Holdet 3i EN (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse - Lectio - X

Holdet 3i EN (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser

Termin(er)	2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution	X - Køge Gymnasium
Fag og niveau	Engelsk A
Lærer(e)	Nana Baungaard Harden
Hold	2023 EN/i (1i EN, 2i EN, 3i EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb

Titel 1	'Growing Up'
Titel 2	Fantasy as a genre
Titel 3	Multiculturalism in the UK
Titel 4	Poetry and Lyrics
Titel 5	American Beliefs and Values
Titel 6	Childhood in Ireland
Titel 7	Black America
Titel 8	Love in Literary History (Shakespeare)
Titel 9	Love in Literary History (Modernism)
Titel 10	War
Titel 11	'The Empire Writes Back'
Titel 12	Links til brug ved eksamen

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)

Titel 1	'Growing Up' The course explores the theme 'Growing Up' with special focus on analysis of fiction. Texts (can all be found in the Meebook): Fell: The Shining Mountain Hemingway: Indian Camp Lively: The Happiest Days of Your Life Auster et.al.: True tales of American Life (The Cake, Being There, Rainout) Film/tv-series: Howard: 'Parenthood' 'Euphoria' ep.1, s. 1 (HBO)
Indhold	Kernestof: Approximately 20 minutes of homework: As preparation for today you must read the short story 'The Shining Mountain'. Minlæring - adjektiver og adverbier Homework for today. Write three sentences about Nick using at least one adjective or adverb + one technical term (inner/outer, complex/flat, dynamic/static). Bring these to class. Sentences about Nick No homework Apprx. 15 minutes of homework: Re-read the short story ‘The Happiest Days of Your Life’. Parenthood (1989)
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 17 moduler
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Titel 2

Fantasy as a genre

This course examines the genre Fantasy: its origins and its characteristics and its boundaries. .

Kernestof:
Caroll: 'Alice in Wonderland', chapter 1
Barrie: 'Peter Pan' , excerpt from chapter 1 + all of chapter 3
Lewis: 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe', chapter 1
George R. Martin: 'Game of Thrones' chapter 1 ('Bran')
J.K. Rowling: 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (the entire novel)

'Finding Neverland' (film), Foster, 2005
'Game of Thrones' (tv-series), pilot-episode

'Entering Worlds of Fantasy' from' Worlds of Fantasy', Systime

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Der er anvendt Meebook i forløbet:

Anslået omfang:

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Characterisation + grammatik	09-02-2024
'Harry Potter' chapters 1-7	22-03-2024

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18

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Titel 3

Multiculturalism in the UK

This course explores the multicultural experience in the UK. A little background for the great diversity is provided but we focus mainly on recent experiences of living in the UK with an immigrant background. The course introduces rhetorical analysis.

Kernestof:
Texts:
Caryl Phillips: 'The Pioneers' (1998)
Tariq Ramadan: 'You Can't Go Home Again' (2001)
Selena Godden: 'Shade' (2016) (excerpt)
Hanif Kureishi: 'My Son the Fanatic' (1997)
Nanna Flindt Quist: 'On Purpose' (three first chapters)

Film:
'Rocks' (Sarah Gavron, 2020)

Supplerende stof: '
'Rule Britannia'
'God save the King/Queen'
'Land of Hope and Glory'
3 korte tekster om imperiet (findes i Meebook)

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Lille skriveprøve 2	22-04-2024
Lille skriveprøve 3	16-05-2024

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11

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Titel 4

Poetry and Lyrics

In this course we will be working with a broad selection of poetry and song-lyrics. Focus will be on the poetic form in general, figurative language and sound features, but we will also analyze and interpret each text and put it into relation to the historical and literary period in which it was written. A special focus is put on Romantic poetry.

ALL the following texts can be found in the Meebook.

