Dear
Students,
Let
us be on the move and gain knowledge and skills via the blog. This
time I believe the material will be essential for English and
Estonian exams.
As
you may see, I have now added the week's material on the blog. This
time, the focus of both your listening (live broadcast on Canadian
writer Margaret Atwood) as well as writing tasks will be on writing
and reading books. The questions for the response paper are available
below. You are able to make statements after watching the
interview with the wonderful novelist, essayist,
poet Margaret Atwood.
According
to Margaret Atwood, anyone can write at least one book. What is her
reasoning behind? How do you feel about creativity and writing books?
Next, what is the writer's primary task? What is essential to get the
reader's attention? I would like to know whether the books will end
up very soon and printing will disappear and everything will be
digital in the future. At last, what kind of cunning future project
are Margaret and Ilmar talking about?
Spread
the word in the class. If you leave your preparation until the last
minute, you will reduce your chances of passing. Remember, after
generating three postings, you will be assessed. This time you have a
week and a half to reply.
Good
luck
Regards,
Ülle
Lepp
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ReplyDeleteDear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for adding a new post.I have to say that to listening the converstation was extreamly challenging because it was hard to focus. In this point it is good way to practice for exam. But anyway I try to give correct answers.
The first question was- what is the reason behind that anyone can write at least one book. As much as I understood was the reason that if you can write there will be no problem for writing the book. But it depends on you which genre you will choose. What I think about creativity and writing books is that this will develops our imagination and aslo helps to understand what is going on around us.
The primary task of writer`s is to creat the first page which should be attractive for every reader.
Ilike the penultimate question because I think that it will not disappear as Margaret says if you read book on Ipad then you can not get the same experiance as in real book.
The last question was about the project which is organized by Norway artist. Project contents is that writers around the world gives their script for collection and they will express them after a 100 years. Also the trees for paper are already planted.
I hope that I understood correctly the text.
Best regards
Kelli
Dear Kelli,
DeleteThank you for the quick reply. I respect your right to your opinion. Yo got it right. You have my complete support.
Wishing you all the very best.
Regards,
Ü.Lepp
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post. As you said according to Margaret Atwood, anyone can write at least one book, her reasoning behind it is that it does not matter if you are a proffesional writer or do it for your own the key is to write everyday, even if it is something bad or you are not pleased with it. Anyone has the opportunity to express their emotions through texts. For me it is a pleasure to write and create new texts and put all of my emotions and feelings into it.
Next writers primary task is to create a book cover that first will attract the reader and then get one reading more than the first introduction page. The colour of the book and the title of the book are essential to get the reader’s attention. From the moment the reader will see the book it depends only from the colour and title if one will get closer and start investigating it or not.
In my opinion books will not dissapear very soon, because it is really important how reading books make you more intelligence, while changing the chemistry of the brain. Also reading books is more comfortable and even though it sounds weird and funny, many people enjoy the smell of books, whereas digital books will never smell like the books we love and adore.
Margaret and Ilmar were talking about a project, where every year a selected writer writes something like a novel, poem or even only a single word and it will be put in a box. No one besides the author will see it until the hunder years from the first writing has gone by. Also the boxes are kept in the woods of Norway where they have planted small trees that will be large enough in a hundred years to print the writings that have been stored for a long time.
I wish you a pleasant evening,
Kaidi
Good morning,
DeleteThank you. You are right on the target.
All the very best,
Ü.Lepp
Dear Ülle and of course classmates,
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to see this time we focus on listening activity. I am little anxious for this task, because Margaret and Ilmar talk one´s head off and therefore part of the story may be lost. But as the proverb says, you never know what you can do still you dry.
At firstly, speaking on creativity I would like to say I really enjoy a range of activities to creatively approach. I have even written a drawer my own tales. Also, I have dreamed of since childhood to write my own book. I have a satisfactory idea, but I am afraid to write it.
Secondly, In my opinion is reason why Margaret write quite logical. She write, because she want to it. She does not worry about the publication of the book. In my opinion she also write because she know her choises can have impact on the future. I believe she primary task is save the nature, especially woods. People are given the second chanses, but trees can not choose the socond chanse. The trees cut down to make books, but often "can not be made" the new trees. Therefore Margaret and Ilmar talk abut future library project in Norway. The aim of the project is collect boxes every year some of books, poems or just texts. No one know, beside the author, what is in the box. In Norway planted a small trees then they will be large enough in a hundred years to print the writings that have been stored for a long time. It is one quote that a house without books is like room without windows. I think this quote absolutely accurate to to characterize this project and my thought.
