INTERMEDIATE GOALS
(please read carefully)
- Grammar usage: please correct any grammar errors. Rather than give the correct grammar, ask the girl if she would like to rethink her sentence. Let her work out where the error is. After trying and not succeeding, you might suggest “is the verb in agreement with the subject” and so on.
- Retention: start with 3-4 easy sentences and work up to more. Read the sentences and ask her to repeat, word for word the sentences. Then ask what they mean. A call center employee has to hear, be able to recall and act on customer explanations.
- Fluidity; they have to keep a conversation going without pauses and fillers (ummm, ahhh or silences). They have to understand increasingly difficult levels of conversation (commensurate with the NorthStar reading levels)
- Problem solving: develop the thinking process necessary to gather information, determine a solution and explain the possibilities. NorthStar is a system that requires thinking and problem solving.
- NorthStar: Your use of NorthStar should be the thinking, reasoning, problem solving sections. You should not be spending time going over vocabulary building homework questions. You, as a resource are much more important in conversational skill development.
- Please do not spend your precious time together having her read from a book. Anyone can read from a book without understanding the content. NorthStar discussions require thinking, creating good sentence structure and grammar in conversation and problem solving skill building. These are the necessary tools to getting a bilingual job.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RESOURCES
- Intermediate Lesson Plans Intermediate Lesson Plans 2018
- ENGLISH ANGELS
- NS Basic Lesson Goals
- Tell Me More
- Basico Ingles Suggested Use: If you find your girl is missing some grammar theme, you can look up the page numbers by topic and/or page numbers and assign your girl those pages. Have her read these pages to you the following week, then give an example in her own words, etc. Or, you can have her use the correct form in the following week’s lesson. See BEGINNERS section for download
TELL-ME-MORE
NORTHSTAR Intermediate
NORTHSTAR LESSON FORMAT
Many of the sections should be done by your girl while in their classes or as homework, not using your precious time together.
For lessons that have been transcribed, there is color coding. These sections are marked in RED. GREEN are sections you might choose to use as a conversation starter. BLUE topics are generally discussion of analysis and problem solving sections. It would be most helpful if you would participate in these parts. Ask questions or listen to her solutions before giving your opinions, please.
Focus on the Topic
- Predicting topic from series of pictures: promote thinking and analyzing- should be done the week before starting on this lesson
- Sharing Information: having opinions and problem solving
- Preparing to listen: using information given
- Vocabulary for comprehension
Focus on Listening
- Listening One
Listen for main ideas
Listening for details and answering questions
Reacting to listening and discussion
- Second listening section
Focus on Vocabulary
- Use the new words in sentences
Focus on Speaking
- Pronunciation: stress
- Small talk
- Grammar: some topic
- NS Intermediate Ch.1 Advertizing on the Air
- NS Intermediate Ch.2 Pushing the Limit
- 10 NI1 Unit2-2A. Listening One_01
- 11 NI1 Unit2-Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 12 NI1 Unit2-Listening For Details_01
- 13 NI1 Unit2-Reacting To The Listening_01
- 14 NI1 Unit2-Excerpt 1_01
- 15 NI1 Unit2-Excerpt 2_01
- 16 NI1 Unit2-2B. Listening Two_01
- 17 NI1 Unit2-4A. Pronunciation_01
- 18 NI1 Unit2-Exercise 1_01
- 19 NI1 Unit2-Exercise 2_01
- 20 NI1 Unit2-Exercise 4_01
- NS Intermediate Ch.3 Too Good to be True
- NS Intermediate Ch.4 Art of Storytelling
- NS Intermediate Ch.5 Separated by Same Language
- NS Intermediate Ch.6 Culture and Commerce
- 2 NI2 Unit6-Listening One_01
- 3 NI2 Unit6-Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 4 NI2 Unit6-Listening For Details_01
- 5 NI2 Unit6-Reacting To The Listening_01
- 6 NI2 Unit6-Excerpt 2_01
- 7 NI2 Unit6-Exercise 2_01
- 8 NI2 Unit6-Fredrick_01
- 9 NI2 Unit6-2B. Listening Two_01
- 10 NI2 Unit6-4A. Pronunciation_01
- 11 NI2 Unit6-Exercise 3_01
- NS Intermediate Ch.7 Joking Around
- 12 NI2 Unit7-2A. Listening One_01
- 13 NI2 Unit7-Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 14 NI2 Unit7-Listening For Details_01
- 15 NI2 Unit7-Reacting To The Listening_01
- 16 NI2 Unit7-Excerpt 2_01
- 17 NI2 Unit7-Excerpt 3_01
- 18 NI2 Unit7-Excerpt 4_01
- 19 NI2 Unit7-2B. Listening Two_01
