NorthStar Reading
and Writing, Advanced |
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| 1 | MICKEY'S TEAM | |||
| Theme: | Addiction | |||
| My Time in a Bottle | ||||
| Mick's Toughest Inning | ||||
| Grammar: | Past Unreal Conditionals | |||
| Style: | Elements of Autobiographical Writing |
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| 2 | A SEASON IN UTOPIA | |||
| Theme: | Utopian Movements | |||
| Early Life at Brook Farm and Concord | ||||
| Making Ends Meet | ||||
| Grammar: | Noun Clauses | |||
| Style: | Introductory Paragraphs and Thesis Statements |
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| 3 | THE ROAD TO SUCCESS | |||
| Theme: | Personality | |||
| Gotta Dance | ||||
| Keeping Your Confidence Up | ||||
| Grammar: | Identifying and Nonidentifying Adjective Clauses | |||
| Style: | Supporting a Topic Sentence with Illustration and Conclusion |
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| 4 | SILENT SPRING | |||
| Theme: | Trends | |||
| A Fable for Tomorrow | ||||
| The Story of Silent Spring | ||||
| Grammar: | Adverb Clauses and Discourse Connectors Expressing Cause and Effect | |||
| Style: | Cause-and-Effect Essays |
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| 5 | WHAT IS LOST IN TRANSLATION? | |||
| Theme: | Cross-cultural Insights | |||
Lost in Translation; and The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl |
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| In One School, Many Sagas | ||||
| Grammar: | Adverb Clauses of Comparison and Contrast | |||
| Style: | Comparison and Contrast Essays |
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| 6 | THE LANDSCAPE OF FAITH | |||
| Theme: | Religion | |||
| Peace Prevails | ||||
| Religion | ||||
| Grammar: | Definite and Indefinite Articles with Count and Non-Count Nouns | |||
| Style: | Writing a Definition Essay |
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| 7 | GOING INTO BUSINESS | |||
| Theme: | Business | |||
| From Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? | ||||
| Coca Cola Thinks International | ||||
| Grammar: | Specific Uses of Infinitives and Gerunds | |||
| Style: | Writing Essays Showing Advantages and Disadvantages |
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| 8 | WHEN THE SOLDIER IS A WOMAN... | |||
| Theme: | The Military | |||
| Women at War | ||||
| Asmara Journal: In Peace, Women Warriors Rank Low | ||||
| Grammar: | Direct and Indirect Speech | |||
| Style: | Paragraph Development—Writing a Summary |
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| 9 | THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO | |||
| Theme: | The Arts | |||
| The Cellist of Sarajevo | ||||
| The Soloist | ||||
| Grammar: | Reporting Ideas and Facts with Passives | |||
| Style: | Using Descriptive Language |
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| 10 | THE RIGHT TO READ | |||
| Theme: | First Amendment Issues | |||
| Book Banning Must Be Stopped | ||||
| Some Books That Have Been Banned from School Libraries | ||||
| Grammar: | Review of Verb Tenses | |||
| Style: | Argumentative Essays |
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