Weaving It Together 2: Connecting Reading and Writing

by Milada Broukal

A favorite over a decade, WEAVING IT TOGETHER connects high-interest readings with clear writing activities to help students be more confident in their ability to understand and express ideas in English. Each level of WEAVING IT TOGETHER, 2/e contains eight thematically organized units, each of which includes two interrelated chapters. Robust activities, structure lessons, and plenty of writing practice help students develop their ideas clearly and with confidence.

198 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 2003

Reviews

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the writing text for EL 101, a low-intermediate ESL grammar and writing course I taught a number of times from 2000-2009. Students found this slim textbook fairly easy to use, though in my opinion the vocabulary and discussion questions that accompanied the readings were of minimal use. However, the book's strengths were the guided writing practices. Using a building-blocks approach, students first learned what a paragraph looks like (not a "given" in various cultures), then what a topic sentence is, how to develop supporting ideas, how to write a concluding sentence, and so on. Breaking the task down this way made what might have seemed a daunting task to many of my students to be more approachable. Granted, the resulting paragraphs may have been simplistic and rather limited, but a person has to learn to crawl before he can walk, then walk before he can run.

[Osama · Rating 5 out of 5]

good to read

[Katherine]

good book

[Kru_aorn · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's the best book for student.

[Maria A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

want to read

[Redhwan Rashed]

That's fantastic idea