This new edition of Weaving it Together connects high-interest readings with clear writing activities, equally developing both skills.

New and enhanced in this edition:
- Systematic vocabulary instruction teachers students how to build vocabulary words in multiple contexts.
- Updated reading passages on intriguing topics stimulate students to write creatively and act as models for student writing.
- Revised discussion and critical thinkig questions include more excercises that challenge students to become better readers.
- Each unit includers a "What Do You Think? section to introduce the unit theme and a "What Do You Think Now?" section to assess comprehension, connecting the content to students' lives.
- "Weaving it Together" sections include "Connecting to the Internet" activities and "Timed Writing" prompts, offering a full-circle connection of the unit theme the reading and writing.

Unit 1 Your Personality
Unit 2 Food
Unit 3 Celebrations and Special Days
Unit 4 Famous People
Unit 5 Nature Attacks!
Unit 6 Inventions
Unit 7 Customs and Traditions
Unit 8 Reading from Literature