北极星英语系列教程,读写(高级)学生用书

1. my time in a bottle..

theme: addiction

reading one: my time in a bottle, mickey mantle

reading two: mick's toughest inning, cathy burke

grammar: unreal conditionals

style: elements of autobiographical writing

2. a bridge across the generations
theme: aging

reading one: senior citizens at wilton high

reading two: i don't feel or look my age susan scalone-bonnici

grammar: noun clauses

style: introductory paragraphs and thesis statements

3. the road to success

theme: personality

reading one: gotta dance, jackson jodie daviss

reading two: keeping your confidence up, dennis o'grady

grammar: identifying and nonidentifying adjective clauses

style: paragraph development—supporting a topic sentence with illustration and conclusion

4. water, water everywhere

theme: our environment—water

.reading one: the great flood of 93, alan mairson

reading two: the bounty of the sea, jacques cousteau

grammar: adverb clauses and discourse connectors expressing cause and effect

style: cause-and-effect essays

5. what is lost in translation?..

theme: crosscultural insights

reading one: lost in translation, eva hoffman, and the struggle to be an all-american girl, elizabeth wong

reading two: in one school, many sagas, alan riding

grammar: adverb clauses of comparison and contrast

style: comparison and contrast essays

6. managing a career

theme: business

readingone: the expanding role of temps, hal lancaster

reading two: coca cola' thinks international,alan m. rugman and richard m. hodgetts

grammar: specific uses of gerunds and infinitives

style: cover letters and resumes

7. when the soldier is a woman

theme: the military

reading one: women at war, glamour

reading two: in peace, women warriors rank low, james c. mckinley, jr.

grammar: direct and indirect speech

style: paragraph development--writing a summary

8. the cellist of sarajevo

theme: the arts

reading one: the cellist of sarajevo, paul sullivan

reading two: the soloist, mark salzman

grammar: reporting ideas and facts with passiives

style: using descriptive language

9. the right to read

theme: first amendment issues

reading one: book banning must be stopped,marcia cohen

reading two: some books that have been banned school libraries

grammar: review of verb tenses

style: argumentative essays

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