Primary texts:
Plath: 'Metaphors'
Dickinson: 'Apparently With No Surprise'
Scannell: 'Nettles'
Meinke: 'Advice to My Son'
Owen: 'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Nash: 'The Hunter'
Hardy: 'Last Week in October'
Heaney: 'The Cool That Came Off Sheets'
Stevenson: 'From a Railway Carriage'
Wordsworth: 'My Heart Leaps Up', 'Skating' (excerpt from 'The Prelude'), 'The Tables Turned' and 'I wandered Lonely as a Cloud'

23 different song lyrics chosen by the class and NB respectively. We have worked extensively with 'So Cruel' (U2), 'Take a Bow' (Rihannah), 'Love the Way You Lie' (Eminem + Rihannah), 'Karma Police (Radiohead), 'Under the Bridge' (Red hot Chili Peppers), 'Stole the Show' (Kygo) , 'The Lakes' (Swift) and 'Beautiful Ones' (Suede).

Background texts:
'Fields of Vision', volume 1, pages 4A-21A, E114-E120
'Along Literary Lines', pages 53, 78, 97-98, 145-146
'Literary Terms and Criticism' (Peck and Coyle, 2002), p. 12-14

Forløbets omfang i sider (ca.): 45

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Analysis of song/poem	02-09-2024
Own Romantic poem	01-10-2024

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 20

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Titel 5

American Beliefs and Values

This course identifies, defines and explores central American beliefs and values. It consists of two parts.

In part one we look into the origins of the beliefs and values and how they are seen in different cultural products (texts, songs, films etc)

Part two focuses on the American political system and re-introduces analysis of non-fiction. This will enable us to better understand and follow the American Presidential election 2024. Students write their SROs based on this course. Focus here will be on an analysis of one of or both convention speeches by Harris/Trump.

Kernestof:
- 'The Declaration of Independence'
- Fieder et. al.: 'American Beliefs and Values' (from 'America in Close-Up', 1990)

- 'American Progress' (painting by John Gast, 1872)
- The Pledge of Alligiance
- 'The Star Spangled Banner'
- Emma Lazarus: 'The New Colossus'

- Flindt Quist: 'On Purpose' chapters 1 + 2 + 3
- Obama: Annoncement for President
- Roosevelt: Speech on Dec. 8th 1941
- Bush: 'Speech after attack on WTC, Sept. 2001'
- Harris: 'Convention Speech' 2024
- Trump: 'Convention Speech' 2024
- Vance: 'Hillbilly Elegy' (excerpt)

- 'The Story of Us' (episode 1 of a documentary series)

Supplerende stof:
- Mette Holm: 'Being American', chapter 1
- Harden: 'Family Life from Plum Creek to Pleasantville' (excerpt)
- Winthrop: 'A Model of Christian Charity'

- 'America' (from 'West Side Story)
- 'Americanos' (HollyJohnson, 1989)
- U2: -'The Hands That Bulit America', 2002
- Black Eyed Peas: 'Where is the Love'. 2003
- Marina and the Diamonds: 'Hollywood', 2010
- Panic at the Disco!: 'High Hopes'
- Rihanna: 'American Oxygen'

Alle tekster kan findes i Meebook

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Poetry analysis - teacher's choice	22-10-2024
Pairwork on 'Declaration of Independence´	29-10-2024
Selvrefleksion	11-11-2024
Work on Pledge, Progress etc.	21-11-2024
Bud på problemformulering	09-12-2024
Two American presidential speeches	09-12-2024
Bud på indledning SRO	14-12-2024

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 17

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Titel 6

Childhood in Ireland

This course touches upon different aspects of Irish culture and history. A special focus is on childhood as a theme and on characterization and narrator + POV

Kernestof:
Frank McCourt: 'Angelas's Ashes' (exceprts)
'Angela's Ashes' (Alan Parker, 1999) (film)
Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal'
James Joyce: 'Araby'
Claire Keegan: 'Foster' (the entire novel)
'The Quiet Girl' (film)

Background text: 'Ireland Before 1921' (a chapter from 'Life and Literature - The English Handbook' p. 130-143)

Supplerende stof:
William Butler Yeats: 'Easter 1916'
'The Foggy Dew'

