Unit 12. Music

Grade: 10
UNIT 12: MUSIC
WRITING
I.

Objectives:

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.
Time
I.warmup
4minutes

Procedures
Content

a short video about Scott Joplinan famous American musician

Teacher’s activities

-show a video about
Scott Joplin

Students’

activities
-watch video

-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.

I.Prewriting
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
- give Ss some notes.
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.

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

-

take note

- 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.

-Asks sts to correct
together by pencil in 5
minutes.
- After finishing,
- Asks Ss to look at the
change the work
paragraph and correct all with another


III. Postwriting
5’

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.

- homework
write a profile of a famous
person you know

mistakes of spelling and
grammar.
- chooses a group to
check with whole class.
-Shows a sample
paragraph

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

group and correct
the mistake of
their friends by
pencil.
- Talk about
mistake they find
out.
- Take note if
necessary.