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Are books media, too? A project made by Danilova Nastya, a student of 8th form. A consulter the English teacher Seleznyova O.G.
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" The book - the pure essence of the human soul
" The book - the pure essence of the human soul. “ Thomas Carlyle ( )
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500 years ago Travellers with stories No writing No books Storytellers
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The first printers Gutenberg - in Germany Caxton - in England
Ivan Fyodorov - in Russia Caxton in England Gutenberg in Germany
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Ivan Fyodorov ( 1525 )
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Gutenberg ( 1398 – 1468 )
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Caxton ( 1422 – 1491 )
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Usual genres of books: Fairy tales; Adventures;
Poems; Science fiction; Stories; Detective stories; Tales; Horror stories; Novels; Plays What kind of books do you like to read? Why or why not?
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Unusual types of books: Match the books and their definitions.
The Bible Encyclopedia Dictionary Handbook a). a book giving information about everything b). a book that gives the words of a language in alphabetical order c). the holy book of Christians d). a small book giving useful facts
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What kind of books do you like to read ?
Names of your classmates What kind of books do you like to read ? detective stories science fiction history books love stories poems Books of adventures Books about sport Nastya Danilova Artyom Smirnov Aleksey Sennikov Artyom Burakov Murashkin Anton Mogucheva Vika Mogucheva Kristina Dolgushina Polina Kalinina Nastya Our reading interests !
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Do you know who are they?
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Some of the British and American poets and writers
Robert Burns; Conan Doyle; L. Carrol; Shakespeare; J. London; R. Stevenson; Daniel Defoe; Mark Twain; J. Tolkien; Charles Dickens; Hemingway; O. Wild
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What did they write? Agatha Christie a).The French Revolution
Charles Dickens b).The Apple Cart Stephen King c).Tom Sawyer Jack London d).Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 5. Lewis Carroll e).White Fang 6. Mark Twain f).The Shining 7. Bernard Show g).Oliver Twist 8. Thomas Carlyle h).Hercule Poirot
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What is a book? Make up a sink wane !
tells interesting studies As a holiday informs instructive A good book A friend
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interesting, instructive A good book - as a holiday
What is a book? A book interesting, instructive Tells, informs, studies A good book - as a holiday A friend
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Guess my favorite poets and writers!
They are both the most famous in the world. They lived some centuries ago. They were a Russian and an Englishman. They wrote poems, novels, fairy tales, sonnets, stories. The Russian was killed in duel. The Englishman’s sonnets sings Alla Pugachova.
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Alexander Pushkin 1799 – 1837 Was born in Moscow, Russia,
William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616 Was born in Stratford – on – Avon, the UK, «Romeo and Juliet», his works were translated into 90 forei- gne languages Alexander Pushkin – Was born in Moscow, Russia, «Ruslan and Lyudmila», his works were translated into all known foreigne languages
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As for me books are media!
They are interesting and amazing. They help me to learn the past, present and future of the planet where I live. They study me to be a real human being. They inform me about everything. They are my Great Friends!
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