Weaving it Together Chapter 3

Predicting, p. 30
1. feast 2. colorful shirts 3. rings of flowers 4. earth oven

Vocabulary
A. Vocabulary in Context, p. 32
1. piled up 2. pasted 3. trace 4. patted down 5. line 6. Emerge 7. shovel 8. Bundles

B. Vocabulary Building, p. 33
1. a. celebrate b. celebration
2. a. Traditional b. tradition
3. a. carefully b. careful

Reading Comprehension
A. Looking for the Main Ideas, p. 34
1. b 2. c 3. D

B. Looking for Details, p. 34

1. luau 2. imu 3. collect stones 4. line the hole with stones 5. Several rocks are put inside the
turkey or pig 6. pieces of the banana plant, ti leaves, bundles of food 7. ti leaves, wet sacks, a
canvas covering 8. Three to four

C. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions, p. 35. Answers will vary. Possible answers:

1. The people in different parts of the United States have different ethnic backgrounds.
2. It is an island. It is the only state in the United States that was once an independent nation with
its own language and culture.
3. Holidays are a time when people honor their historical roots.
4. Both parents and children get involved.
5. The dirt holds in the heat while the food cooks.

Writing Skills. Exercise C 1, p. 38

Paragraph 5: before
Paragraph 6: first, then, finally, then, then
Paragraph 7: before, finally
Paragraph 8: then
Paragraph 9: later, then
Exercise C 2, p. 38
Introduction 1: 3, 2, 4, 1
Introduction 2: 1, 3, 4, 2, 5
Introduction 3: 2, 1, 5, 3, 4
Introduction 4: 3, 1, 4, 5, 2

Writing Model: Essay, p. 39

Thesis statement: last sentence in paragraph 1
Paragraph 2 topic sentence: first sentence in paragraph
Paragraph 3 topic sentence: first sentence in paragraph
Paragraph 4 topic sentence: first sentence in paragraph
Paragraph 5 topic sentence: first sentence in paragraph