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Audio recording 'Angela's Ashes'	07-02-2025
Keegan etc.	11-03-2025

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14

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Titel 7	Black America The first part of the course called 'Black America' deals with the black population of The United States - the so-called African-Americans - and their history from slavery to emancipation to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. In this part of the course we will use historical sources, poetry, fiction, speeches and lyrics and thus deal with the analysis of various types of texts.The aim of the course is to provide you with knowledge of both African-American history and culture. The course thus serves as background knowledge for our reading of 'The Hate U Give'. The main focus in the second part of the course is on the novel 'The Hate U Give' and on in depth analysis of this. The concept of Black Representation is explored. Kernestof: Haley: Roots (excerpt) Wheatley: 'On Being Brought from Africa' Photographs and drawings of slaves Douglass: Slave narrative (excerpt) The Gettysburg Address Amendments 13, 14 and 15 Langston Hughes: 5 poems 'Strange Fruit' King: I have a Dream Parker: 'Mississippi Burning' (film) Angie Thomas: 'The Hate U Give' (the entire novel) Barack Obama: 'Remarks on the Trayvon Martin case' Grandmaster Flash: 'The Message' Background material: Hopenwasser + Teglbjærg: The Empowerment of the American Voice', pages 51-55 'Oh Freedom' afsnit 2 (podcast fra DR lyd) Tekst i Meebook om 'slave narratives' Background material on hip hop culture Supplerende materiale: The Emancipation Declaration Malcolm X: 'The Ballot or the Bullet' NWA: 'Straight Outta Compton' Jay-Z: 'The Story of OJ' The Carters: 'Apeshit' Childish Gambino: 'This Is America' 'Precious' (film clip) 'The Wire' (film clip) All texts (except 'THUG') can be found in the Meebook Anslået omfang: 150 ------------------ All texts can be found in the Meebook Anslået omfang: 70 sider
Indhold	Kernestof: No homework Apprx. 15 minutes of homework: Read the short text about slave narratives in chapter 1 in the Meebook.Afsnit Apprx. 25 minutes of homework: Answer the work questions in Meebook for the Frederick Douglass’ text Apprx. 20 minutes of homework: Read the background text 'Race Relations after the Civil War' in chapter 2 in the Meebook. 2.i 2025 on Langston Hughes Oh Freedom! \| 2:5 Strange Fruit \| DR LYD 20 minutes of homework: Spend 20 minutes working on the work questions for King´s speech, which you find in the Meebook (chapter 3). You will NOT be able to answer all the questions in the given time and also you must be aware that the questions are No actual homework :-), but remember that you are supposed to have read the novel 'The Hate U Give' for the week after the Easter holidays, so spend at least 25 minutes (without distractions) on reading this. (If you weren't able to watch the first 1 hour and 16 minutes of 'Mississippi Burning' together with the class you can find a link for it in the Meebook) Angie Thomas: THE HATE U GIVE, Walker Books; sider: 3-444 2.i 2025 Encyclopedia of cultural references in ‘The Hate U Give’ Apprx. 20 minutes of homework. Everyone must write three sentences about the setting of the novel. The three sentences should address the following aspects: Where and when? Social environment? Atmosphere? + places in the novel where this can be seen. Rap hiphop history.pdf description Precious (2009) school scene Omar in Court Pt 4 (The Wire)
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 20 moduler
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Titel 8

Love in Literary History (Shakespeare)

This course explores the theme of love in writings of Shakespeare with a special focus on 'Romeo and Juliet'

Kernestof:
William Shakespeare: 'Romeo and Juliet':
Prologue +
Act 1, scene 4, lines 217-274 +
Act 2, scene 1, lines 47-245 +
Act 5, scene 1, lines 1-58

Sonnet 18 'Shall I Compare Thee'

'Romeo + Juliet' (Baz Luhrman, 1996) (film)
'Shakespeare in Love' (John Madden, 1998) (film)

Background material:
'Writer's Gallery: Shakespeare' + 'The Renaissance' from 'Fields of Vision' p. 44C-60C

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Anslået omfang: 50 sider

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Handwritten task: Shakespeare	15-09-2025
Audio recording 'Shakespeare'	23-09-2025

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14

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Titel 9

Love in Literary History (Modernism)

This course starts by briefly tracing love as a theme in literary history from Shakespeare to Modernism. Hereafter we examine the literary experiments of Modernism. We discuss different kinds of love and use 'The Great Gatsby' as our main text. Here we also return to 'The American Dream'.

