UNIT 12: MUSIC ( WRITING)

THE GUESSING GAME:
LAM TRUONG

TRAN TIEN

TRINH CONG SON


Rain Bi

Scott Joplin

Van Cao

Van Cao
Scott Joplin

WRITING A PROFILE

Scott Joplin
- A famous American musician -

Task 1 :Fill in each blank with a suitable word
1-Scott in Taxas 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 in 1917.
2-He learned to play music when he very young.
learned became was born was diedand were

A profile
usually
includes:
Name
Place of birth
Family
Famous
achievements
Date of
death (if
have)
* What does a profile usually include?
Date of birth
* Notes: We use the simple past tense when
the musician died.

Task 2:Match the questions in A with the answers in B
about Van Cao:
A B
1) When was Van Cao born?
2) Where was he born?

3) How was his family?
4)When did he compose music?
5)When did he compose his first
song?
6) When did he write the Vietnamese
National Anthem “ Tien Quan Ca”?
7) What were his artistic works?
8) When did he die?
a) They were songs, poems
and paintings.
b) He was born in 1923.
c) His family was very poor.
d) He composed his first song
in 1939.
e) When he was very young.
f) He died in 1995.
g) He was born in Nam Ha.
h) He wrote “Tien Quan Ca”
in 1994.
1b 5d 6h3c 4e2g 7a 8f

Task 3: Use the prompts below to write the life
story about Van Cao.
-Van Cao / born / November 15
th
, 1923 / Nam
Dinh / a poor worker’s family.
-He / start / compose / music / when / very young.
-He /write / first song / 1939 / quickly become /
famous.

-1944 / he / write / Tien Quan Ca / our National
Anthem .
-Artistic works / songs / poems/ paintings.
-He / die / July 10
th
,1995 .
- He/ known as a very talented musician/ highly
appreciated/ the Vietnamese people.

Van Cao was born on November 15
th
,1923 in
Nam Dinh into a poor worker’s family. He
started composing music when he was very
young. He wrote the first song in 1939 and
quickly became famous . In 1944 he wrote
Tien Quan Ca - our National Anthem . His
artistic works were songs, poems and
paintings. He died on July 10
th
,1995 . He was
known as a very talented musician and highly
appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
THE LIFE STORY OF VAN CAO

Name : Trinh Cong Son
 Born : 28 –02 - 1939
 Place of birth : Dac Lac
 Start composing music : 1958
 First song : UOT MY


Died : 1-4-2001 in HCM City