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Do books have tags?

Source: domena publiczna.

Link to the lesson

You will learn
  • what is a bookplatebookplatebookplate

  • to create your own bookplate

  • to talk about the value of books and books that are important to you

  • to recognise the moodmoodmood of a poem

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Nagranie abstraktu
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Tell the others the names of the books that made the biggest impression on you.
Exercise 1

In pairs talk about the books that made the biggest impression on you. What did you like about them? Why are they unique to you? Try to encourage your colleagues to read them.

Do you know that books were once extremely valuable? They were protected from the thieves (which were then called “the book thieves”) by spells placed on the pages.

Here are examples of spells by Kazimierz Zieliński:

Kto książki złośliwie mi kradnie lub psuje,
Niech diabeł go porwie i srodze katuje.

Kto książki smaruje i skazy w nich czyni,
Ten ryj miast gęby niech ma na kształt świni.

Kto karty zagina czy latem, czy wiosną,
Niech uszy mu długie jak osłu urosną.

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Currently, we do not put curses on thieves, we place „spells” mainly so that someone who borrows a book remembers whom to give it back.

The proprietary sign of the book, usually decorative, with name and surname of the owner of the book collection (or e.g. stylised initials) or the name of an institution is a bookplate.

A typical bookplate is a small, printed card stuck to the inside of the cover. In a simpler form it can be for example a stamp.

Look at the examples of bookplates on the right. What can you say about them? What can you say about the owners of the books that have such “tags”?

Think about what are books for you? Do you like to own them? Which ones are unique to you? Who did you get them from?

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Gdybyś mógł mieć swój własny ex-libris, jak by on wyglądał?
Exercise 2

Read the poem by Janusz Wiktor Gomulicki titled. „Ex libris” in the lesson “Do books have tags?“ on the epodreczniki.pl website. Pay attention to what the person talking compares the book with.

  • Indicate the fragments about the book’s appearance and its value.

  • Lyrical subject talks about a tome. What is the difference between a book and a tome?

  • Why do the nouns Past and Present begin with capital letters?

  • What is the concept of the immorality of books?

Think about the means by which you can express the mood of literary work.

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Exercise 3
Wysłuchaj nagrania abstraktu i zastanów się, czego jeszcze chciałbyś się dowiedzieć w związku z tematem lekcji.
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Exercise 4
From the list of words, select the ones that determine the mood in the poem. Rewrite them to the notebook and answer the question why the author talks about books in such a tone. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. easy-going, 2. elevated, 3. sad, 4. solemn, 5. happy, 6. mysterious, 7. serious, 8. baleful
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Grafika przedstawiająca tablicę szkolną, na której są zdania do dokończenia. How was this lesson? Did you like it? Finish selected sentences. It was easy for me (uzupełnij). It was difficult for me (uzupełnij). Today I learned (uzupełnij). I understood that (uzupełnij). It surprised me (uzupełnij).

Keywords

bookplate, book

Glossary

bookplate
bookplate
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Nagranie słówka: bookplate

eks libris

comparision
comparision
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Nagranie słówka: comparision

porównanie

mood
mood
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Nagranie słówka: mood

nastrój

elevated
elevated
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Nagranie słówka: elevated

podniosły

easy‑going
easy‑going
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Nagranie słówka: easy‑going

swobodny

solem
solem
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Nagranie słówka: solem

uroczysty

mysterious
mysterious
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Nagranie słówka: mysterious

tajemniczy

serious
serious
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Nagranie słówka: serious

poważny

baleful
baleful
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Nagranie słówka: baleful

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