NorthStar
Second Edition

Reading and Writing, Basic/Low Intermediate
 
1   FINDING THE IDEAL JOB
  Theme: Work
Reading One: Finding the Ideal Job
Reading Two: The Ideal Job
Grammar: Descriptive Adjectives and Possessive Adjectives
Style: The Sentence
 
2   COUNTRY LIFE VS. CITY LIFE
  Theme: The Country and the City
Reading One: The Farming Life for Me
Reading Two: Leaving the Farm
Grammar: Simple Past Tense
Style: The Paragraph
 
3   MAKING MONEY
  Theme: Money
Reading One: Making Money
Reading Two: I Made It Myself
Grammar: Comparative Forms of Adjectives
Style: Transition Words of Addition and Contrast
 
4   SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
  Theme: Animals
Reading One: Save the Elephants
Reading Two: Save a Logger—Eat an Owl
Grammar: Wh- Questions in the Simple Present Tense
Style: Letter Writing
 
5   "NETIQUETTE"
  Theme: Network Etiquette
Reading One: "Netiquette" Do's and Don'ts
Reading Two: Dear Debbie
Grammar: Verbs Plus Gerunds and Infinitives
Style: Punctuation  
6   WOMEN'S WORK?
  Theme: Male and Female Roles
Reading One: Housework
Reading Two: Good-bye to (Some) Housework
Grammar: Adverbs and Expressions of Frequency
Style: Poetry
 
7   ORGANIC PRODUCE: IS IT WORTH THE PRICE?
  Theme: Food
Reading One: Organic Produce vs. Regular Produce
Reading Two: What's in Our Food?
Grammar: Count and Non-Count Nouns
Style: Audience
 
8   "I'LL TAKE THE TRAIN, THANKS."
  Theme: Travel
Reading One: The Climate Train
Reading Two: On the Road with John Madden
Grammar: Can and Could
Style: Connecting Sentences with And and But
 
9   THE WINTER BLUES
  Theme: Health and Illness
Reading One: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Reading Two: A SAD Woman in Alaska
Grammar: Should and Shouldn't
Style: Using Direct Speech
 
10   ENDANGERED CULTURES
  Theme: Endangered Cultures
Reading One: Will Indigenous Cultures Survive?
Reading Two: The Penan
Grammar: Expressing Predictions and Future Plans
Style: Using Examples
 
Grammar Book References