Giáo án Tiếng anh 10 Unit: 12 (Music) - Period: Writing

LESSON PLAN
Class: 10C15	Course book: Tiếng anh 10	Unit: 12 (Music)
Teaching period: Writing
Teaching time: Period 4 (45 mins)	 Tuesday, March	10th, 2015
Objective:
Educational aim: through the lesson, students will be able to: 
Understand the structure of a profile 
Write a profile based on the information provided
Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: Students learn how to write a profile based on prompts provided. 
b. Language: The simple past of verbs and the connectors often used in a profile.
Skill: Writing a profile.
Method and teaching aids:
Method: Communicative approach.
Teaching aids: textbook, blackboard, chalk, computer, screen, handout, group’s paper, whiteboard marker, etc.
Teaching steps:
Classroom procedures (1’): Greetings and checking attendance. 
New lesson: (44’)
Teacher’s activities
Student’s activities
Contents
WARM – UP: Guessing Game (5’)
- Give instructions: Ss will play this game in 2 teams. They have to look at the screen, read the information of some famous singers and musicians, and give the names of those people. One correct answer will receive 10 marks. Which team’s quicker and give more correct answers will be the winner.
- Check ss’ understanding of the instruction.
- Listen to teacher
- Reply to teacher
1. My Tam
- She is a Vietnamese pop singer.
- She was born in Da Nang in 1981.
- Her best-known songs are "Hoạ Mi Tóc Nâu" and "Ước Gì".
2. Trinh Cong Son
- He was a Vietnamese composer, musician, songwriter, painter and poet.
- He was born in Dak Lak in 1939.
- He wrote such famous song as “Biển nhớ”, “Diễm xưa”, “Một cõi đi về”, etc.
- He died in 2001.
3. Michael Jackson
- He was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor.
- He was born in 1958.
- His famous songs includes “Heal the world”, “We are the world”, “Black or White”.
- He died in 2009.
4. Scott Joplin
- He was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family. 
- He wrote 50 piano rags, and he was called "King of Ragtime Writers".
- He died in 1917.
- Let ss play the game.
- Summarize and give comments. 
- Play game in 2 teams.
- Listen to teacher
-Lead-in: “As you’ve known, they are famous singers and musicians. In addition to appreciate their talent, we also want to know more information about them. So today we will learn how to write a profile.”
- Listen to teacher
Unit 12: MUSIC
Part D: Writing
Page 129
BEFORE YOU WRITE (10’)
- Pre-teach vocabulary:
+ artist / ˈɑːrtɪst / (n) a person who creates works of art, especially paintings or drawings. nghệ sĩ, hoạ sĩ
→ artistic / ɑːrˈtɪstɪk / (adj) 
→ artistic work / ɑːrˈtɪstɪk wɜːrk / (n) tác phẩm nghệ thuật
Ex: A painting, a sheet of music and a statue are the artistic works.
+ talent / 'tælənt / (n) a natural ability to do sth well. tài năng, năng lực
→ talented / 'tæləntid / (adj) having talent
Ex: Văn Cao is a very talented person.
+ Ragtime / ˈræɡtaɪm / (n) an early form of jazz , especially for the piano. nhạc Ragtime
→ rag / ræɡ / (n) a ragtime composition. bản nhạc Ragtime
- Ask ss to review the tense of verb using to write a profile.
Use the verbs in the simple past tense:
 S + Ved/V2
- Review some grammar points using to write a profile.
be born into a (an) + adj + family
Ex: She was born into a very rich family.
start to do / doing sth
in place / year / month
Ex: in Ha Noi, in 2001, in July
on + day-month-year
Ex: on November 15, 1923
Conjunctions: all in all, after that, and, not only-but also, etc.
- Listen to teacher and write down
- Listen and reply to teacher
Vocabulary
+ artist / ˈɑːrtɪst / (n) a person who creates works of art, especially paintings or drawings. 
