unit 12 writing

He/ learn/ play/ music/ when/ very young.. He learned to play music when he was very young.. 2/ Scott/ learn/ play/ works/ composers/ Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart/ as well as/ compose/ mu

Unit 12 : Music

Period 76:

Lesson 4: Writing

1 Before you write

- A profile is a short biography of somebody

* The way to write a profile:

- Name

- Date of birth

- Personal life

- Family

- Profession

- Occupation

- Major achievements

- Date of death

Past simple

Was born in+ place,year

on+ date, month, year Add: conjunction,

preposition, article

if necessary

2- While you write

2.1 Task 1:

1 He/ learn/ play/ music/ when/

very young

He learned to play music when he was very young.

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

Beethoven, and Mozart/ as well as/ compose/ music

Scott learned to play the 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/ 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.

2.2 Task 2: Write about the life story of Van Cao

• 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 become famous Tien

• Quan Ca ( National Anthem) :1944

• Artistic works: Songs, poems, painting

• Died: 10 – 7 – 1995

• Known as a very talented musician and highly

appreciated by the Vietnamese people.

Answer:

Van Cao was born on November 15th,

1923, in Nam Dinh in a poor workers family ’

He started to compose music when he was very young He wrote his first song in 1939, and quickly became famous In 1944 he wrote TIEN QUAN CA - our national Anthem Van

Cao not only wrote songs and poems, but

also drew paintings He died on July 10th,

1995 He was known as a very talented

musician and highly appreciated by the

Vietnamese people

3 After you write

Use the prompts to make

up complete sentences about Eric Clapton’s life

Answer

1 Eric Clapton is one of the most successful rock stars of all

time

2 He has sold millions of records

3 He has appeared in life concerts all over the world

4 Clapton was born in 1945 in a small town near London

5 When he was only two his mother left him

6 He was brought up by his grandparents

7 Until he was night he thought they were his parents

8 They treated him well

9 They bought him the first guitar

10 When he left school they paid for him to go to art college

1 Write the profile of a person you

know well.

2 Prepare for the next lesson.

Presented by Nguyen Hoai Thuong

Doan Hung high school