Weaving It Together 1

Milada Broukal has taught English for over thirty years in North America and Europe. She has worked in all areas of the field, including syllabus design, teacher training, classroom teaching, and has been Director of Study of her own school. She is the author of over 30 successful textbooks including the series Weaving it Together, The Thomson Heinle Test Preparation Assistant series, and the recently published Check it Out! series. Milada holds two Master's degrees.

• Unit 1: Special Days READING 1A Festival of ColorsWRITING 1SKILLS The Sentence | Capitalization RulesPRACTICE Writing about holidaysREADING 2Birthdays around the WorldWRITING 2SKILLS The ParagraphPRACTICE Writing about your birthdayUnit 2: Places READING 1Venice: A Changing CityWRITING 1SKILLS AdjectivesPRACTICE Writing about a cityREADING 2Life Is Good in IcelandWRITING 2SKILLS The Comparitive Form of Adjectives | The Superlative Form of AdjectivesPRACTICE Writing about one’s countryUnit 3: Ways to Health READING 1Go to Sleep!WRITING 1SKILLS Using whenPRACTICE Writing about sleep habitsREADING 2Laughing Out LoudWRITING 2SKILLS AdverbsPRACTICE Writing about laughingUnit 4: Customs READING 1What to Name the BabyWRITING 1SKILLS Count Nouns and Noncount NounsPRACTICE Writing about a special dayREADING 2Eat, Drink, and Know the CustomsWRITING 2SKILLS Common Prepositions |Prepositional PhrasesPRACTICE Writing about a mealUnit 5: Food READING 1Hold Your Nose and Eat!WRITING 1SKILLS Writing InstructionsPRACTICE Writing about a favorite foodREADING 2The World’s Most Popular DrinkWRITING 2SKILLS The Pronouns it and themPRACTICE Writing about a favorite drinkUnit 6: Inventors and Their Inventions READING 1Dinner Fresh from the FreezerWRITING 1SKILLS Comparing Things with as . . . asPRACTICE Writing about microwave ovensREADING 2A Sharp Idea from King GilletteWRITING 2SKILLS Using too and very with AdjectivesPRACTICE Writing about toothbrushesUnit 7: Amazing People READING 1Hayat Sindi: One Person Helps the WorldWRITING 1SKILLS Asking Questions | Prepositions of TimePRACTICE Writing about the life of a classmateREADING 2A Life with ChimpanzeesWRITING 2SKILLS Writing about Someone’s Life |Different Ways of Expressing TimePRACTICE Writing about the events in one’s lifeUnit 8: Readings from Literature READING 1The RainWRITING 1SKILLS Review of Parts of SpeechPRACTICE Writing a poemREADING 2The Shepherd’s BoyWRITING 2SKILLS ParaphrasingPRACTICE Writing a fable