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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution X - Gentofte HF
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e)
Hold 2023 En/u (1u En, 2u En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Crime in Fiction
Titel 2 Global Britain
Titel 3 Podcast
Titel 4 Dystopia
Titel 5 The US - a Nation United or a Nation Divided
Titel 6 Værklæsning: Animal Farm
Titel 7 Australia - The Land Down Under
Titel 8 Klar til eksamen

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Crime in Fiction

This theme explores crime in fiction through working with a variety of text types. Using the background chapter providing information as to what characterizes the genre, the students have been exposed to classical crime fiction, e.g. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes). Furthermore, they have worked on complex figures like the protagonist in The Man Who Loved Flowers and Dexter.

Sources:

“Introduction to Crime Fiction” i: Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Reopened – An Anthology of Crime Fiction, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2017, s. 7-16 (background info)
Stephen King: “The Man Who Loved Flowers” (short story)
A Study in Pink (episode 1 of the Sherlock Holmes-series, Netflix)
Jeff Lindsay: “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, kap. 1, i: Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Reopened – An Anthology of Crime Fiction, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2017, s. 65-71 (excerpt from novel)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 31 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Global Britain

This theme focuses on the development of Britain into its status today as a superdiverse and, to some extent, convivial society. Firstly, the theme looks briefly - as a backdrop - at Britain as a colonial power. Then follows an introduction to the Windrush Generation including background reading, a letter representing the immigrants from former colonies arriving in Britain in the 50s, and a film dealing with the recent Windrush Scandal. The next part centers on the concept “White Privilege”. The concept is introduced through background reading, two short stories and a short film. Finally, the terms “superdiversity” and “conviviality” are dealt with using background reading and an analysis of both a poem and a song/music video.

Sources:
"Making Ourselves at Home" BBC (documentary).
Sten Pultz Moslund: Everyone Is Here. New Shapes of Diversity and Belonging in Britain, Systime 2021, p. 7-9, 68-69, 175-179 (background reading)
E. L. Norry: A Letter Home
TV movie BBC 1: Sitting in Limbo, 2020
"Just Below The Surface" (1993) by Kate Nivison (short story).
Riz Ahmed: The Long Goodbye, 2020 (short film)
Riz Ahmed: Englistan, https://genius.com/Riz-ahmed-englistan-lyrics (lyrics) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5W8x4Q7N9c (music video)
Khushwant Singh: "Karma" (1989)
John Agard: "Listen mr. Oxford Don" (1985).
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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Virtuel 29-11-2023
Letter: Global Britain 22-12-2023
Sitting in Limbo 04-02-2024
The Long Goodbye 03-03-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 45 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Podcast

We have explored the world of podcasting in this course. Students were tasked with creating a podcast in groups, focusing on either crime fiction or Global Britain. Throughout the course, we delved into what makes a podcast engaging and the essential steps to produce a high-quality podcast. On our final day together, we listened to the students' podcasts, showcasing their hard work and creativity.
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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Manuscript - Podcast 30-04-2024
Final podcast 13-05-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Dystopia

Eleverne er blevet præsenteret for de forskellige definitioner og karakteristika i hhv. en dystopisk og en utopisk fortælling. De har oparbejdet et emnespecifikt ordforråd om dystopia-genren. De kan redegøre for de 4 dystopiske samfundsformer samt "the dystopian hero". Fokus har været på digtanalyse, personkarakteristik samt miljøbeskrivelse. Eleverne har undervejs gjort sig overvejelser om, hvorvidt vores samfund er på vej i en dystopisk retning. De har draget paralleller imellem dystopien og nutidige Amerikanske samfundsforhold. De har også gjort sig overvejelser omkring, hvorvidt et utopisk samfund er opnåetligt.

