TA 10 UNIT 12 WRITING

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Scott Joplin

Task1: Work in groups Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician.

Scott / bear / Texas / 1886 /, /poor but musical black

family

a poor but musical black family

in 1886 Scott was born in Texas , in

1 He learned to play music when he was very young

2 Scott learned 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 Joplin died in 1917

Answer Keys:

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

family He learned to play music when he was very young Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music He quickly became

famous His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime Scott Joplin died in 1917

Task 2: Read the passage and answer the questions.

1 What’s his name?

2 Where and when was he born?

3 How was his family?

4 When did he learn to play music?

5 What’s his achievement?

6 When did he die?

His name is Scott Joplin

 He was born in Texas in 1886

 His family was poor.

 When he was very young

 He wrote 50 piano rags and was called the King of Ragtime

 He died in 1917

Scott Joplin’s profile

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

family He learned to play music when he was very young Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music He quickly became

famous His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime Scott Joplin died in 1917

Task 2: Read the passage and answer the questions.

Task 3: Write a profile of Van Cao in a paragraph, using the prompts in the table below:

Born : 15 - 11 - 1923

Place of birth : Nam Dinh

Family : poor workers

Start composing music : when very young

Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ) : 1944

Artistic works : songs , poems , paintings

Died :10 - 7 - 1995

First song : 1939 , quickly famous

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

1 Is the writing in the paragraph ?

2 Does the writing have enough information given? (If not,

3 Is the tense ( present and past ) used correctly? (If not, underline and write T )

4 Is the preposition used correctly? (If not, underline and write Prep )

5 Is there any spelling mistake? (If yes, underline and write

Review the lesson

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