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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2022/23 - 2024/25
Institution Gladsaxe Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Jeppe Grønning Jensen
Hold 2022 EN/r (1r EN, 2r EN, 3r EN)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Digital Youth
Titel 2 MDFS (Morhers, Daughters, Fathers, Sons)
Titel 3 Gun Control in the US
Titel 4 Envisioning America (OPGIVES)
Titel 5 PUSH - part 1
Titel 6 Murderers and Psychopaths
Titel 7 PUSH - part II
Titel 8 Rhetorical Analysis
Titel 9 Rhetorical analysis
Titel 10 Crashes, Culture and Conflicts
Titel 11 Democrats and Republicans (OPGIVES)
Titel 12 Lingua Franca
Titel 13 Minimalism (OPGIVES)
Titel 14 Sonnets and "Romeo and Juliet" (OPGIVES)
Titel 15 Animal Farm (OPGIVES med "The Imperialist View")
Titel 16 British Attitudes to War I (OPGIVES)
Titel 17 The Imperialist View (OPGIVES med "Animal Farm")

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

As social networking sites and other genres of social media become increasingly widespread, people tend to communicate their identities more and more online. Do our personalities form our online identities or is it the other way round?
This course focuses on some of the consequences of today’s pervasive digitalization of society. The students will analyse various texts (articles, short story, film), dealing with the relation between our online identities and our personalities. As a theoretical framework sociologist Erwing Goffman’s dramaturgical theory will be discussed and applied.

Texts:
- Lev Grossman: “You – Yes, You – Are TIME’s Person of the Year” (Time Magazine, 2006). Fra Open Wide
- Fulcher and Scot: “Front Stage and Back Stage” (2007). Fra Open Wide
- James Kilner: “The Science Behind Why We Take Selfies” (2014). Fra Open Wide
Sam Grobart: “Should I be a Jerk or a Human Being on Facebook” (2011) -  https://archive.nytimes.com/gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/should-i-be-a-jerk-or-a-human-being-on-facebook/
Francesca Lia Block: ”My Virtual World” (2009) -

Film: Jeff Orlowski’s “The Social Dilemma” (2020), produced by Laura Rhodes

Kompendiet kan sendes, hvis nødvendigt
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 MDFS (Morhers, Daughters, Fathers, Sons)

How is the relationship between parents and their children portrayed in modern literature? What norms and values do we usually assign to the traditional nuclear family, and what happens if a family does not live up to these? During this course, we look at different child-parent relationships in order to investigate and discuss the meaning of such concepts as family ties and expectations, relationships and conflicts.
Students are expected to improve their academic knowledge and skills in terms of:
• Differentiating between fiction and non-fiction
• Using proper analysis tools when working with different genres
• Basic language skills, oral as well as written skills

Texts:
- Charles Bukowski, "Son of Satan", 1982
- Amy Chua, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior", 2011, Wall Street Journal
- Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, "Why I Love My Chinese Mom", 2011, New York Post
- John Wain, "Manhood", 1980

Media
"Modern Family", Season 1, Episode 1, directed by Jason Winer, 2009
"The Kids Are All Right", directed bny Lisa Choldolenko, 2010
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 Gun Control in the US

This course is an introduction to the dilemma of Gun Control in the US. The course will start with the Second Amendment and move up to modern day.

This course will focus on WHY people wish for harsher or more lenient Gun Control laws. Most of the texts are related to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Texts:
The Declaration of Independence (extract) - drafted by Thomas Jefferson, 1776

The Second Amendment, proposed and ratified by James Madison

"Get a Knife, Get a Dog", Molly Ivins, 2011

"We call BS", Emma Gonzalez, February 18, 2018

Video: "United Shades of America", Kamau Bell, S02, E05

Video: "Guns With History", paid for by PreventGunViolence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nAfWfF4TjM
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Just Like My Old Man 18-04-2023
Ny opgave (3) 23-05-2023
The Last "Podcast" 26-05-2023
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Envisioning America (OPGIVES)

This survey course focuses on HOW Americans perceive themselves as a nation throughtout history. Through different texts, the course will focus on the ideal America, the American Dream, how it was accomplished and what it is now.

Texts:

The Declaration of Independence (abbreviated), July 4, 1776
Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address", November19, 1863
Franklin Delaney Roosevelt, "Inaugural Speech" (abbreviated), March 4, 1933
Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream", August 28, 1963
George Bush's Address to the Nation on the Eve of 9/11, 2001
Barack Obama's first Inaugural Speech, January 20, 2009

Films:
"Born on the Fourth of July", Oliver Stone, 1989
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 PUSH - part 1

This is an introduction to the book "Push" by Sapphire, which we will read in class over the year.
The course will focus on Precious' development, the main themes as well as the language employed by Sapphire.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 3 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 Murderers and Psychopaths

With "Murderers and Psychopaths", we delve into the darker corner of the human psyche. Through several texts, we look at how evil is described and used by men.
The course will introduce the four types of evil as introduced by Norwegian psychologist, L.F. H. Svendsen, in his book "A Philosophy of Evil".

Texts:
Brett Easton Ellis, "Tuesday", a chapter from "American Psycho", 1991
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart", 1843
Stephen King, "The Man Who Loved Flowers", 1977
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 PUSH - part II

Work on the second chapter of Sapphire's book, "Push"
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Rhetorical Analysis

This course introduces the students to rhetorical analysis by reading different speeches, all aimed at persuading the listeners through means of forms of appeal.
The course introduces stylistic and structural devices such as alliteration, triads, anaphora, the three forms of appeal and storytelling.

