Unit 12: MUSIC
Lesson: Writing
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
TASK 1:
Work in pairs. Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician.
EX: Scott / born / Texas /, / poor / but musical black family.
Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.
1. He / learn / play / music / when / 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 / called / King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin / die / 1917.
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He / quickly / become / famous.

Answer:

He quickly became famous.
His tunes / be / wonderful mixture / classical European and African beats / which / be / known as Ragtime.

Answer:
His tunes was wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime.
He / learn / play / music / when / very young.
Answer: He learned to play to music when he was very young.
Scott / learn / play /works /composers/ Bach, Beethoven, and Morzart/ as well as / compose / music.
Answer:
Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethovenm and Mozart as well as to compose music.
Scott Joplin / die / 1917.
Answer: Scott Joplin died in 1917.
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All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags /, / and be / called / King of Ragtime.
Answer: All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime.
Task 2: Write about the life strory of Van Cao , using the prompts below:
Name: Van Cao
Born : Nam Dinh
Family: poor workers
Start composing music: when very young
First song: 1939, quickly become famous
Tien Quan Ca ( National Anthem): 1944
Artistic works: Songs, poems, paintings
Died: 10 – 7 -1995
Known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
Van Cao was born on November 15th, 1923 in Nam Dinh province in a poor workers family. He started to compose music when he was very young. In 1939, he wrote his first song and he quickly became famous. He composed Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem) in 1944. His artistic works were songs, poems, paintings. He died on July 10th, 1995. He was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
Homework:
Write the story about a person you like best. (about 80 words)