WRITING- UNIT 12- GRADE 10

Look at these pictures and answer questions
Lam Truong
Tran Tien

Quang Linh
Trinh Cong Son
Van Cao


Scott Joplin
- A famous American musician -
Task 1 :Fill in each blank with a suitable word

1-Scott ----------- in Texas in 1886 , into a poor but musical black family.

3-Scott -------- to play the works of composers like Bach , Beethoven , and Mozart as well as to compose music.
4 -He quickly ------------ famous.
5-His tunes -------------- wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime.

6-All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags , --------- was called the King of Ragtime.

7-Scott Joplin died --------1917.

2-He learned to play music when he------ very young.
learned - became – was born – was – in – and - were
Task 1 :Fill in each blank with a suitable word
learned
became
was born
was
in
and
were
1-Scott ------------------- in Texas in 1886 , into a poor but musical black family
2-He learned to play music when he---------- very young

3-Scott ------------------- to play the works of composers like Bach , Beethoven , and Mozart as well as to compose music .


4 -He quickly ------------ famous
-
in
were
and
5-His tunes -------------- wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime

6-All in all , he wrote 50 piano rags , ------------ was called the King of Ragtime
7-Scott Joplin died -------- 1917.



1-Scott was born in Texas in 1886 , into a poor but musical black family.

3-Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach , Beethoven , and Mozart as well as to compose music.
4 -He quickly became famous.
5-His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime.

6-All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags , and was called the King of Ragtime.

7-Scott Joplin died in 1917.

2-He learned to play music when he was very young.

*Use the verbs in the simple past tense.



*Use prepositions , conjunctions when necessary .


Task 2 : Write about the life story of Van Cao , using the prompts below

Name : Van Cao
Born : 15 – 11 – 1923
Place of birth : Nam Dinh
Family : Poor workers
be born
Start composing music : when very young

Start / be

First song : 1939 , quickly famous
write/become
Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ) : 1944
write
Artistic works : songs , poems , paintings

write /draw
Died :10-7 –1995

die

Use the prompt to make up the complete sentences about Van Cao
-Van Cao / born / November 15th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family.
-He / start / compose / music / when / very young.
-He /write / 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 10th,1995 .


-Van Cao / born / November 15th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family.
 Van Cao was born on November 15th ,1923 in Nam Dinh into a poor worker’s family.
-He / start / compose / music / when / very young.
He started composing music when he was very young.
-He /write / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become / famous.
He wrote the first song in 1939 and quickly became famous .
-1944 / he / write / Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem .
 In 1944 he wrote Tien Quan Ca - our National Anthem .
-Van cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but also / draw / paintings.
 Van cao not only wrote songs and poems but also drew paintings.
-He / die / July 10th,1995 .
 He died on July 10th,1995 .


Name : Trinh Cong Son
 Born : 28 –02 - 1939
 Place of birth : Dac Lac
 Start composing music : 1958
 First song : UOT MY
Died : 2001