercises 1- (pages 1-) Peer Review (page ) Revising: Writing Thesis Statements, Exercises 1- (pages - ) Grammar: Adverb Clauses of Comparison and Contrast, Exercises 1- (pages ) Comparing and Contrasting Ideas with Adverb Clauses, Exercise (page ) Vocabulary for Comprehension (page 100) Reading One: Lost in Translation and The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl (pages ) Reading for Main Ideas (page 10) Reading Two: In One School, Many Sagas, (pages ) Prewriting: Creating a Venn Diagram, Exercises - (page 1) (Venn diagram to be submitted with final draft.) Organizing: Analyzing Methods of Organization, Exercise (page ) Writing the First Draft (page ) Vocabulary exercises on the NorthStar Companion Website: Checklist (page 7) skills. (Students can complete sections A, B, and D.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners

6 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 1 Predicting (page 1) Sharing Information (page 1) Background (pages 17) Reading for Details (page 1) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1 - (pages 1-1) Linking Readings One and Two (pages 1-17) Prewriting: Looped Freewriting, Exercises 1- (pages 8-9) Style: Writing a Definition Essay, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Organizing: Writing a Definition Essay, Exercise (page 0) Peer Review (page 1) Revising: Writing for a Specific Audience, Exercises 1- (page ) Grammar: Definite and Indefinite Articles with Count and Non-Count Nouns, Exercises 1- (pages 10-1) Using Definite and Indefinite Articles, Exercises 1- (pages -) Vocabulary for Comprehension (page 18) Reading One: Peace Prevails (pages 19-11) Reading for Main Ideas (page 11) Reading Two: Religion, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Vocabulary exercises on the NorthStar Companion Website: Writing the First Draft (page 1) Revising: Writing for a Specific Audience, Exercise (page ) Checklist (page ) skills. (Students can complete sections A-D.) Test assesses students productive (writing) skills. The tests and test answer keys are in the Teacher s Manual. You can also create your own tests by using the TestGen CD-ROM in the Teacher s Manual. NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners

7 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 7 1 Predicting (page 1) Sharing Information (page 10) Background (pages 10-11) Reading for Details (page 1) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Linking Readings One and Two (page 19) Prewriting: Clustering, Exercises 1- (pages 7-9) Style: Writing Essays Showing Advantages and Disadvantages, Exercises 1- (pages 18-19) Organizing: Weighing Pro s and Con s, Exercise 1 (pages 9-0) Peer Review (page ) Revising: Writing Effective Conclusions, Exercises 1- (page ) Using Infinitives and Gerunds, Exercises 1- (page ) Editing, Exercise 1- (pages -) Vocabulary for Comprehension (pages 11-1) Reading One: Young Entrepreneurs (pages 1-1) Reading for Main Ideas (page 1) Reading Two: Coca Cola Thinks International, Exercises 1- (pages 1-18) Prewriting: Clustering, Exercises - (page 9) Organizing: Weighing Pro s and Con s, Exercise (page 0) Writing the First Draft (page ) Focus on Writing Grammar: Grammar: Specific Uses of Infinitives and Gerunds, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Checklist (page ) skills. (Students can complete sections A, B, and D.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 7

8 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 8 1 Predicting (page 17) Sharing Information (page 17) Background (page 17) Reading for Details (pages ) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (page18) Linking Readings One and Two (page 18) Focus on Writing Style: Paragraph Development-Writing a Summary, Exercises 1- (pages ) Prewriting: Focused Freewriting, Exercise 1- (pages -7) Organizing: Using Persuasive Reasons to Support Your Point of View, Exercise 1 (pages 8-9) Peer Review (page 70) Revising: Supporting Your Reasons with Examples, Exercises 1- (pages 70-71) Vocabulary for Comprehension (page 17) Reading One: Women at War (pages ( ) Reading for Main Ideas (page 180) Reading Two: Asmara Journal: In Peace Women Warriors Rank Low, Exercises 1- (pages 18-18) (review homework responses in class) Style: Paragraph Development-Writing a Summary, Exercise (page 19) Organizing: Using Persuasive Reasons to Support Your Point of View, Exercise (page 9) Writing the First Draft (page 9) Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech, Exercises 1- (pages ) (continued) NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 8

9 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 8 (continued) Incorporating Direct and Indirect Speech, Exercises 1- (page 7) Checklist (page 7) skills. (Students can complete sections A, B, and E.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 9

10 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 9 1 Predicting (page 19) Sharing Information (page 19) Background (page 19) Vocabulary for Comprehension, Exercise 1 (pages ) Reading for Details (pages 01) Reacting to the Reading, Exercises 1- (pages 0-0) Linking Readings One and Two (page 0) Prewriting: Questioning Yourself, Exercises 1- (pages 7-7) Organizing: Starting Narratives, Exercises 1- (pages 7-77) Peer Review (page 78) Style: Using Descriptive Language, Exercises 1- (pages 1-1) Grammar: Reporting Ideas and Facts with Passives, Exercises 1 - (pages 09-1) Using the Passive Voice, Exercises 1- (pages 80-81) Vocabulary for Comprehension, Exercise (page 198) Reading One: The Cellist of Sarajevo (pages ) Reading for Main Ideas (page 01) Reading Two: The Soloist (pages 0-0) Vocabulary exercises on the NorthStar Companion Website: Writing the First Draft (page 78) Revising: Using Descriptive Language, Exercises 1- (pages 79-80) (answer key in book) Using the Passive Voice, Exercise (page 81) Checklist (page 8) skills. (Students can complete sections A, B, D, and E.) Test assesses students productive NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 10

11 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 10 Vocabulary for Comprehension, (pages 1 Predicting (page 19) -) (review homework exercises Sharing Information (page 0) in class) Background (page 1) Reading One: Book Banning Must Be Stopped (pages -) Reading for Main Ideas (page ) Reading for Details (pages 7) Reacting to the Reading, Exercise1- (pages 8-9) Linking Readings One and Two (page ) Prewriting: Choosing a Technique, Exercise 1- (pages 8-8) Style: Argumentative Essays, Exercises 1- (pages -) Organizing: Including Counterarguments and Refutations, Exercises 1- (page 8) Peer Review (page 88) Revising: Persuasive Introductions, Exercises 1, and (page 89-90) Reading Two: Some Books that Have Been Banned from School Libraries, Exercises 1- (pages 0-) Vocabulary exercises on the NorthStar Companion Website: Organizing: Including Counterarguments and Refutations, Exercises - (pages 87-88) Writing the First Draft (page 88) Revising: Persuasive Introductions, Exercises and (page 90) (continued) NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 11

12 Advanced: Student Book and Unit 10 (continued) Grammar: Review of Verb Tenses, Exercises 1- (pages 9-) Using Tenses Correctly, Exercise 1 (page 91) Using Tenses Correctly, Exercise (page 91) Preparing the Final Draft and Final Draft Checklist (page 9) skills. (Students can complete sections A-D.) Test assesses students productive (writing) skills. The tests and test answer keys are in the Teacher s Manual. You can also create your own tests by using the TestGen CD-ROM in the Teacher s Manual. NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Advanced: Student Book and : Course Planners 1

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