unit 12 . writing

Van Cao’s music is rousing.. Van Cao’s artistic works were songs, poems and paintings... profile n Tieu su 2.mixture n: combination 3.classical European 4.African beats 5.ragtime n: a s

High school Buon Ma Thuot

Class 10A3

Period: 76

Presented by: Luong Hien Bao Thanh

Monday, March, 7th, 2011

Van Cao Musician

1 Van Cao was born into a very rich family.

=>F (He was born into a poor workers family.)

2.“ Tien Quan Ca”, the Vietnam National anthem, was written by Van Cao in 1954

=>F (“Tien Quan Ca” was written in 1944)

3 Van Cao’s music is rousing

=>F (It is sweet and gentle.)

4 Binh Dinh is Van Cao’s hometown

=>F (Nam Dinh)

5 Van Cao’s artistic works were songs, poems and paintings

=> T

New words:

1 profile (n)

Tieu su

2.mixture (n): combination

3.classical European

4.African beats

5.ragtime (n): a style of Jazz.

 rag (n): a ragtime composition

6 talented (adj)

Eg: Van Cao are a musician, a poet and a painter

He is a talented man.

7 appreciate (v): estimate the quality or value of s.th

8 artistic (adj)

 art (n)

Task 1: Complete the

sentences about Scott Joplin.

1 He / learn / play / music / when / very young.

 He learned to play music when he was very young

2 Scott / learn / play / works / composers / Bach Beethoven, and Mozart / as well as / compose / music

 Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach,

Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music

3 He / quickly / become famous

 He quickly became famous

4 His tunes / be / wonderful mixture / classical European and African beats / which / be / known as Ragtime

 His tunes was a wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which was known as Ragtime

5 All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags / , / and be / called /

King of Ragtime

 All in all, he wrote over 50 piano rags, and was called King of Ragtime

6 Scott Joplin / die / 1917

Content of a profile

1 Name:

2 Date of birth: S was born + on/in…

3 Place of birth: S was born + in…

4 Family: S was born + into + adj + family

5 Start composing/ learning music: S+ start composing/

learning music when + S+ was

6 First songs: S wrote his/her first song + in + year

Eg: Van Cao wrote his first song in 1939.

7 Artistic works: His/Her artistic works were

Eg: His artistic works were songs, poems and paintings.

8 Died: S died + in/on…

Tense: simple past tense

Conjunction: when, like, such as, and, as well as, all in all…

TRÒNH COÂNG SÔN

Task 2: Write about the life’s story of Trinh

Cong Son musician.

Name: Trinh Cong Son.

Date of birth: 28/ 02/ 1939.

Place of birth: Daklak province.

Star composing music: When 20 years old.

First song: “Uot Mi” in 1959, quickly became famous.

Artistic works: over 600 songs, paintings.

Died: 01/ 04/ 2001.

Considered as a great musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese People

Write a profile about the life’s story of a singer that you like best.