The NorthStar Teacher's Manual and Achievement Tests 1) Specific suggestions for teaching each unit, including unit-by-unit overview (scope and sequence) and summary; unit-by-unit description of the Focus, Set-Up, and Expansion/Homework activities for each exercise; suggested teaching times; and cross-references to the companion strand, Grammar Book References, Writing Activity Book, Video Program, and Companion Website. 2) The Answer Key to the Student Book. 3) Reproducible Achievement Tests with Answer Keys and a test-generating CD-ROM to allow teachers to customize and adapt the 300 test items and writing tasks. 4) An alphabetized-by-unit word list of the key vocabulary items practiced in each unit.