10 unit 12 writing

Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician.. Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family... Answer: H

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

TASK 1: Work in pairs Use the prompts below

to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American

musician.

EX: Scott / born / Texas /, / poor / but musical

black family.

Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.

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

6 Scott Joplin / die / 1917

5 4

2 1

6 3

7

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He / quickly / become / famous

Answer:

He quickly became famous.

His tunes / be / wonderful mixture /

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

Answer:

His tunes was wonderful mixture of

classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime.

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

when he was very young.

Scott / learn / play /works /composers/

Bach, Beethoven, and Morzart/ as well as / compose / music.

Answer:

Scott learned to play the works of

composers like Bach, Beethovenm and

Mozart as well as to compose music.

Scott Joplin / die / 1917.

Answer: Scott Joplin died in 1917.

All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags /, / and

be / called / King of Ragtime.

Answer: All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags,

and was called the King of Ragtime.

Task 2: Write about the life strory of Van Cao , using the prompts below:

Name: Van Cao

Born : Nam Dinh

Family: poor workers

Start composing music: when very young

First song: 1939, quickly become famous Tien Quan Ca ( National Anthem): 1944

Artistic works: Songs, poems, paintings

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

Van Cao was born on November 15th,

1923 in Nam Dinh province in a poor workers family He started to compose music when he was very young In 1939, he wrote his first song and he quickly became famous He composed Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem)

in 1944 His artistic works were songs, poems, paintings He died on July 10th, 1995

He was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people

Homework:

Write the story about a person you like best

(about 80 words)