Unit 12, Writing

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Where was Celine Dion born?
Québec, Canada

List 4 famous songs of Trinh
Cong Son
Suggested answers: Diễm xưa,
Biển nhớ, Tuổi đá buồn, Một cõi đi về

What is the most successful
album of Michael Jackson?
B. Thriller
A. Beat it
C. Billie Jean
B

“Candle in the Wind” is
the song that Elton John
wrote for whom?
Princess Diana

When was Rain born?
A. 1980
B. 1981
C. 1982
C

What is the full name of Thu
Hien?
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hien

You have chosen a lucky picture.

WRITING A PROFILE

I. Pre-writing
MUSIC

MUSIC
I. Pre-writing
1. Vocabulary
+ Compose /kəm'pouz/ (v): Sáng tác
+ Tune / tju:n/ (n): Giai điệu
+ Ragtime / 'rægtaim/ (n): Nhạc ractim
 Composer (n)
 Rag (n)
+ Artist / 'ɑ:tist/ Nghệ sĩ
 Artistic (adj)
+ Profile / 'proufail/ (n) Tiểu sử

Name : Trinh Cong Son
 Born : 28 –02 - 1939
 Place of birth : Dac Lac
 Start composing music : 1958
 First song : UOT MY
 Died : 2001

Trinh Cong Son
composed a lot of
songs

= Melody
Tune

The song “Dua Be”
was sung by more
than 60 Vietnamese
artists

I. Pre-writing
1. Vocabulary
2. Checking
CHECKING
1 ………… is an early form of jazz, especially for the
piano, first played by African American musicians
in the early 1900s
2. “My life” is a book that tells about a very
famous USA president’s …………
3. Beethoven is one of the greatest ………………
of classical music.
4. A ……… is a series of musical notes that are sung
or played in a particular order to form a piece of
music.
5. Leonard da Vince composed a lot of …………
works
Ragtime

profile
composers
tune
artistic

Prediction
I. Pre-writing
1. Vocabulary
2. Checking
3. Prediction
Outline of
a profile
Name
Date of birth
Place of
birth
Famous
achievements
Date of
death (if
have)
What are some components
of writing a profile?

MUSIC
I. Pre-writing
1. Vocabulary
2. Checking
3. Prediction
II. While-writing

Task 1 :Fill in each blank with a
suitable word in the box
learned
became was bornwas
inandwere
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
Writing a profile
I. Pre-writing
1. Vocabulary
2. Checking
3. Prediction
II. While-writing
1. Task 1

I. Pre-writing
1. Vocabulary
2. Checking
3. Prediction
II. While-writing
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in wereand
5-His tunes wonderful mixure 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.
1. Task 1
Writing a profile

Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but
musical black family. He learned to play music
when he was very young. Scott learned 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 mixure of classical European and
African beats which were known as Ragtime.
All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was
called the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin died in
1917.

•
Use the verbs in the simple past tense.
•
Use prepositions , conjunctions when necessary .
For example: on, in, at, and, but,…

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Name
»
Date of birth

»Place of birth
»
Famous achievements
»
Date of death (if have)
OUTLINE OF A PROFILE