Unit 12. Writing.
Writing a profile
Vocabulary:
Work (n): art works/ road works : Tác phẩm / công trình
Compose (v): Soạn nhạc
Composer (v): =musician (n): Nhạc sỹ
Tune (n):Giai điệu
Mixture (n) =combination (n): Sự kết hợp
All in all (phr): Nói chung.
TASK 1.
Find the Verbs in the six sentences.
Pair work: Write the Past Form of these Verbs.
Look at the example and comment on the changes:
Scott was born in Taxas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.
Write the six sentences in the simple past tense.

1. He learnt to play music when he was very young.
2. Scott learned 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 59 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
TASK 2. Work individually to write about the life story of Van Cao. Remember to put all the main verbs in the past tense
TASK 2. Write about the life story of Van Cao.
Van Cao, known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people, was born in Nam Dinh, on November, 15th 1923, into a poor worker family. He started composing music when he was very young. He wrote his first song in 1939, and then he quickly became famous. Tien Quan Ca, the Viet Nam National Anthem, was written in 1944. His artistic works consisted of songs, poems and paintings. He died on July ,10th 1995..
Homework.
Prepare a short passage about one of the famous writers or poems and ask sts to translate into English.