Eleverne har lavet et kreativt produkt baseret på Shirley Jackson's novelle, "The Lottery"

Pensum:
- "Utopia - Dystopia", YouTube video
- "How to Recognize a Dystopia", TedEd
- "What a Wonderful World" (1967), song by Bob Thiele and George David Wiess
- "Heaven to Me" (2021), song by Tyler the Creator
- "The Veldt" (1961), short story by Ray Bradbury
- "The Lottery" (1948)
- "EVA" (2019), short film by DUST


KEYWORDS:
The dystopian hero, utopia, dystopia, Thomas More, surveillance, oppression, futuristic society, dehumanized, bureaucratic control, philosophical control, technological control, corporate control, nature vs. technology, totalitarianism, worst-case scenario, cautionary tales, freedom, propaganda, extrapolation,.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 22 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 The US - a Nation United or a Nation Divided

First, the students examine the core values that the American society is built upon. Then they examine how these values provide a basis for part of the polarization that we see in the US today. The students use this background information to investigate two of the topics which create polarization: gun control and abortion.

Course curriculum:

Having Rights
The Bill of Rights
American Values (Reel)
Gun Nation
Key facts about Americans and guns
The Second Amendment
The Second Amendment Myth and Meaning
NRA and the Second Amendment
Why I Picked Up a Gun (Hyatt)
Don’t Buy a Handgun from Stupid White Men
How the Anti-Abortion Rights Movement Took Down Roe
How Ballot Measures Will Change Abortion Access
Enforced childbirth is slavery (Atwood)
I Am Angry But Determined to Protect Roe (Warren)
Marco Rubio’s speech on the Senate floor on the dignity of life
Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?
The War That Never Ends
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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Virtuelle moduler d. 3/10 03-10-2024
Grammatikaflevering 13-10-2024
Virtuelle moduler: Introduction to abortion 31-10-2024
Virtuelle moduler: Abortion documentary 07-11-2024
PEE-paragraphs 13-11-2024
Non-fiction analytical essay 29-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 35,00 moduler
Dækker over: 41 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Værklæsning: Animal Farm

This theme centres on the reading of George Orwell’s famous novel, Animal Farm, from 1945. An introduction to the author and a focus on why he wrote starts out the course. For that purpose, the students work with an excerpt of his novel Burmese Days. The impact of the novel is then touched upon by working with Coldplay’s Trouble in Town. Then, the novel is read and closely analysed focusing on the following:

- characterization
- setting
- herd behavior
- propaganda and fake news
- argumentation
- The Russian Revolution and The Cold War

Finally, the students work in groups with literary criticism, respectively, formalist, biographical and historical approaches to the book.
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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Virtual modules Ch. 4 and 5 24-01-2025
Virtual modules: Work on your assignment 29-01-2025
Grammar & fiction analysis 07-02-2025
Terminsprøve 25-02-2025
Short film analysis 13-03-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 40,00 moduler
Dækker over: 42 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Australia - The Land Down Under

‘Australia – The Land Down Under’ starts out with a focus on Australia’s history, as a very old nation to the Aboriginal peoples, but as a fairly new country to the rest of the world including the British colonizers. On the basis of this knowledge, the students examine The Stolen Generation through analysis of a variety of different types of texts. Then, they examine the climate crisis in the country, focusing on bushfires and the Great Barrier Reef. The last part of the course has a focus on language. The students discuss the use of English as a global language as opposed to a first language in relation to lingua franca scenarios including the pitfalls for both native and secondary English speakers. In this context, they investigate how Denmark and Australia work together.

As this course serves as the students’ last course before the exams, they will practice the format of the oral exam in a mock exam about the song Took the Children Away and an oral assignment about the Redfern Speech.

Course curriculum:

A Very Brief history of a very large country
Cloud Busting (2006)
Advance Australia Fair (1878)
Towards reconciliation
Climate crisis in Australia
Are We Really Prepared to Lose This Natural Wonder? (2022)
On Bushfire Warning Day (2022)
Australia, your country is burning (2020)
Took the Children Away (1990)
The Stolen Generation (2000)
The Redfern Speech (1992)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Global English
English as a Lingua Franca
Why Native English Speakers fail to be understood in English - and lose out in global business (2016)
Australia and Denmark - Like Family - Like Family on Opposite Sides of the Globe (2024)
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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Virtual modules Cloud Busting 12-03-2025
Outline and presentation 09-04-2025
Årets sidste skriftlige opgave 07-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 38,00 moduler
Dækker over: 41 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer