WRITING- UNIT 12- GRADE 10

3-Scott --- to play the works of composers like Bach , Beethoven , and Mozart as well as to compose music.. 5-His tunes --- wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats whi

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

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

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 15 th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a

poor worker’s family.

 Van Cao was born on November 15 th ,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

Name : Trinh Cong Son

 First song : UOT MY

 Died : 2001