Holdet 2023 En/e - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Gladsaxe Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Jeppe Grønning Jensen
Hold 2023 En/e (1e En, 2e En)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Horror Stories
Titel 2 Multicultural Britain and rhetorical analysis
Titel 3 YA Literature
Titel 4 America (OPGIVES)
Titel 5 Man vs. Machine
Titel 6 Murderers and Psychopaths (OPGIVES)
Titel 7 New Zealand (OPGIVES)
Titel 8 Class and Poverty (OPGIVES)
Titel 9 Animal Farm (værklæsning)

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

This short course is to prepare the students for their "Danmarkstur" alongside Dansk. They will focus on horror, horror elements and how to create a specific atmodphere.

(two-sentence horror stories)
https://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/07/40-freaking-creepy-ass-two-sentence-stories/

Anonymous, "Out of Skin", https://www.emcarroll.com/comics/skin/?fbclid=IwAR1uOsV6ImShcqVlAmUX-MJQ6G-KsaHyu3TC7c4H4gkbYgdnAo9CKU9EQew

Film:
William Friedkin, "The Exorcist", 1973
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 Multicultural Britain and rhetorical analysis

This course is an introduction to rhetorical analysis through texts about Multicultural Britain. Furthermore, the topic introduces modern Britain and different understandings of the term Multiculturalism.

Anglais_JP2: Multicultural Britain, short educational documentary, 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyBDsDu8Ac

Sadiq Khan, "Ode to London", 2019 - https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/an-ode-to-london-by-sadiq-khan-a4058951.html

Kieran Connell, "Debating the 'Success. of Multiculturalism misses the point - it's simply part of life in Britain Today!", 2023 - https://theconversation.com/debating-the-success-of-multiculturalism-misses-the-point-its-simply-part-of-life-in-britain-today-214657

Nigel Farage, "“Why multiculturalism has failed Britain, France and every other country”", 2015 - https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/552478/Farage-on-Friday-Ukip-leader-on-multiculturalism




Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 YA Literature

This course introduces the students to Young Adult Literature through modern classics aimed at adolescents as the target group.
The course introduces the genre, its characteristics as well as introducing the students to modes of analysis, in-depth reading, cinematic devices and group work.

We have read the first two chapters of:
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins, 2008)
Divergent (Veronica Roth, 2011)
The Giver (Lois Lowry, 1993)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness, 2008)

We have also watched "Maze Runner", directed by Wes Ball, 2014)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 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
"First Inaugu8ration Speech", F. D. Roosevelt, 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 Victory Speech, November 4, 2008


Films:
"Born on the Fourth of July", Oliver Stone, 1989
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 Man vs. Machine

This course entails the ageless struggle of man and machine, introducing some of the horror visions that men had about machines in the 1950s.
We look at the innate human fears and concerns when it comes to robots and machinery and look at whether they are still valid or whether they, too, have progressed and transcended time.

Texts:
Isaac Asimov, "The Fun They Had", 1951 (short story)
Ray Bradbury, "The Veldt", 1950 (short story)
Swalé (Founder of Iuncta), "Why Does Technology Scare Us?", 2023, from Forbes Magazine, https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2023/03/23/why-does-technology-scare-us/#:~:text=It%20is%20important%20that%20we,more%20human%20than%20they%20are.


Film
Alex Proyas, "I. Robot", 2004 (modern adaptation of an Asimov collection of sci-fi stories)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 Murderers and Psychopaths (OPGIVES)

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
R.C. Matheson, Making Cabinets, 2006
Nadine Matheson, "Why are We Obsessed with Psychopaths", 2021, https://crimereads.com/why-are-we-obsessed-with-psychopaths/

Film:
Jonathan Demme, "The Silence of the Lambs", 1991
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 New Zealand (OPGIVES)

A short introductory course on the difficulties of being Maori in a country dominated by a new, different culture. The texts delve into the postcolonial issues of language, racism and identity and how these are represented in the three texts.

The class will explore New Zealand literature focusing on the term "otherness" and the strained relationship between colonizers and the colonized. Furhermore, the class will be briefly introduced to postcolonial theory concerning the abovementioned concepts.

Texts:
Witi Ihimaere, ”The Whale”,
Atihana Moana Johns, ”He Pakete Kanara”
Bruce Steward, ”Boy”,

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Class and Poverty (OPGIVES)

This course will introduce the students to the themes of Class and Poverty (in England).

it will include
- a brief introduction to the classic, stereotypical class system as seen in the first 20 minutes of the pilot episode of "Downton Abbey"

- the current gap between rich and poor as seen in the ITV documentary "School Swap", episode 2 (public school students study a week in a boarding school)

- the possibilities of social mobility in two videos ("Climbing the Ladder" - news segment and "Who Gets the Best Jobs?" - a documentary. We only saw the first 20 minutes)

- the connection between social mobility and education as presented in the newspaper article "The Glaring Gap"


Texts:
Susanna Rustin, "The Glaring Gap", The Guardian, 2015 (https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/13/english-education-social-class-becky-francis-select-committee)

John Crace, "School Swap - The Class Divide", 2015
(https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/19/school-swap-class-divide-review)

- written by "Boarding School Beak", "ITV's School Swap: Tackling the education class divide"
(https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/11812029/ITVs-School-Swap-tackling-the-education-class-divide.html)

- Tore Rem, "Downton Abbey: Further Education", a commentary I can only find in Norwegian (but I have it in English - I can forward it)

Videos:
- School swap, ITV, 2015
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvJXnbCAs8)

Channel 4 News, 2011
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohIk3IELXF8&t=6s)

BBC Documentary, "Who Gets the Best Jobs", 2013
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59cD5OzWGk&t=278s)

"Downton Abbey", Episode 1, created by Julian Fellowes
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Animal Farm (værklæsning)

Reading "Animal Farm" in quick, successive modules intensifies the learning experience, and so, the students' grasp of the text is stronger.
We will work with character analysis, allegory, progression, symbolism, theme, message, analysis and interpretation.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer