Unit 7 (Arts) - Writing

Summary

I- Activities

1-1/ Biographies

1-2/ More Artists

1-3/ Focus on Music

II- Practice

2-1/ Exercise 1

2-2/ Exercise 2

I- Activities

1-1/ Biographies

• Who is your favourite artist? Use the questions below to write a paragraph about him / her.

What's her / his name?
When was she / he born?
Where was she / he born?
What do you know about her / his personal life?
What work is (was) she / he famous for?
Why do you like her / him?

I- Activities

1-2/ More Artists

• Write a biography about a person in your family (father,mother, uncle...etc).These questions may help you :

1. When and where was he/she born?
2. Who were his/her parents?
3. Did he/she go to school or university?
4. When did he/she get married?
5. How did he /she meet his wife/her husband?
6. When did he/she have his/her first child?
7. Where does he/she live now?
8. How many children does he/she have now?

I- Activities

1-3/ Focus on Music

• Rearrange the sentences below to write Ray Charles' biography :

___ And at the age of seven, he went completely blind.
___ In 1954, he formed his own jazz group and made his first record.
___ They named him Charles Ray Robinson.
___ Ray Charles was an American singer, composer, and pianist.
___ In 1939 he went toSt AugustineSchool for the Deaf and the Blind in Florida.
___ His parents were Baily and Areatha Robinson.
___ He studied music, piano, and Braille there.
___ He was bom in Albany, Georgia on September 23, 1930.
___ Charles had a serious eye disease in 1935.

II- Practice

2-1/ Exercise 1

• Find the errors in these sentences and correct them :

1. Picasso were born in malaga, spain.
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2. my parents was good artist when they was in high school.
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3. I didn't went to the movies last week. I stay in home
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4. We have a nice day yesterday. We go to a concert.
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5. Where Charlie chaplin grow up?
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6. How old Van Gogh was when he die?
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7. What you did last weekend?
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8. Who you went with to the museum last week
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9. What job was father um kalthum
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10. What kind movie you see last night?
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II- Practice

2-2/ Exercise 2

• Write a paragraph about a film you have seen and liked very much. Use the answers to these questions to help you write your paragraph :

Which film did you see?
When did you see it?
Where did you see it?
Who did you see it with?
How long was it?
Who acted in it?
What was the story about?
What did you like about it?