Unit 12-Music-WRITING

Who is this ? Born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA  A country and pop music singer..  Famous for such songs: Love story, You belong with me, Crazier…...  Famo

Student: Ph¹m Thu H êng

Saturday, March 20th 2010

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Who is this ?

 Born on December 13, 1989

in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA

 A country and pop music singer

 First single CD : “Tim McGraw”

 An actress of “Valentine’s day” film

 Famous for such songs: Love

story, You belong with me, Crazier…

Who is this ?

 Born on August 29, 1958

 An American singer, dancer and entertainer

 Referred to as a King of Pop

 Solo career begun in 1971

 Famous for such songs: Billie

Jean, Thriller, Earth song…

 Died on June 25, 2009 from a drug overdose

Who is this?

 Born on May 24, 1988 in Hope Valley, Rhode

Island, USA

 A country music singer

 First single CD: “One voice” (2000)

 Famous for such songs:

Warm and fuzzy, Oklahoma, Everything and more…

Who is this?

 Born at 6:30 p.m on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England.

 Married Yoko in Gibraltar March 20, 1969.

 The founder and leader of The Beatles.

 Famous songs: Let it be,

Imagine, Yesterday

 Shot dead on December 8, 1980.

Taylor Swift

 Born on December 13, 1989

in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA

 A country and pop music singer.

 First single CD : “Tim McGraw”.

 An actress of “Valentine’s day” film.

 Famous for such songs:

Love story, You belong with me, Crazier…

Billy Gilman

 Born on May 24, 1988 in Hope Valley, Rhode

Island, USA

 A country music singer

 First single CD: “One voice” (2000)

 Famous for such songs:

Warm and fuzzy, Oklahoma, Everything and more…

 Solo career begun in 1971.

 Famous for such songs:

Billie Jean, Thriller, Earth song…

 Died on June 25, 2009 from

a drug overdose.

John Lennon

 Born at 6:30 p.m on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England

 Married Yoko in Gibraltar March 20, 1969

 The founder and leader of The Beatles

 Famous songs: Let it be,

Imagine, Yesterday

 Shot dead on December 8, 1980

PROFILE

Some features of a Profile

 A profile is a short biography of

somebody (tiểu sử vắn tắt).

 A profile usually includes: date of birth, family, major achievements, place of birth, date of death (if the person died).

 tune: giai điệu.

 mixture (n):sự hoà quyện.

 beat (n): nhịp

 ragtime (n): nhạc ractaim, 1 loại nhạc nhẹ đặc biệt được chơi bằng piano.

 rag (n): bản nhạc ractaim.

Scott Joplin

TASK 1: Sentence Completion

Example:

Scott/ born/ Texas/ 1886/, /poor /but musical black family.

Scott was born in Texas in

1886, into a poor but musical

black family.

Past Tense

Past Tense

1 He / learn / play / music / when / very young.

2 Scott / learn / play / works /composers / Bach,

Beethoven and Mozart / as well as / compose / music

3 He / quickly / become / famous.

4 His tunes / be / wonderful mixture / classical

European and African beats / which / be / known as Ragtime.

5 All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags / , / and be / called / King of Ragtime.

1 He / learn / play / music / when / very young.

 He learnt to play music when he was young.

2 Scott / learn / play / works /composers / Bach, Beethoven and Mozart / as well as / compose / music.

 Scott learnt to play works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and

Mozart as well as to compose music.

3 He / quickly / become / famous.

 He quickly became famous.

4 His tunes / be / wonderful mixture / classical European and African beats / which / be / known as Ragtime.

 His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which was known as Ragtime

5 All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags / , / and be / called / King of Ragtime.

 All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags and was called the King of Ragtime.

6 Scott Joplin / die / 1917.

 Scott Joplin died in 1917.

TASK 2:

Profile of Van Cao Musician

Died : 10-7-1995 Known as a very talented musician and highly

Past Tense

Past Tense

Van Cao Musician was born on November 15, 1923

in Nam Dinh He grew up in a poor workers family

He started composing music when he was very

young His first song was written in 1939 and he

quickly became famous Tien Quan Ca was

composed in 1944 and it became our National

Anthem

He not only composed songs, poems but he also

worked as a painter

Van Cao died in 1995 He was known as a very

talented musician and highly appreciated by the

Complete the profile with

Teacher’s corrections.