Unit 12 music writing

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/ learn/ play/ works/ composer

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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

 Artistic (adj) + Profile / 'proufail/ (n) Tiểu sử

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: 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.

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

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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

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

Vietnam

Van Cao’s Profile

musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese

people is one of the greatest musicians in Vietnam.

- He started composing music when he was very young.

He composed the (his) first song in 1939 and quickly

In 1944, he wrote Tien Quan Ca, our National Anthem Van Cao not only wrote many famous songs, poems but also he drew paintings.

He died on July 10th,1995, but his musical career

live forever.

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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5 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

Vocabulary

Appreciated (adj) [ə'pri:∫ieitid]

Artistic works (n) [ɑ:'tistik wə:ks]

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

Có tài, có khiếu

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