In addition, I think the books not end up very soon and printing will not disappear and everything will not be digital in the future, because a book can not replace any technological gadget. Moreover, real book smell can not create.
Last but not least, Margaret think it is most important to keep the reader on the book. It means that the book must me such the person wants to read the pages to the end. Hence, the book is always important in the first chapter. The book colour is essential to get the reader's attention.
Best wishes,
Liisi
Thank you, Liisi. What a wonderful surprise! You wrote a long passage about writing and reading and books. I am fascinated to see you quote old sayings. Despite the fact, your posting consists of an array of mistakes, it does not reduce the value of it. To be honest, we learn from our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Ülle Lepp
Dear Ülle and co-bloggers,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion creativity is essential for a living, because it is one of the main ways to express your feelings and mood. I also believe that creativity comes in all forms, but telling stories and writing is one of the first that children learn. From young ages we are told bedtime stories, mainly because they make us imagine different worlds which we have no idea about. Every person can write at least one book, because I think everyone has at least one story to tell, which is their own. Writing is the perfect way to get everything out of your chest and by doing so you may also find solution to your problems or worries.
When you write a book then the most important is the first page, beacuse when it doesn`t attract the reader then he/she probably won`t read the page two, not to mention the other pages. Some people inclduding myself are worried about that printing will dissapear and technology will totally take over. I personally believe that when there is a handful of people who would like to read a printed book, then the printing won´t dissappear in the near future. I also think that IT-loving people are going to turn back to printed books, beacuse eyeproblems are getting worse by the years and there`s no other feeling like touch of freshly printed paper. Some creative people have even come up with a project in which every year a writer gives an unpublished book to a library which after 100 years publishes all the 99 books which writers have donated. I think this is a marvellous idea to bring peoples attention to the importance of printed books.
Best of all,
Jane Soesoo
Good evening,
DeleteWhat brilliant ideas! I do agree that everyone has one story to share and therefore everyone can write at least one book. Definitely, visual impairment or increasing problems with bad eye-sight can cause people revalue the importance of information technology. Therefore, we can believe that hardback books and paperback books will not disappear.
Wishing you all the very best.
Regards,
Ülle Lepp
Dear Ülle and other co-bloggers,
ReplyDeleteAnother week, another task, doing it is a must. Better late than never, I feel no need to rush, since the deadline has not dropped yet.
As you can see, everyone can be creative with words, which, in a nutshell, explains why Margaret Atwood believes that anyone can write at least one book. There are no two snowflakes alike, which also applies to us, humans. We all have different way of thinking, which means that we can easily just gather our ideas together on a paper, arrange the ideas and that is all you need to write a book. As for creativity in writing books, I have to admit that that is the most important thing that you will need to succeed as a writer, since everything has been written down already in the course of time, there are just different possibilities of interpretation.
As for the writer's most important task, it is essential to make the reader embrace the book, which means that it is required to start up your story interesting and keep escalating the narrative.
As for the fear of printed books going extinct , I would not overreact, since books are here to stay, since it is much easier to read a physical copy of book rather than a digital version. In addition, digitizing is not such a bad thing, since it helps us to preserve and share books more easily.
Lastly, in the interview, Margaret and Ilmar are talking about a project, which is taking place in Norway over the course of 100 years. Every year, one writer is chosen to write a book and seal it into a locked box. After 100 years, the forest in which the storage house for these books is located, is cut down and printed into the 100 books. It is a creative idea, which, sadly, many of us will not witness.
Best wishes,
Marius Paat
Good evening,
DeleteGood job, Marius. You have got a wide range of sophisticated vocabulary. For example, apply to, succeed as a writer, embrace, go extinct, preserve etc. I would rather not use the verb escalate with the narratives. As it is used about things that you do not want to increase, such as crimes, violence and so on. But, you have my complete support.
Keep going.
Regards,
Ülle Lepp
Hello everybody,
ReplyDeleteAccording to Margaret Atwood, anyone can write at least one book, because all people are creative. I don´t feel nothing about creativity and writing books.
To get the reader’s attention the book cover and first pages must be attractive. I don’t think that the books will end up and printing will dissapear and everything will be digital in the future beacause many people including me prefer printed books to digital books. Margaret and Ilmar were talking about future library in Norway, where all writers can put his/her writings and after 100 years those books will published.
Best wishes,
Martin
Dear Martin,
DeleteThe laconic reply.
Regards,
Ü.Lepp
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the new post. Listeinig to the interview was quite difficult for me, because in the conversation had a some words which meaning I didn`t get it and so it was quite hard to consentrate and to understand the meaning of the sentence.
