Northstar Listening and Speaking High-Intermediate

Scope and Sequence Unit 1 For News Resisters, No News Is Good News Theme: Media Listening One: News Resisters A radio new report Listening Two: CornCam A report on an unusual website Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, idiomatic expressions, descriptive adjectives, dictionary work, word definitions Grammar: Passive voice Unit 2 The Achilles Heel Theme: Overcoming Obstacles Listening One: Dreams of Flying and overcoming Obstacles A college application essay Listening Two: The Achilles Track Club Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro A television news report Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, figurative language Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives Unit 3 Early to Bed, Early to Rise… Theme: Medicine Listening One: Teen Sleep Needs A radio news report Listening Two: Get Back in Bed A conversation with a doctor Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions Grammar: Present unreal conditionals Unit 4 The Eye of the Storm Theme: Natural Disasters Listening One: Preparing for a Hurricane A radio news report Listening Two: Hurricane Hunters A radio news report Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, word forms Grammar: Adjective clauses Unit 5 You Will Be This Land Theme: Conservation Listening One: Interview with a Medicine Priest A conversation with a Cherokee spiritual leader Listening Two: "Ndakinna" - A Poem An Abenaki poem Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, context clues, word forms Grammar: Advisability in the past - past modals Unit 6 It's Better to Give Than to Receive Theme: Philanthropy Listening One: Oseola McCarty A report on the life of a philanthropist Listening Two: Please Donate or Volunteer &nbsSanabria, Kim is the author of 'Northstar Listening and Speaking High-Intermediate' with ISBN 9780131439108 and ISBN 0131439103.