Unit12-Writing

V I O L O N 1 LLC A S S I C A 2 3 4 5 6 K M UF I CSO L Game rules :The class is divided into two groups, each group respectively chooses a number and find the word basing on the suggestions. Which group that can find out the down word (the number 8) wins the game. V ON C AA T A RG U I EB E A T L S POP M U S I C 7 8 8 6 6 9 6 9 7 What is a profile ? It is a short biography of somebody. Tiểu sử vắn tắt. UNIT 12: A profile of a musician Date of birth Major achievements Name Place of birth Family I. Before you write: Famous songs/ musicals What does a profile usually include? Date of death Activity Activity 1. 1. I. Before you write: Act ivit y 2 – Act ivit y 2 – Tas k1. Tas k1. Scott Joplin, a famous American musician Use the prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin E.g. Scott/ be/ born/ Texas/1886/,/ poor/ but/ musical black family. 1. He / learn/ play/ music/ when/ he/ be/very/ young. 2. Scott/ learn/ play/ works/ composers/ Bach, Beethoven and Mozart/ as well as/ compose/ music 3. He/ quickly/ become/ famous. 4. His tunes/ be/ wonderful mixture/ classical European and African beats/ which/ be known as Ragtime. 5. All in all/ he/ write/ 50 piano rags/,/ and be / King of Ragtime. 6. Scott Joplin/ die/ 1917. => Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but musical black family. 1. He learnt to play music when he was very young. 2. Scott learnt 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 died in 1917 Scott Joplin’s Profile 0. Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but musical black family. I. Before you write: Notes. To write a profile of a person who died, we use the past simple tense. Use prepositions, conjunctions … When necessary . BE => WAS / WERE 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 famous Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ): 1944 Artistic works: songs , poems , paintings Died: 10 -7 - 1995 II. While you write Task 2. – Write about the life story of Van Cao. Write about the life story of Van Cao. Known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people