At fist Magaret Atwood think that anyone can write at least one book, her reasoning behind it is that we all are creative people and if we want we can write at least one book. No matter if you are not a proffesional writer important is that you want to do it. What I think about creativity and writing books is that it is impotrant to express our feelings and emotions.
The primary task of the writer`s is to create the fist page of the book that would make the readers want to know what happen next. I believe that is the essential to get the reader`s attention.
In my opinion book will not dissapear very soon and everithing will not be digital in the future. Because only books we get the true emotion.
Finally Margaret and Ilmar were talking about the project. The prodject purpose is to selected writers scripts and publish them after in a hundred year.
Best wishes,
Reelika
Dear Reelika,
DeleteThank you for the reply. I suggest that you should listen to the broadcast with a friend or a co-student. This way you can help each other to understand and discuss the matters through thoroughly. In addition You both could help to translate the unknown words to each other.
Good luck.
Regards,
Ülle Lepp
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteMargaret Atwood’s reasoning behind the statement, that eveyone can write at least one book, is that everyone can be creative and we just need to write. Even if we do not publish our work. To me creativity is an important part of life, altough writing is no my thing, I would not mind trying to write one.
Writers primary task is to impress reader. It can be achieved by choosing catchy colour for book covers and writing interesting introduction.
I do not think that books will end up soon, because digital books are not good alternative for printed books. Digital books break easily and data may corrupt over time, but well kept books can be preserved for hundred years in normal conditions.
Margaret and Ilmar talked about a project in which writers take their writings and lock them up for 100 years. They even have to destroy every piece of information that is left behind by the locked writing. In my opinion it is very interesting project, I could not imagine what it wpuld be like to read a 100 years old writing.
Best Wishes,
Egert
Dear Egert,
DeleteNice ideas. At least, it is interesting to know your point of view in these matters. Good read.
Regards,
Ülle Lepp
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteAnyone can write a book, because humans are creative creatures. It is in our nature to be creative, or so Atwood would have us believe. In my opinion writing is a tedious task that requires tenacity which I scarcely have.
Writer's primary task is to make the beginning of the story interesting so reader is pulled into the story from the first sentence. Also the title of the book is of paramount importance. Title shapes readers first impression of the book.
A concern has been raised about the continuity of printed books. Considering enviromental factors and the cost of paper, speculations have been made that e-books will replace paper ones. As to myself it is difficult to favor positive aspects of e-books over normal books so I leave this kind of guesswork to wiser people. It must be said though: whatever the outcome of this battle I sincerely hope the final decision will be made with care.
Lastly Ilmar and Margaret are discussing something about gathering works from different writers each year for hundred years and publishing them at the end of this fixed time period.
Yours sincerely
Markus Saarniit
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DeleteDear Markus,
DeleteThis is the first time I believe you to be serious about the blog and writing in it. This is the way your English will improve in the future. Not only reading in English matters, but also writing and speaking.
I like the way you use the words tedious, tenacity, paramount importance etc. These are the words that some of your classmates have to look up in a dictionary.
Keep going.
Regards,
Ülle Lepp
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for adding a new and fascinating post! I am glad that this time our focus is on listening and reading activities. These are indeed beneficial for our final examination - listening and reading helps to develop English finely. Nextly I am going to answer to your questions and express my views about creativity and reading books.
At first I would like to say that Margaret Atwood is an brilliant and admirable Canadian novelist. I have read her second published novel "Surfacing", which gave me a wonderful reading experience about love, people's feelings, mysterys and even feminism. In my opinion reading books should be definitely one of each person's habits. Books are among the best tools for training and creating one's mind and they give an amazing oppurtunity to let our imaginations and fantasies fly.
Now to the questions. As you wrote - according to Margaret Atwood, anyone can write at least one book. Her reasoning behind is that all humanbeings have essential creativity and they are also able to explore things and put their thoughts on paper. Atwood believes that people are too scared to write, because they are afraid of mistakes and criticism. People should suppress the fear and give the readings someone to read - it would be a good surprise if the feedback turns out positive.
In Margaret Atwood opinion the writer’s primary task is to keep the readers turning the pages. When the reader is not thrilled about the book cover or it’s first pages, one will not going to read the book through. To get the reader’s attention the book designer should try to create as colorful and attractive book cover as possible and the author should lay her/his soul on the first pages. In that way the reader’s attention of the book is quaranteed.
Margaret Atwood and Ilmar Taska were talking about a cunning future library project, where for each year of the hundred years one writer contribute a text to the future library. Nobody will read those texts until the hundred years is up. A writer will put her/his manuscript in a box, which is kept in the forests of Norway. When the hundred years is up, all of the boxes will be opened and the texts will come to light.