The focus is not only on HOW these devices are used, but also WHY.

Texts:
"Family Matters", a chapter from a biography on Tiger Woods, J. Benedict and A. Keteyian, 2018
"Keynote Speech", Republican National Congress, March 5th, 2006, A. Schwarzenegger
"Keynote Speech", Democratic National Congress, June 26th, 2016, M. Obama
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Rhetorical analysis

This course will re-introduce the students to rhetorical analysis as well as present a new feature; Storytelling.

Texts:
Schwarzenegger, Arnold; Speech at RNC, 2006
Obama, Michelle; Keynote Address at DNC, 2012
Benedict, Jeff & Keteyian, Armen; "Family Matters, 2018 (tidligere eksamenstekst)

Videos:
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi; The Power of a Single Story, 2009
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 10 Crashes, Culture and Conflicts

This course delves into working the basics in recognizing a conflict, a crash due to either culture or a difference of opinions. The students will work with conflicts, how they start and progress and how to work with them in a text or a film.

Texts;
Carver, Raymond; Little Things, 1981
Kureishi, Hanif; My Son, the Fanatic, 1994
Brannon, Skye; Fireweed, 2009
Ahmed, Riz: Airports and Auditions, 2016
Hare, Bernhard: Poverty is a State of Mind, 2012

Films:
Eastwood, Clint; Gran Torino, 2008
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 11 Democrats and Republicans (OPGIVES)

This short course introduces the students to the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans alongside an introduction to the system itself.

Litteratur
"Election Year", Lotte Genefke, Lise Wich, Stine Nue Mikkelsen, 2024, s. 10-22

12 normalsider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 12 Lingua Franca

En kort introduktion til kommunikationsproblemer, hvor vi starter med at se og diskutere Alejandro González Iñárritus film Babel (2006) og derefter arbejder med forskellige tilgange til engelsk

Herudover besøges Amailienborg til Langelinje, hvor eleverne interviewer turister om Lingua Franca
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 13 Minimalism (OPGIVES)

This course introduces the concept of Minimalism by introducing and working with the poems of Charles Bukowski, Raymond Carver short stories and Hemingway short stories.
The students will be offered a glance at Minimalism and its characteristics through various texts and their portrayal of life in America.



Texts:

Charles Bukowski


Confession (poem)
 - 39 linjer
a smile to remember (poem)
 - 23 linjer
Nirvana (poem)

 - 30 linjer (i alt 92 linjer, ca. 3 ns)

Raymond Carver

Neighbors (short story) - 4 ns
Little Things (short story) - 1 ns
The Idea (short story) - 3 ns (i alt 8 ns)



Ernest Hemingway
Cat in the Rain (short story) - 3 ns
Hills Like White Elephants (short story) - 3,2 ns (i alt 6,2 ns)

Samlet normalsider 18 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 14 Sonnets and "Romeo and Juliet" (OPGIVES)

This course introduces the sonnet form through reading several sonnets and examining form, content and themes.
Furthermore, the students will delve into Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"  by reading extracts and focusing on comprehension, the depiction of love as well as character analysis.

Extracts;
The Prologue
Act 1, Scene 1, lines 151-exeunt
Act 1, scene 5, lines 43-91
Act 2, scene 1
Act 2, scene 2, prologue

Sonnets 2, 18, 29, 109, 130

ca, 541 linjer = 18 normalsider

Film:
Luhrmann, Baz; "Romeo and Juliet", 1996
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 15 Animal Farm (OPGIVES med "The Imperialist View")

This course examines George Orwell's masterpiece "Animal Farm" from 1945. We will talk about genre, characterisation, structure, fable, fiction vs. non-fiction (Old Major's Speech) and how it is still current even though it was written as a warning of communist socialism.

"Animal Farm", George Orwell, 1945

"Animal Farm", animated film by Joy Batchelor, John Halas, 1998
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 16 British Attitudes to War I (OPGIVES)

This first part of the course introduces how Great Britain has reacted to war, starting with the romantic relationship of pre-WWI to WWI through poetry.
The focus of this course is on the relationship between the speaker, the perception of war and the differences therein. The course starts by examining and analyzing pro-war WWI posters and poetry.

Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", 1854
Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier" (1914)
John McCrae, "In Flanders Fields" (1915)
Siegfried Sassoon, "They", (1917)
Siegfried Sassoon, "The Hero" (1917)
Wilfred Owen, "Anthem for Doomed Youth", (1917)
Wilfred Owen,  "Dulce Et Decorum Est", (1918)

Speeches:
Winston Churchill, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches", June 4th, 1940
Winston Churchill, "The Sinews of Peace", March 5th, 1946


Films:
Peter Jackson, "They Shall not Grow Old", 2018
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 17 The Imperialist View (OPGIVES med "Animal Farm")

This course delves into British Imperialism, especially seen through the eyes of Kipling and Orwell. The texts examine and introduce the students to the two different views on imperialism; the view of the colonizer and the view of the colonized.

Texts:
Rudyard Kipling, "White Man's Burden", (poem), 1899



Documentary:
Jeremy Paxman, "BBC Empire - Doing Good", 2015
Cecil Rhodes, "Confession of Faith", 1853
George Orwell, "A Hanging", 1946
George Orwell, "Burmese Days" (extract), 1934
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer