Unit 12. Music

Scott learnt to play works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.. He quickly became famous.[r]

Grade: 10

UNIT 12: MUSIC

WRITING

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

- State how to write a profile of a famous people.

- Write a profile based on provided prompts

- Become more excited about writing a profile

II Teaching Aids:

Textbook, CD player, handout, etc

III Teaching method:

IV Procedures

Time Content Teacher’s activities Students’

activities

I.warm-up

4minutes a short video about Scott Joplin-

an famous American musician

-show a video about Scott Joplin

-introduce Scott- an American musician

-Leads into the new lesson: Scott Joplin is a famous American musician and we will know more about him through the lesson today

-watch video

I.Pre-writing

18

minutes

sentence building task 1: complete the sentences 1.He /learn/ play /music /when / was young

2 Scott /learn/ play works/

composers/ Bach, Beethoven,

-Asks Ss to count from 1

to 6 then makes group of person who has the same number

- asks sts to use the simple past tense to do

- count from 1 to

6 then find out person who has the same number

to make group -Work in group

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

Suggested answers:

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.

How to write a profile

* Personal information:

• name

• Date of birth : be born on

• Place of birth : in

• Family : be born into

• Career : works

• died

Notes

- Use simple past tense

- When write about the

works of a person we can

use :

the task

-Ask Ss to writer the answer on the paper then put in on the extra – board (each group writes

a sentence) -Check these answers with the whole class

- In each answer

ask Ss to point out what kind of information and phrases that need

to write a profile

of a person

-Look at six sentences on the textbook and complete them

- Write the

answer on the paper

- state the

informatio

n and phrase

+ to be called + to be known as

- Show a sample of a

complete profile of Scott Joplin

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

- give Ss some notes

- take note

II While

writing

18’

- task 2: write the life story of Van Cao using the prompts in the textbook

- Suggested answer:

Van Cao was born in Nam Định

on November 15, 1923, into a poor workers’ family He started composing music when he was very young He wrote the first

- Asks Ss to open the text book and turn on page 129, Task 2

- Divides the class to 4 groups

- Gives Ss 10’ to write the life story Van Cao

- Goes around the class

to help Ss if necessary

- After 10 minutes, asks each group to exchange their writing with other groups

-Asks sts to correct together by pencil in 5 minutes

- Asks Ss to look at the paragraph and correct all

- Open the textbook, page

129, Task 2

- Work in groups

- Write a paragraph of the story into the paper on the prompt

- Ask T when having some troubles

- After finishing, change the work with another

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 draw paintings He died on July 10,

1995 Van Cao is known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.

mistakes of spelling and grammar

- chooses a group to check with whole class

-Shows a sample paragraph

group and correct the mistake of their friends by pencil

- Talk about mistake they find out

- Take note if necessary

III

Post-writing

5’

- homework write a profile of a famous person you know

Asks Sts to write a profile of a famous person they know