Holdet 2023 En-y_ - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution X - Maribo Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Lukas Housted Kortsen, Maria Fjord, Sofie Frei
Hold 2023 En-y_ (1y En, 1y En/engelsk opgave med vejl., 2y En, 2y En/terminsprøve med vejl.)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Forløb#1: Family
Titel 2 Forløb #2 Growing Up
Titel 3 Forløb #3 The Other
Titel 4 Forløb #3 Crime & Mystery
Titel 5 Forløb #4 Dystopia or utopia EKSAMEN
Titel 6 Forløb #5 USA - polarization
Titel 7 Forløb #6 Normal People EKSAMEN
Titel 8 Forløb #7 Gender and gender identity EKSAMEN
Titel 9 Forløb #8 Evil and True Crime EKSAMEN
Titel 10 Tilladte hjælpemidler og andet

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Forløb#1: Family

Introduktion til engelskfaget og hvordan vi arbejder med tekster

Vi skal læse og analysere tekster med temaet "Family"

Tekster

• The Death of Tommy Grimes
• Killing Lizards
• Family portraits (paintings/photos)
• “Family Portrait” Pink
• “This Be the Verse” Philip Larkin (poem)
• “Minotaur” Peter Ho Davies
• “Hillbilly Elegy”   
Indhold


Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Tommy Grimes Trailer 08-09-2023
Assignment 2: Family Portraits 08-10-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Forløb #2 Growing Up

Litterært forløb fra Contexts. Fokus på at komme i gang med at tale og skrive engelsk igen efter to måneders pause.

Tekster:
”Champagne Flight” (1982) Jill Norris
”Just Like That” (1987) Michael Richards
“The Shining Mountain” (1992) Allison Fell
“Tich Miller” (1986), “Reunion,” & “An Afternoon” (2018) Wendy Cope
“Together We Can Beat The Bullies” (2002) Cherie Booth

Begreber/tematikker:
Growing up - Forskellige syn på og tilgænge til barndommen samt det at blive voksen via perspektivering mellem teksterne.
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Forløb #3 The Other

Historisk og kulturelt fokuseret forløb. Overskriften "The Other" danner ramme om forskellige historiske og sociale emne vedr. minoriteter i engelsksproget kultur.
Underemner: LGBTQIA+, Black (American) History, Amish.

Flere af underemnerne har indeholdt en klar historisk perspektivering (fx Rob Halford om det at være homoseksuel i 1998 overfor 2017 eller koblingen fra Rosa Parks & MLK Jr. in 1950-60'erne til George Floyd og BLM i 2020'erne).

Tekster:
”Mushrooms” (1960) Sylvia Plath
“JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On His Life As Gay Man” (2017) Blabbermouth
”Heart Attack” (2013) Demi Lovato
“Montgomery Bus Boycott…” (2014) Youtube: HISTORY
“Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech” (2018) Youtube: HISTORY
“Looking Back, Looking Forward: The legacy of George Floyd” (2021) YouTube: WGN News
“Amish and the Plain People” og diverse andre, selvalgte artikler fra lancasterpa.com/amish/
“Amish Grace” (2010) dir. Gregg Champion

Begreber/tematikker:
Sexual- and gender identity
Systemic racism
Forgiveness
Indhold


Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Amish Interview 05-03-2024
Listening exercises 08-03-2024
Quiz-spørgsmål 05-04-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Forløb #3 Crime & Mystery

Litterært forløb. "Crime & Mystery" tager afsæt i krimifiktion og sporer sig derefter ind på det klassiske mordmysterie og dets genretræk. Herefter bevæger det sig mod det moderne mordmysterie, Knives Out (2019), for til sidst kort at berøre True Crime-genren.

Tekster:
“Tell Me” (2006) Zoë Sharp
“The Affair at the Victory Ball” (1991) sæson 3, afsnit 10 af “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” (YouTube)
“Knives Out” (2019) dir. Rian Johnson
Første afsnit af Netflix-dokumentaren “Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” (2022)


Begreber/tematikker:
Mordmysterie genretræk som fx clues, motive, suspects og red herring
Reliable narrator
Sympati, respekt og etik i true crime

Indhold


Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Mystery Assignment 03-05-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Forløb #4 Dystopia or utopia EKSAMEN

For this theme, the students have worked with the genre DYSTOPIA. The students have been made familiar with the different elements that characterize the genre.
The students have been made aware of the difference between dystopia and utopia. Furthermore, the students have been made aware of the importance of SETTING.

Focus
- Dystopia vs utopia - the difference
- The dystopian fiction as a genre - the characteristics and the characters
- The dystopian setting
- The Dystopian genre as a reflection and critique of the time


Texts
* excerpt from chapter 1, "1984", George Orwell, 1949 (excerpt from novel)
* "Perfectly Natural", DUST,  (sci-fi short film)
* "The Lottery", Shirley Jackson, 1948  (short story) LINK
* "Nosedive", Season 3, episode 1, "Black Mirror" (TV-series)


Background material
* "How to recognize a dystopia", Alex Gendler, TED-ED LINK
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Forløb #5 USA - polarization

As an introduction to the upcoming elections the students have been introduced to POLARISATION in the US.
The students was introduced to the topic reading different polarising quotes from influential persons.
We finished the topic with an election night.


