Unit 12. Music

Unit 12: Music
D. Writing
Scott Joplin
- A famous American musician -

Task 1: Complete the sentences

1.He /learn/ play /music /when / was young.
2. Scott /learn/ play works/ composers/ Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart /as well as/ compose/ music.
3. He/ quickly /become /famous.
4. His tune/be /wonderful mixture/ classical European and African beats/which /be/ known as Ragtime.
5. All in all/ he write/50 piano rags/, /and be /called / King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin /die/ 1917.

1. He learnt to play music when he was young.
2. Scott learnt to play 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 was known as Ragtime.
5. All in all he wrote50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. He learnt play music when he was very young. Scott learnt 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 was known as Ragtime. All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. He learnt play music when he was very young. Scott learnt 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 was known as Ragtime. All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. He learnt play music when he was very young. Scott learnt 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 was known as Ragtime. All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. He learnt play music when he was very young. Scott learnt 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 was known as Ragtime. All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. He learnt play music when he was very young. Scott learnt 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 was known as Ragtime. All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Use the verbs in the simple past tense:
S + Ved/V2…
prepositions and conjunctions using to write a profile
* in + year (in 1980)
* on + day/month/year (on November 15, 1923).
be born + in + place (be born in Dalat).
be born + into + familly
Conjunctions: All in all, after that, and, etc.
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, paintings
Died: 10 - 7 – 1995
Van Cao was born in Nam Dinh on November 15, 1923 , into a poor workers’ family. He started composing music when he was very young. He wrote the first song in 1939 and then quickly became famous. Tien Quan Ca, the National Anthem of Vietnam was written by Van Cao in 1944. Van Cao not only wrote songs and poems but also drew paintings. He died on July 10, 1995. Van Cao is known as a very talented musician and highly apprepriated by the Vietnamese people.
Activity
Write an outline about the life story of a famous person you know
Homework
Write a completed profile of a famous person you know


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