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.

NorthStar Reading and Writing Advanced, 2nd Edition

Reference

Robert F. Cohen

Judy L. Miller

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson Longman ESL

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? <ul>
<li> New Themes and Updated Content – presented in a variety of genres and in authentic materials – challenge and engage students intellectually. </li>
<li> 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. </li>
<li> A new, fully integrated writing section leads students through the writing process with engaging writing assignments focusing on various rhetorical modes. </li>
<li> A New Design with full color pages, more photos, illustrations, and graphic organizers fosters student engagement and makes the content come alive. </li> </ul>
 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. <ul>
<li> Students receive personalized instruction and practice in all four skills. Audio, video, and test preparation are all in one place – available anywhere, anytime. </li>
<li> Teachers can take advantage of many resources including online assessments, a flexible gradebook, and tools for monitoring student progress. </li>
<li> Unlimited access to reading and audio selections, DVD segments, as well as original activities that support and extend the Northstar program. </li> </ul>
 Teacher’s Manual <ul>
<li> A unit-by-unit guide including overviews, suggested times, step-by-step teaching suggestions, expansion and homework activities, and links to the companion strand and to MyNorthStarLab </li>
<li> Detailed multi-level strategies and activities so instructors can reach students at different proficiency levels </li>
<li> The Student Book Answer Key and unit word lists for easy reference </li>
<li> Reproducible Unit Achievement Tests to save time and allow teachers to evaluate students’ progress </li> </ul>

NorthStar Reading and Writing 5, Third Edition (Student Book)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Pearson Education ESL

Reason to Write provides guidelines, strategies, and practice in writing for academic success. Students move through the writing process from generating ideas, to drafting and revising, to proofreading and editing. The high-beginning level introduces students to the principles and strategies that will prepare them to become effective academic writers.

Reason to Write High Beginning: Strategies for Success in Academic Writing

English as a Second Language

Oxford University Press

Reason to Write provides guidelines, strategies, and practice in writing for academic success. Students move through the writing process from generating ideas, to drafting and revising, to proofreading and editing. The low-intermediate level helps students understand the basic elements of a well-written paragraph.

Reason to Write Low Intermediate: Strategies for Success in Academic Writing

Literature & Fiction

Reason to Write provides guidelines, strategies, and practice in writing for academic success. Students move through the writing process from generating ideas, to drafting and revising, to proofreading and editing. The intermediate level moves students forward from writing paragraphs to essays.

Reason to Write Intermediate: Strategies for Success in Academic Writing