→ artistic / ɑːrˈtɪstɪk / (adj) 
→ artistic work / ɑːrˈtɪstɪk wɜːrk / (n) 
Ex: A painting, a sheet of music and a statue are the artistic works.
+ talent / 'tælənt / (n) a natural ability to do sth well. 
→ talented / 'tæləntid / (adj) having talent
Ex: Văn Cao is a very talented person.
+ Ragtime / ˈræɡtaɪm / (n) an early form of jazz , especially for the piano. 
→ rag / ræɡ / (n) a ragtime composition. 
Revision
Tense: simple past
S + Ved/V2
be born into a (an) + adj + family
Ex: She was born into a very rich family.
start to do / doing sth
in place / year / month
Ex: in Ha Noi, in 2001, in July
on day-month-year
Ex: on November 15, 1923
Conjunctions: all in all, after that, and, etc.
WHILE YOU WRITE (19’)
Task 1: Work in pairs. Put the correct verbs and prepositions into the blanks to complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician. (7’)
Task 1: Work in pairs. Put the correct verbs and prepositions into the blanks to complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician.
1. Scott (born) ____________ in Texas ___1886, ____ a poor but musical black family.
2. He (learn) _____ to play music when he (be)_____ very young.
3. Scott learnt ___ play works __ composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.
4. He quickly (become) _________ famous.
5. His tunes (be) _____ wonderful mixture __ classical European and African beats which (be) ____ known as Ragtime.
6. All in all he (write) ______50 piano rags, and (be) ____ called the King of Ragtime.
7. Scott Joplin (die) _____ ___ 1917.
The content of a profile
- Name
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Family
- Major achievements
- Date of death
- Ask ss to read the requirement of this task in handout.
- Read the task’s requirement in the handout
- Ask ss to do this task in pairs. 
- Work in pairs
- Ask ss to go to the board and write down their answers.
- Go to the board and write down their answers
- Give comments and correct answers.
*Suggested answer
1. was born/in/into
2. learnt/was
3. to/of
4. became
5. were/of/was
6. wrote/was
7. died/in
- Ask ss to give the content of a profile
- Listen to teacher
- Reply to teacher
Task 2: Write a paragraph about the life story of Van Cao, using the prompts in book page 129 (12’)
Task 2: Write a paragraph about the life story of Van Cao, using the prompts below.
+ Name: Van Cao.
+ Born: 15-11-1923 (be born, on).
+ Place of birth: Nam Dinh (in).
+ Family: poor workers (into).
+ Start composing music: when very young (be).
+ First song: 1939, quickly become famous (write, in, and).
+ Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem): 1944 (write, in).
+ Artistic works: songs, poems, paintings (not only, write, but also, draw).
+ Died: 10-7-1995 (on).
- Ask students to read the requirement in the book page 129.
- Ask ss find out which verbs, prepositions or conjunctions using to write Van Cao’s profile.
- Divide the class into 4 groups, each group has a group’s paper and a whiteboard marker.
- Give ss 10 minutes to write the life story Van Cao into group’s paper.
- Go around the class to help ss if necessary. 
- Read the requirement 
- Listen to teacher
- Work in 4 groups
AFTER YOU WRITE (10’)
- Collect all group’s papers and glue them on the board.
- Give group’s papers to T
*Suggested answer:
Van Cao was born in Nam Dinh on November 15, 1923, into a poor workers’ family. He started composing music when he was very young. He wrote the first song in 1939 and then quickly became famous. Tien Quan Ca, the National Anthem of Vietnam was written by Van Cao in 1944. Van Cao not only wrote songs and poems but also drew paintings. He died on July 10, 1995. Van Cao is known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
- Ask Ss to look at group’s papers and correct all mistakes of spelling and grammar.
- Give comments.
- Pay attention to what T correct on the board.
- Listen to teacher
Homework:
- Learn by heart all new words in this lesson.
- Rewrite task 2 into notebook.
- Prepare for the next lesson: Part E Language Focus (page 130).