Unit 12 music writing

Before you write: Scott Joplin, a famous American Activity 2 – Task1.musician Use the prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin E.g.. Scott/ learn/ play/ works/ composers

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Game rules :The class is divided into two groups, each

group respectively chooses a number and find the word basing

on the suggestions Which group that can find out the down word (the number 8) wins the game

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What is a profile ?

It is a short biography of somebody.

Tiểu sử vắn tắt.

UNIT 12:

I Pre-writing

MUSIC

Trinh Cong Son

composed a lot of songs

= Melody Tune

The song “Dua Be” was sung by more

than 60 Vietnamese

artists

 Use the verbs in the simple past tense.

 Use prepositions , conjunctions when necessary

For example: on, in, at, and, but,…

I Before you write: Scott Joplin, a famous American Activity 2 – Task1.

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.

Task 3: Work in groups of four in

10 minutes, write a profile about Van Cao Using the information of task 2 and the cues in the textbook

3 Task 3

Writing a profile

Name: Van Cao Born: 15 – 11 – 1923

Place of birth: Nam Dinh Family: Poor

workers Start composing music: young when very

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 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

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

musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese

into a poor worker’s family.

became famous.

but also he drew paintings.

What have we written?

We have written a profile of 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:

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

Mixture ['mikst∫ə] (n) Sự pha trộn, Sự kết hợp

Vocabulary

Appreciated (adj) [ə'pri:∫ieitid]

Artistic works (n) [ɑ:'tistik wə:ks]

Những tác phẩm nghệ thuật Talented (adj) ['tæləntid]

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