I sincerely hope that books will not disappear soon and everything will not be digital in the future, because if that happens people obviously would lose their creativity and the ability of imagination. The Internet, however, are making people more aware of their world and gives them an amazing oppurtunity to receive knowledge about almost everything.
I look forward to the next task.
Best wishes,
Sigrid Kivilo
Dear Sigrid,
DeleteThat was first class work. I thoroughly enjoyed your posting. Brilliant ideas, excellent English. We shall take up this week's postings and clear it up for everybody in the classroom.
Regards,
Ülle Lepp
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ReplyDeleteDear classmates and teacher,
ReplyDeleteThank you for another post. It looks different and more time-consuming when compared to previous tasks.
I understood that M. Atwood thinks that everyone could write a book because humans are creative creatures and they are able to do it. We think we cannot
write a book because we have never tried. If we would try we would handle it, not on professional level, but we still would.
The key to nail reader to book is making it look attractive. Colorful covers, catchy title and juicy first pages will do the work. The reader will have taken the bait and is just flipping through the book.
I do not think books will be replaced soon. However, I am sure that they will be replaced in future. Technology is taking over and even though there are lots of people against e-books, it is reality that the time of paper will have to come to end at one point.
Finally, the project which Ilmar and Margaret were talking about. It's a project where they annually choose one writer to write a creation which will be published in 100 years. Also, there will be a tree planted into the woods of Norway. With this time, the tree has grown and will be cut down to be nominated to be the base material for these books.
Regards.
Johann
Thank you. I knew you could do that.
DeleteRegards,
Ü.Lepp
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sequent posting. My opinion about M.Atwoods saying "everyone can write at least one book" is that she's absolutely right. Every one of us has the amount of creavity to write their own book. Once i felt that there are feelings inside me which i have to release, so I took a pen and a piece of paper and created a poem. That was a great and memorable feeling and i have used this method many times, so I think that there is all what is necessary inside me aswell.
Writers primary task is to make the book look as attractive as possible and to intrest the readers to read more than the first page of the book. Every page from the book needs to be like a new discovery.
For me books are more convenient than e-books, so in my opinion they are not going to dissapear in the near future. It is a grate opportunity to gift someone with a book, so books are certainly in peoples' minds and preferences.
Margaret and Ilmar have a wonderful project in their minds. Every year a selected writer is going to write a novel, poem or just something they want and it will be kept in a box in Norway for one hundred years.
Regards,
Mariann
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely an interesting post. According to Margaret Atwood, everyone can write a book. In my opinion this byword sounds unrealistic, but with steady willpower anything is possible.
Well-known Canadian writer Margaret Atwood said, that if you want to be a writer then write everyday. It is quite reasonable, because even if you write some bullshit, you can throw it away. We fear making mistakes, but they bring us experience and failure. In both case you learn and this is indispensable for our own improvement.
Writers primary task can be feeling, when others admire a writing and are grateful for you to share your imagination with others. Writers should not create bounded vision of story, because every reader´s vision is unique, such as every created moral. Therefore, essential things to get the reader`s attention, what are they? How the cover design stands out, while entering a book store. Likewise, when a book has chosen us we read the intro, if it`s captivating then our decision to read it is predetermined. Every person has their own taste, therefore their final choice depends on their preference.
I believe that printing books will never disappear and everything will not be digital. It is a war between e-book vs hard-copy book. Naomi S.Baron did research about digital and paper books. Students said “it’s easier to focus,” “my spatial memory works best,” and “feel like the content sticks in my head more easily.” Over 92 percent of those Naomi surveyed said they concentrate best when reading a hard copy. Reading a paper book we can actually turn page and smell a hand-made paper odor. E-book is easy to carry and is compact, also they are cheaper than paper books. There are environmental argument. Think of trees!
In conclusion, in the interview, Ilmar and Margaret were talking about a future library project in Norway. Where selected writers are going to write immaterial form/story on paper and it will be kept in a box for one hundred years. Also no one will not read it and one year is equal to one writing. It is interesting, but unfortunately we won´t see that event.
Your welcome,
Nadežda
Dear Ülle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your new post. My opinion about Margaret Atwoods sentence "everyone can write at least one book" is that she's absolutely right. Everyone has ability to write a book. That ability must be called out from your soul and then write it down on a paper. To get readers attention, author must be creative of titles and introductions. These things will make curiosity in readers and make them read. I dont think that digital books will change something of normal books. Future may something change, but if writer's publish their books in stores with full of people then it's not leaving from us. In the interview between Ilmar and Margaret was about a future library project in Norway. Writer's will write storys and they will keep it in box for decades just for younger generations. And it will be very interesting for them.
Regards,
Risto