Unit12-Writing

Scott Joplin, a famous American musician Use the prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin E.g.. Scott/ learn/ play/ works/ composers/ Bach, Beethoven and Mozart/ as wel

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What is a profile ?

It is a short biography of somebody.

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UNIT 12:

I Before you write: Activity 2 –

Task1

Scott Joplin, a famous American musician

Use the prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin

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

1 He / learn/ play/ music/ when/ he/ be/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 / King of Ragtime.

6 Scott Joplin/ die/ 1917.

=> Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but

musical black family.

1 He learnt to play music when he was very young.

2 Scott learnt to play the works of composers like Bach,

Beethoven and Mozart as well as to compose music.

3 He quickly became famous

4 His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime.

5 All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags and was called the King

of Ragtime

6 Scott d ied in 1917

Scott Joplin’s Profile

0 Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but

musical black family.

I Before you write: Notes

To write a profile of a person who died,

we use the past simple tense

Use prepositions, conjunctions …

When necessary

BE => WAS /

WERE

Name: Van Cao Born: 15 – 11 – 1923

Place of birth: Nam Dinh Family: Poor workers

Start composing music: when very young

First song: 1939 , quickly famous

Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ): 1944

Artistic works: songs , poems , paintings

Died: 10 -7 - 1995

II While you write Task 2 –

Write about the life story of Van Cao.

Known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people

- He / be born / November 15 th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor

worker’s family.

- He / start / composing music / when he/ be/ very young.

- He /compose / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become/

famous.

- 1944 / he / write /Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem

- Van Cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but also/

draw / paintings.

- He / die / July 10 th ,1995

II While you write Task 2 –

Use the prompts bellow, write about the life story of Van Cao.

Work group

Work group

You may begin with: “Van Cao who was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people is one of the greatest musicians in Vietnam

- Van Cao / be born / November 15th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family.

- He / start / composing music / when he/ be/ very young.

- He /compose / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become/ famous.

- 1944 / he / write /Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem

- Van Cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but

- also/ draw / paintings.

- He / die / July 10th,1995

III After you write

You may begin with: “Van Cao who was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people is one of the greatest musicians in Vietnam

Van Cao s Profile ’

“Van Cao who was known as a very talented

musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese

He was born on November 15th , 1923 in Nam Dinh,

What have we written?

some famous musicians.

- Write a profile of a famous person you know well.

- Prepare Unit 12: Music

Lesson 5: Language focus.

What kind of music is it? It is popular with young people.

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He is playing the ………

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What kind of music are they

playing?

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What is

this?

What kind of music is this?

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What is the name of the musical

band ?

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Group B

Group A

I Before you write:

Vocabulary

Compose [əm ’pə U z] (v) soạn nhạc/ sáng tác= write musicals

Composer [ kəm ’pə U zər] (n) like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart… Nhạc sĩ Tune [tju:n] (n) Giai điệu

Beat [bi:t]( n) Nhịp

Ragtime [ ræg taim] (n)

Nhạc ractim, một thể loại dành cho piano, chịu ảnh

hưởng của nhạc jazz, rất phổ biến ở Mỹ đầu thế kỷ 20

All in all [ :l in ɔ :l ɔ ] (idm) Nói chung, nhìn chung

Vocabulary

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