Kernestof:
F. Scott Fitzgerald: 'The Great Gatsby' (the entire novel)
Andrew Marwell: 'To His Coy Mistress'
James Joyce: 'The Boarding House'
Wallace Stevens: 'Disillusionment of Ten o’Clock'

Supplerende stof:
James Joyce: 'Ulysses' (short excerpt)
Burns: 'The Parting Kiss'
Lord Byron: 'She Walks in Beauty'
3 poems by Dorothy Parker
2 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Anslået omfang: 150 sider

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
'The Jam Maker' OR 'A Feminist's Guide...'	03-10-2025
Group essays 'Jam Maker' OR 'A Feminist's..'	09-10-2025
Handwritten task: Modernism	17-11-2025
Grammatikopgave version 1 (individuel)	18-11-2025
Grammatikopgave version 2 (i par)	28-11-2025
Pair essay fiction Modernism	14-12-2025

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 22

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Titel 10	War KERNESTOF: Texts: Pope: 'Who's for The Game' Brooke: 'The Soldier' Sassoon: 'The Hero' Owen: 'Dulce et Decorum Est' Hemingway: 'Soldier's Home Chruchill: Four famous speeches Film: Greatest events of WWII episode 1 and 2 (Netflix documentary) 'London Can Take It' (1941)
Indhold	Kernestof: Afsnit Shared notes 'War' 3.i 2026 Today we will be reading poetry (on paper) and it might be a good idea to brush up on the most important technical terms for poetry analysis beforehand. Consider this your homework :-). Who will read which Churchill speech? winston-churchill-taler-med-linjenumre.docx description Meet Lektien til i dag er at have set de to første afsnit af Netflix-serien '2. verdenskrigs største begivenheder i farver'. De to afsnit hedder hhv. 'Blitzkrieg' og 'The Battle of Britain'. De varer hvert 50 minutter. I havde det virtuelle modul d. 6/2 t No homework Numbers - the memory palace
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 11 moduler
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Titel 11

'The Empire Writes Back'

I dette forløb læser vi en række tekster som hjælper os til at forstå hvilken situation diverse tidligere britiske kolonier befinder sig i efter kolonitiden.

Kernestof:
Kipling: 'The White Man's Burden'
Orwell: 'Shooting an Elephant'

Petaia: 'Kidnapped' (1980)
Kenyatta: 'Gentlemen of the Jungle' (1938)
Thompson: 'Pink' (1986)
Mandela: Speech on release from prison
Singh: 'Karma' (1950)
Prichard: 'N'goola' (1959)
'The Crown' season 5, episode 3

+

'Global English' from 'Worlds of English', p. 22-23

De fleste tekster kan findes i 'Worlds of English' af Finderup og Fog. Resten findes på modulerne som pdf.

Anslået omfang: 60 sider

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
'Handwritten' task on Hope/Saunders	20-04-2026
Last exam paper	27-04-2026
Grammatikopgave i par	01-05-2026
Handwritten task - eksamensemne	08-05-2026

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13

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Titel 12	Links til brug ved eksamen Følgende steder på nettet må du tilgå under prøver og eksamen https://www.ordbogen.com/da/#/ https://ordnet.dk/ddo/forside https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://www.thesaurus.com/ https://www.powerthesaurus.org/ https://www.minlaering.dk/ https://www.meebook.com/ https://filmcentralen.dk/grundskolen/filmsprog/filmiske-virkemidler
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Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 1 moduler
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