PDG High School
Teacher: Ng. T. C
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What is a profile ?
It is a short biography of somebody.
Tiểu sử vắn tắt.
PROFILE
UNIT 12:
Lesson 4: Writing
Music
Write a profile.
A profile
of a musician
Date of birth
Major achievements
Name
Place of birth
Family
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
I. Before you write:
Famous songs/
musicals
What does a profile usually include?
Date of death
Activity 1.
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
I. Before you write:
Activity 2 - Task1.
Scott Joplin, a famous American musician
Use the prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin
E.g. Scott/ be/ born/ Texas/1886/,/ poor/ but/ musical black family.
1. He / learn/ play/ music/ when/ he/ be/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 / King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin/ die/ 1917.
=> Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but musical black family.
1. He learnt to play music when he was very young.
2. Scott learnt to play the 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 were known as Ragtime.
5. All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags and was called the King of Ragtime.
6. Scott died in 1917
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
Scott Joplin’s Profile
0. Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but musical black family.
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
I. Before you write:
Notes.
To write a profile of a person who died, we use the past simple tense.
S + V(-ed)/V2 ...
Use prepositions, conjunctions …
When necessary .
BE => WAS / WERE
Van Cao
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 famous
Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ): 1944
Artistic works: songs , poems , paintings
Died: 10 -7 - 1995
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
II. While you write - Task 2.
Write about the life story of Van Cao.
Known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people
- He / be born / November 15th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family.
- He / start / composing music / when he/ be/ very young.
- He /compose / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become/ famous.
- 1944 / he / write /Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem
- Van Cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but also/ draw / paintings.
- He / die / July 10th,1995 .
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
II. While you write - Task 2.
Use the prompts bellow, write about the life story of Van Cao.
Work
group
You may begin with: “Van Cao who was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people is one of the greatest musicians in Vietnam...
- Van Cao / be born / November 15th , 1923 / Nam Dinh / a poor worker’s family.
- He / start / composing music / when he/ be/ very young.
- He /compose / first song / 1939 / and / quickly become/ famous.
- 1944 / he / write /Tien Quan Ca / our National Anthem
Van Cao / not only / write / songs / poems / but
also/ draw / paintings.
- He / die / July 10th,1995 .
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
III. After you write.
You may begin with: “Van Cao who was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese people is one of the greatest musicians in Vietnam...
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
Van Cao`s Profile.
“Van Cao who was known as a very talented
musician and highly appreciated by Vietnamese
people is one of the greatest musicians in Vietnam.
He was born on November 15th , 1923 in Nam Dinh,
into a poor worker’s family.
He started composing music when he was very young.
He composed the (his) first song in 1939 and quickly
became famous.
In 1944, he wrote Tien Quan Ca, our National Anthem.
Van Cao not only wrote many famous songs, poems
but also he drew paintings.
He died on July 10th,1995, but his musical career
live forever.
Unit 12: Music-Lesson 4: Writing
Consolidation
What have we written?
Homework
Write a profile of a famous
person you know well.
- Prepare Unit 12: Music
Lesson 5: Language focus.
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
Goodbye!
What kind of music is it? It is popular with young people.
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Pop music
He is playing the ………
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Guitar
The composer who wrote the song “Tien Quan ca ”
Van Cao
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What kind of music are they playing?
They are playing .
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Folk music
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What is this?
Violon
What kind of music is this?
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Classical






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Beatles
Group B
Group A
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
I. Before you write:
Vocabulary
= write musicals
soạn nhạc/ sáng tác
Composer [kəm ’pəUzər] (n)
like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart…
BACH
Beethoven
Mozart
Nhạc sĩ
Tune [tju:n] (n)
Giai điệu
Beat [bi:t](n)
Nhịp
Ragtime [ ræg. taim] (n)
Nhạc ractim, một thể loại dành cho piano, chịu ảnh hưởng của nhạc jazz, rất phổ biến ở Mỹ đầu thế kỷ 20.
Rag [ræg] (n)
Bản nhạc ractim.
All in all [ɔ:l in ɔ:l] (idm)
Nói chung, nhìn chung.
Mixture [`mikst∫ə] (n)
Sự pha trộn, Sự kết hợp
Unit 12 - Lesson 4: Writing
Vocabulary
Appreciated (adj) [ə`pri:∫ieitid]
Artistic works (n) [ɑ:`tistik wə:ks]
Những tác phẩm nghệ thuật
Talented (adj) [`tæləntid]
Có tài, có khiếu
Thưởng thức, đánh giá đúng