English 10Unit 12: MusicSection: Writing

Designers: Le Thanh Trung

LeThi Que Huong

Scott Joplin(1886 - 1917)

Scott Joplin is a famous American musician, now, using these prompts below to make up the complete sentences about him

Ex: Scott/ born/ Texas/1886/,/poor/,but musician black family.

Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.

• He / learn / play / music / when / very young.

He learn to play music when he was very young.

• Scott / learn / play / works / composers / Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart / as well as / compose / music.

Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.

• He /quickly / become / famous

He quickly became famous.

• His tunes / be / wonderful mixture / classical European and African beats / which/ be/ known as Ragtime

His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats, which were known asRagtime.

• All in all / he / write / 50 piano rags /, / and be/ called / King of Ragtime.

All in all he wrote more than 50 piano rags and was called as the King of Ragtime.

• Scott Joplin / die / 1917.

Scott Joplin died in 1917.

Van Cao(1923 - 1995)

Name: Van CaoBorn: 15 – 11 – 1923Place of birth : Nam DinhFamily: poor workersStart composing music: when very youngFirst song: 1939, quickly become famous Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem): 1944Artistic works: Songs, poems, paintingsDied: 10 -7- 1995Known as a very talented musician and highly appreciate by the Vietnamese people.

Using these prompts above to write about the life story of Van Cao.