Writing

-Step-by step Writing Process guides and refines writing skills.
-Timed Writing practice prepares students for success on high-stakes tests.
-Online Writing Tutor on Oxford Learn improves academic writing inside and outside the classroom.
-Online Grammar Practice provides extra practice where and when your students need it the most.

Step-By-Step Instruction takes students through the complete academic writing process starting at the sentence level and ending with the researched essay.

Conceptualized to promote critical thinking, NorthStar infuses analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and application throughout every lesson, not just in a critical thinking section like in other series.

Components: Print or eText

Student Book with MyEnglishLab -- Building on the success of previous editions, NorthStar
continues to engage and motivate students through new and updated contemporary, authentic topics in a seamless integration of print and online content.

eText with MyEnglishLab -- Offering maximum flexibility for different learning styles and needs, a digital version of the Student Book can be used on iPad and Android devices.

MyEnglishLab: NorthStar -- Students use MyEnglishLab to access additional practice online, view videos, listen to audio selections, and receive instant feedback on their work. Teachers assign MyEnglishLab activities to reinforce the skills students learn in class and monitor progress through an online gradebook.

Teacher Resource eText -- Each strand of NorthStar has an accompanying Teacher Resource eText with the following: digital Student Book, downloadable achievement tests, classroom audio, lesson planners, video activities, videoscripts, teacher's manuals, answer keys, and a downloadable placement test. Accessible through MyEnglishLab: NorthStar.

Classroom Audio CD -- Listening and Speaking audio contains the recordings and activities as well as audio for the achievement tests. The Reading and Writing strand contains the readings on audio.