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Literacy Event

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What do you feel now about people who don't like to read and spending most of the time in front of the TV or PCR. Do they know what they are missing? How different reading from watching TV? Does TV leave enough room for your imagination and interpretation of character or it has been done for you by the movie director? Does it extend your horizon, mind and vocabulary. Now when you listen to the speeches of government officials, or read a newspaper does it bring you more comprehension? Book is knowledge, knowledge is powerful.

-Compare what did you think about people who like to read? Did you understand how they can be so much involved in books? Example is your sister Maria. Your grandma is librarian. She never went to bed without reading a book though she was very tired. Life in Russia is hard. You saw your parents always reading books. Did you try to read? What did usually happen? Your mom always read you a night time story.

Everything has changed until one day you got hold of the book " ....... " Now, write how your imagination have spread wings. Write short episodes, culture of another country, their spirit. When the book ends, you want to read more. Yor read all volumes in of the saga. It changes your attitude, life style and even room decoration. The book becomes part of your life. The characters that you build in your mind were real in spite the fact that the story takes place a few centuries ago. For you it is now, time is just a blink.

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