V I O L O N
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LLC A S S I C A
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K M UF I CSO L
Game rules :The class is divided into two groups, each
group respectively chooses a number and find the word basing
on the suggestions. Which group that can find out the down
word (the number 8) wins the game.
V ON C AA
T A RG U I
EB E A T L S
POP M U S I C
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What is a profile ?
It is a short biography of somebody.
Tiểu sử vắn tắt.


UNIT 12:


A profile
of a musician
Date of birth
Major achievements
Name
Place of birth
Family
I. Before you write:
Famous songs/
musicals
What does a profile usually include?
Date of death
Activity
Activity
1.
1.


I. Before you write:
Act ivit y 2 –
Act ivit y 2 –
Tas k1.

Tas k1.
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
Scott Joplin’s Profile
0. Scott was born in Texas in 1886, in to a poor but
musical black family.



I. Before you
write:
Notes.
To write a profile of a person who died,
we use the past simple tense.
Use prepositions, conjunctions …
When necessary .
BE => WAS /
WERE




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
II. While you write Task 2. –
Write about the life story of Van Cao.
Write about the life story of Van Cao.
Known as a very talented musician and
highly appreciated by Vietnamese people