Weaving It Together 2

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: Your Personality READING 1Right Brain, Left BrainWRITING 1SKILLS The Paragraph | Capitalization Rules | The TitlePRACTICE Writing about yourselfREADING 2Let’s Face ItWRITING 2SKILLS Joining Compound Sentences with and, but, or orPRACTICE Writing about another personUnit 2: FoodREADING 1Live a Little: Eat Potatoes!WRITING 1SKILLS The Topic SentencePRACTICE Writing about food or drinkREADING 2Bugs, Rats, and Other Tasty DishesWRITING 2SKILLS Supporting Sentences |Concluding SentencesPRACTICE Writing about a special foodUnit 3: Celebrations and Special Days READING 1Tihar: Festival of LightsWRITING 1SKILLS Describing a Process |Punctuation: Comma (,) with Items in a SeriesPRACTICE Writing about a special eventREADING 2Celebrating a Fifteenth BirthdayWRITING 2SKILLS Main and Dependent Clauses |Writing a Dependent Clause with before or afterPRACTICE Writing about a celebrationUnit 4: Amazing People READING 1Barrington Irving’s Dream to FlyWRITING 1SKILLS Unity | Irrelevant SentencesPRACTICE Writing about the qualities of a person or a petREADING 2The Fearless FiennesWRITING 2SKILLS Introducing ExamplesPRACTICE Writing about a personUnit 5: Nature Attacks! READING 1LightningWRITING 1SKILLS Writing a Narrative Paragraph with Time Words | The Comma (,) with Time and Place ExpressionsPRACTICE Writing about a frightening experienceREADING 2Chasing StormsWRITING 2SKILLS Introducing Reasons with becausePRACTICE Writing about dangerous weatherUnit 6: InventionsREADING 1The GoPro CameraWRITING 1SKILLS Introducing Effects with so and thereforePRACTICE Writing about an inventionREADING 2Changing Living Things?WRITING 2SKILLS Giving an Opinion | Transitions Showing AdditionPRACTICE Writing about biotechnology Unit 7: Customs and Traditions READING 1Flowers, Dishes, and DressesWRITING 1SKILLS Comparing and Contrasting |Showing Contrast with however | Showing Similarity with similarly and likewisePRACTICE Writing about wedding CustomsREADING 2What’s in a Name?WRITING 2SKILLS Writing Business LettersPRACTICE Writing a business letterUnit 8: Readings from Literature READING 1MonthsWRITING 1SKILLS Using Adjectives in PoemsPRACTICE Writing a poemREADING 2FateWRITING 2SKILLS Using Adjectives and Adverbs in StoriesPRACTICE Writing a folktale