- 20 NI2 Unit7-2C. Linking Listening One And Two_01
- 21 NI2 Unit7-4A. Pronunciation_01
- 22 NI2 Unit7-Exercise 1_01
- 23 NI2 Unit7-Exercise 2_01
- NS Intermediate Ch.8 Traditional or Trendy
- NS Intermediate Ch.9 Spank or not to Spank
- 33 NI2 Unit9 2A. Listening One_01
- 34 NI2 Unit9 Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 35 NI2 Unit9 Listening For Details_01
- 36 NI2 Unit9 Reacting To The Listening_01
- 37 NI2 Unit9 Excerpt 2_01
- 38 NI2 Unit9 Excerpt 3_01
- 39 NI2 Unit9 Excerpt 4_01
- 40 NI2 Unit9 2B. Listening Two_01
- 41 NI2 Unit9 4A. Pronunciation_01
- 42 NI2 Unit9 Exercise 3_01
- 43 NI2 Unit9 Exercise 4_01
- 44 NI2 Unit9 Exercise 6_01
- NS Intermediate Ch.10 Before You Say I Do
NORTHSTAR High Intermediate
NS High Intermed Lesson Goals (link)
- NS High Intermediate Ch.1 News Resisters ESL Angels
- NS High Intermediate Ch.2 The Achiles Heel scan
- NS High Intermediate Ch.3 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
- NS High Intermediate Ch.4 Eye of the Storm
- NS High Intermediate Ch.5 You Will be this Land
- NS High Intermediate Ch.6 It’s Better to Give Than Receive
- 2 NHI2 Unit 6 _ 2A. Listening One_01
- 3 NHI2 Unit 6 _ Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 4 NHI2 Unit 6 _ Listening For Details_01
- 5 NHI2 Unit 6 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt One_01
- 6 NHI2 Unit 6 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Two_01
- 7 NHI2 Unit 6 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Three_01
- 8 NHI2 Unit 6 _ 2B. Listening Two – Exercise 1_01
- 9 NHI2 Unit 6 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 1_01
- 10 NHI2 Unit 6 _ 4B. Grammar – Exercise 2 – Step 2_01
- NS High Intermediate Ch.7 Emotional Intelligence
- 11 NHI2 Unit 7 _ 2A. Listening One_01
- 12 NHI2 Unit 7 _ Listening For Main Ideas – Part One_01
- 13 NHI2 Unit 7 _ Listening For Main Ideas – Part Two_01
- 14 NHI2 Unit 7 _ Listening For Details_01
- 15 NHI2 Unit 7 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt One_01
- 16 NHI2 Unit 7 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Two_01
- 17 NHI2 Unit 7 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Three_01
- 18 NHI2 Unit 7 _ 2B. Listening Two – Exercise 2_01
- 19 NHI2 Unit 7 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 1_01
- 20 NHI2 Unit 7 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 2_01
- 21 NHI2 Unit 7 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 3_01
- NS High Intermediate Ch.8 Goodbye to Sit-Down Meal
- 22 NHI2 Unit 8 _ 2A. Listening One_01
- 23 NHI2 Unit 8 _ Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 24 NHI2 Unit 8 _ Listening For Details_01
- 25 NHI2 Unit 8 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt One_01
- 26 NHI2 Unit 8 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Two_01
- 27 NHI2 Unit 8 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Three_01
- 28 NHI2 Unit 8 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Four_01
- 29 NHI2 Unit 8 _ 2B. Listening Two_01
- 30 NHI2 Unit 8 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 1_01
- 31 NHI2 Unit 8 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 2_01
- 32 NHI2 Unit 8 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 3_01
- NS High Intermediate Ch.9 Finding a Nitche- Young Immigrants
- 33 NHI2 Unit 9 _ 2A. Listening One_01
- 34 NHI2 Unit 9 _ Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 35 NHI2 Unit 9 _ Listening For Details_01
- 36 NHI2 Unit 9 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt One_01
- 37 NHI2 Unit 9 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Two_01
- 38 NHI2 Unit 9 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Three_01
- 39 NHI2 Unit 9 _ 2B. Listening Two – Exercise 1_01
- 40 NHI2 Unit 9 _ 2B. Listening Two – Exercise 2_01
- 41 NHI2 Unit 9 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 1_01
- NS High Intermediate Ch.10 Technology Blessing or Curse
- 42 NHI2 Unit 10 _ 2A. Listening One_01
- 43 NHI2 Unit 10 _ Listening For Main Ideas_01
- 44 NHI2 Unit 10 _ Listening For Details_01
- 45 NHI2 Unit 10 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt One_01
- 46 NHI2 Unit 10 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Two_01
- 47 NHI2 Unit 10 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Three_01
- 48 NHI2 Unit 10 _ Reacting To The Listening – Exercise 1 – Excerpt Four_01
- 49 NHI2 Unit 10 _ 2B. Listening Two – Exercise 1_01
- 50 NHI2 Unit 10 _ 3 Focus On Vocabulary – Exercise 1_01
- 51 NHI2 Unit 10 _ 3 Focus On Vocabulary – Exercise 2_01
- 52 NHI2 Unit 10 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 1_01
- 53 NHI2 Unit 10 _ 4A. Pronunciation – Exercise 2_01