Unit 12. Music
D. Writing
I. Warm Up
II. Task 1
III. Task 2
1. Do you know Scott Joplin?
 Yes, I do/ No, I don’t
2. Who is he?
 He is a famous American musician.
3. Where and when was he born?
 He was born in Texas in 1886.
4. When did he die?
 He died in 1917
5. What did he do?
 He composed music
I. Warm up
II. Task 1. Work in pairs. Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician
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
The keys
1. He learned to play music when he was very young.
2. Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart as well as to compose music.
3. He quickly became famous.
4. His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African.
5. All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin died in 1917
Task 2. Write about the life story of van Cao, using the prompts below.
Name: Van Cao
Born: 15 – 11 – 1923
Place of birth: 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
A profile of Van Cao
Van Cao was born in Nam Dinh in 1923, into a poor worker family. He could compose music when he was very young. He composed his first song in 1939 and quickly became famous. Tien Quan Ca, the Vietnamese National Anthem, was composed in 1944. His artistic works were songs, poems and paintings. He died in 1995. Van Cao was known as a very talented musician and is highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.