UNIT 12: MUSIC (CONT.)
PERIOD 4: WRITING (P129)
A. The English mathematician and physicist. He discovered the law of gravity.
B. She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
C. The English chemist and physicist. He invented the dynamo.
D. The husband of Marie Curie.
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MATCHING:
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WRITING A PROFILE
New words: (handouts)
WORK IN GROUPS:
Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician.
Task 1 (P129)
TASK 2 (P129)
Read about the life story of Van Cao. After that matching the questions in the left column into the answers in the right column.
1.When was he 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 compose Vietnamese national anthem Tien Quan Ca?
7.What were his artistic works?
8.When did he die?
9.By whom was he known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated?
a.By the Vietnamese people
b.songs, poems, paintings
c.very poor
d.1923
e.1939
f.When he was very young
g.1995
h.Nam Dinh
i.1944
Answer the questions with complete answers:
1.When was he born? (1923)
2.Where was he born? (Nam Dinh)
3.How was his family? (very poor)
4.When did he compose music? (When he was very young)
5.When did he compose his first song? (1939)
6.When did he compose Vietnamese national anthem Tien Quan Ca? (1944)
7.What were his artistic works? (songs, poems, paintings)
8.When did he die? (1995)
9.By whom was he known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated? (By the Vietnamese people)


Work in groups:
Using the answers above, write about a life story of Van Cao.
HOMEWORK:
Write a short paragraph (about 50 words) about a famous person you admire.