Focus
- the average American vs prejudice
- the US-election
- polarisation meaning and importance


Texts:

*"New study pinpoints key factor fueling American polarization" LINK (YOUTUBE)

* Excerpt from "What Is the True Cost of Polarization in America?", ZAID JILANI, JEREMY ADAM SMITH, Greater Good Magazine, March 4, 2019 LINK (article)

* Stopping the Steal (documentary)


Secondary material:

Stjerner og striber i D.C. 2:4 - Kongressen, DR LYD

"Who, Exactly, Is the ‘Average American’?", Jeff Nilsson, The Saturday Evening Post, December 7, 2021   LINK

US election 2024: How does it work?, SKY NEWS, September 4, 2024 [url=https://news.sky.com/video/us-election-2024-how-does-it-work-13209404]LINKS[url]

The Best People | Harris-Walz 2024 - campaign video [rul=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6oQXN2WNtU]LINK[/url]

Kamala Harris Launches Her Campaign for President LINK

Republicans & Democrats: Comparing & Contrasting US Political Parties [url=Republicans & Democrats: Comparing & Contrasting US Political Parties]LINK[/url]

Artikler af klassens tidligere samfundsfagslærer:
1) Splittelse i Kentucky: “Der er kun én, der kan få det her land tilbage på sporet, og det er Trump”, TROELS GAIHEDE, POV, 21.10.24 LINK
2) På rundrejse i USA: Rancheros i Dallas vil stemme på Trump, TROELS GAIHEDE, POV 27.10.24 LINK
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Forløb #6 Normal People EKSAMEN

With this theme, the students have worked with the concept of being normal.

The students have worked with the following themes and terms:
* being normal
* mental health (Connell's depression + Marianne's alienation
* relationship (power, violence)
* family
* social status vs economic status (class)
* friendship
* inequality
* family

Primary literature:
Sally Rooney: Normal People, 2018
Episode 1, Normal People, 2020 (TV-adaption of the book)

Secondary literature:
Aisling Twomey: How a TV Adaptation of NORMAL PEOPLE Took Over Ireland’s Airwaves, 2020 (article)
Clare McCarthy: 10 things in Sally Rooney’s Normal People that only Irish people understand, 2019 (article)
Normal People: Mental Health from the BBC Sounds podcast LINK
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 Forløb #7 Gender and gender identity EKSAMEN

For this theme, the students have worked with the concept of non-traditional and non-binary gender identities. The students have been made familiar with a broad vocabulary to talk about gender in a varied and respectful way. The students have been made familiar with the concepts of gender as a binary as well as a spectrum and been exposed to various stories (fictional and real life) about and by people who have non-traditional gender identities, including gender non-conforming, non-binary and transpersons.
In working with this theme, the students have gained an inside into a highly debated issue in contemporary society which had previously been unfamiliar to many of the students in the class.
The theme has discussed the concept of gender, the nature or nurture debate in terms of gender identity as well as the challenges facing non-cis people as well as the idea of transphobia.

The theme has included working with different types of texts, including podcast, short story, song, documentary, TED talk and article.


Texts:
- Sex vs. Gender - introduction” from Unsex me (2021) by Mette Brynaa Hansen and Anne Louise Haugaard Christiansen, Lindhardt og Ringhof
- Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen - chapter 1
- Gender Reveal (2017/2021). ”Gender 101”, Gender Reveal, episode 1. [Podcast, ~20 min]
- Gender identity and the big questions that have yet to be answered by Ian Sample. The Guardian, 2016.  [Article]
- Transgender Kids, directed by Louis Theroux (2015). [Documentary, 60 minutter]
- No Bikini by Ivan E. Coyote [Short story]
- Seahorse, directed by Jeanie Finlay (2019). [Documentary, ~90 min]
- Idina Menzel: Let it go, 2013

Secondary literature:
- Rowan Ellis: Why Are Disney Villains Gay / Queer? YOUTUBE
- 10 queer coded Disney Characters LINK
- "Will & Harper", Netflix documentary

For a written assignment the students have worked with the following two texts:
- In the Southeast, heightened danger and few protections for trans people by Sydney Bauer, an article from NBC News website, 2021
- Jackson Bird, “How to talk to and listen to transgender people”, a TED talk from TED website, 2017.
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 Forløb #8 Evil and True Crime EKSAMEN

For this theme, the students have worked with the concept of BAD or MAD.
The students have been made familiar with a broad vocabulary to talk about EVILNESS.
In working with this theme, the students have gained insight into the the concept of evil.

The theme has included working with different types of texts, including short story, poem, film, song and article

Texts:
- "Bad or mad", Sean Spence (article)
- "Warning to Parents", Elizabeth Jennings, 1964 (poem)
- "The Good Nurse" 2022 (film)
- "The Tell-Tale Heart", Edgar Allan Poe, 1843 (short story)
- "Where the Wild Roses Grow", Nick Cave (song)
- "Killing Child at Zoo", chapter 38 in "American Psycho", Bret Eaton Ellis (except from novel)
- "Why do we love true crime — and is it healthy for us?", F. Diane Barth, June 5, 2021, NBC News LINK


Secondary literature
- Murder Show - SNL LINK
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Tilladte hjælpemidler og andet

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Oxford Learner's Dictionary: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
Ordbogen.com
Minlæring
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 1 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer