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Warming upWarming up Match the words with their definitions. Match the words with their definitions. Stories, novels, poems, plays in books. Stories, novels, poems, plays in books.

a) Literature a) Literature A place where the books for borrowing are kept. A place where the books for borrowing are kept.

b) Libraryb) Library A person who writes books. A person who writes books.

c) Authorc) Author A written account of events and people, either A written account of events and people, either imagined or real. imagined or real.

d) Story d) Story A story about the life in the future often describing A story about the life in the future often describing space travel and life on other planetsspace travel and life on other planets

e) Science fictione) Science fiction A story which describes some events in history. A story which describes some events in history.

f) Historical novelf) Historical novel A story which describes some crime events. A story which describes some crime events.

g) Detective storyg) Detective story People, described in a story or a novel. People, described in a story or a novel.

h) Charactersh) Characters

SpeakingSpeaking

Is reading important in Is reading important in your life? Why? Why not?your life? Why? Why not?

How old you were when How old you were when you started to read? Who you started to read? Who taught you to read?taught you to read?

Is reading your hobby or Is reading your hobby or necessity?necessity?

Can you tell what kind of Can you tell what kind of books do you have on books do you have on your shelves at home?your shelves at home?

Work in Work in groupsgroups

Put the books on the right shelves in Put the books on the right shelves in alphabetical order. Make an alphabetical list alphabetical order. Make an alphabetical list of titles for each shelf: of titles for each shelf: Non-fiction, Fiction, Non-fiction, Fiction, Reference.Reference.

Non-fictionNon-fiction – – науково-популярна літературанауково-популярна література

FictionFiction – художня література – художня література

ReferenceReference- довідкова література- довідкова література

ListeningListeningHistory of the bookHistory of the book

1) 10.000 years ago - In Samaria (ancient Saudi Arabia) the book began its journey. The book had a cuneiform

2) 3500 B.C.- Egyptians had developed more complex form of writing with pictures called hieroglyphs. The books were written on the papyrus. Papyrus became the major industry for the Egyptians and they began to export it. Greece was a West customer of papyrus.

3) The Greeks began to make scrolls out of the papyrus, they were easy to carry. Scrolls made it easier for scholars and teachers to learn at that time. The Greeks also invented the alphabet of 24 symbols called letters.

4) 146 B.C. Roman Empire conquered Greece. At this time the books were wooden and tied together. This book became known as “the codex”- bound book.

5) After the invention of wooden books appeared books made of parchment. They had many advantages because it was possible to write at the both sides of the paper, to paint on it. It was the first version of the modern book

6) In China it was invented the new way of gluing the papers which were written on the palm leaves or bounding the pages in the form of the fan

7) In the Middle Ages books were written by scribes in the monasteries. There were special rooms for it, they were called “scriptoria”.

8) 1100 – monks began to make illuminated colorful manuscripts, however the demand for the books was growing and it was a need to invent some quick way of writing books.

9) 1450- the invention of printing press by J.Guttenberg in Germany. Many

copies could be printed at the same time.

10) 1500 – books become affordable and available for people

11) 1800- the first paper books were published

12) E-book is the modern type of book which has an access to the Internet and download any kind of information you need