Holdet 2022 EN/c - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2022/23 - 2024/25
Institution Sønderborg Statsskole
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Karen Ina Bruhn Jørgensen
Hold 2022 EN/c (1c EN, 2c EN, 3c EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 The USA in the aftermath of the 2022 midterms
Titel 2 Literature with Twists and Turns
Titel 3 FF: Immigration og Integration i Storbritannien
Titel 4 God Save the King! British culture and society
Titel 5 Winter's Bone (værk)
Titel 6 Off the beaten track: Travel writing
Titel 7 Jamaica - and its ties to the UK
Titel 8 FF - SRO: EU og synet på EU efter Brexit
Titel 9 EXAM #1: Views on the EU after Brexit (SRO)
Titel 10 SRO-prep: A course in effective communication
Titel 11 EXAM #2: Race and Identity in the USA
Titel 12 Karrierelæringsperspektiver i Engelsk
Titel 13 EXAM #3: Ireland, divided (værk)
Titel 14 FF Søjledag: The US presidential election of 2024
Titel 15 EXAM #4: American Literature in Transition (1920s)
Titel 16 EXAM #5: Shakespeare and gender
Titel 17 Exam preparation

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 The USA in the aftermath of the 2022 midterms

The 2022 midterm elections were held on November 8, and we'll use this opportunity to learn about the US political system and the cultural values that have shaped American society and the political debate today.

We will focus on:
- 'Need to know' about the 2022 midterm elections
- The structure of the political system, focusing on Congress
- The founding of America and American values and beliefs
- Key issues in the campaign
- Perspectives on the US political system in fiction and non-fiction

Analytical focus points:
Throughout our theme, we will analyze a selection of political campaigns from both parties and become acquainted with Cicero's pentagram and Aristotles' modes of persuasion (non-fiction analysis).
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Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Literature with Twists and Turns

Short stories, short films, sonnets... For this theme we'll read literature with twists and turns that both shock and delight us.

The theme is centered on fiction analysis with special focus on:
- Plot and the plot twist as literary device (setup, foreshadowing, misdirection, different types of plot twists)
- Narration
- Characterization
- Atmosphere, or mood

We will make a first acquaintance with Shakespeare and read a couple of his sonnets with special focus on the relationship between form and content, including the significance of the turn.
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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Creative writing with a twist! 26-01-2023
First essay: "Lightbox" 29-01-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 FF: Immigration og Integration i Storbritannien

Formålene med dette fællesfaglige forløb i de to studieretningsfag, Engelsk og Samfundsfag, er:
- At introducere studieretningen
- At introducere de basale faglige metoder og taksonomiske niveauer, vi arbejder med.
- At introducere fællesfagligt samarbejde: Hvordan kan de to fag spille sammen? Hvad bidrager de to fag med hver især?
- At introducere problemorienteret fagligt arbejde: I prøver selv at formulere en problemformulering med underspørgsmål (problemstillinger) ud fra emnet

Alt i alt forbereder det fællesfaglige forløb jer på det næste, som er DHO’en i slutningen af 1g.

Forløbet afrundes med et gruppeprojekt og en mundtlig fremlæggelse med et visuelt produkt (PP, Prezi, etc.). Fremlæggelsen foregår på dansk (ligesom SRO, SRP, osv.), og I fremlægger over for lærerne og én anden gruppe, der er feedbackgruppe.

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I Engelsk får I i undervisningen en kort indføring til immigration til Storbritannien efter Anden Verdenskrig. Vi læser og arbejder med tekster, der afspejler forskellige perspektiver på immigration til multikulturelle Storbritannien, og hvad denne immigration betyder for samfundet i dag. Vi hører fra immigranter såvel som etniske briter.

I undervisningen arbejder vi fortrinsvist med non-fiktion, da dette materiale også egner sig til samfundsfaglig undersøgelse, der søger at bevise teori. Fiktion kan I denne henseende "kun" illustrere - ud fra forfatterens perspektiv og fantasi - de fænomener og problematikker, som den samfundsfaglige teori beskæftiger sig med.

I vores arbejde med non-fiktion sammenligner vi forskellige teksttyper og hensigter, herunder taler og artikler.
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Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 God Save the King! British culture and society

The coronation of King Charles III is on May 6, 2023. We'll seize the opportunity to look at the royal family and its place in British culture and society - a multicultural society in which the gap between 'the haves' and 'the haves-not' is very great.

The theme is a first introduction to British culture and society, and we look to understand what it means to be 'British'. What role does the royal family play in this cultural identity, and will it continue to matter in the future?

To mark the coronation, we will host an Afternoon Tea party in class and celebrate all things British.

Focus areas:
- The imperial history of the monarchy
- Social classes in the UK: Working-class fans - and critique - of the monarchy
- Englishes spoken in the UK
- King Charles’ royal education
- Prince Charles’ Trust
- Post-coronation: The British people’s reception of King Charles
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay on "Mourn the Queen, Not Her Empire" 23-04-2023
Essay on "Tywysog Cymru" 07-05-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Winter's Bone (værk)

This theme is an exploration of Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone (2006).

Book description
Amid the harsh landscape of the Ozark Hills, sixteen-year-old Ree is taking care of her mother and two brothers. Her father has put their house up as bail and if he doesn't show up at court it'll be sold from under them. To save her family she needs to track him down but in a community riven with long-running feuds getting answers isn't easy.

Reading the novel
The students will be reading the book parallel to our lessons. In some lessons we work on the text together in class, focusing primarily on characters, setting, and style of writing. We read supplementary texts to put the text into context. In other lessons the students meet up in smaller literature circles to discuss the book independently. The students will conclude the theme by writing a book review.

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Dette forløb er holdets første værklæsning. Det træner eleverne i forskellige tekstlæsningsstrategier, og det bidrager til at forberede eleverne til engelskfagligt arbejde med større litterære værker i forbindelse med SRO og SRP - og forhåbentlig til at skabe læselyst!
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Book review: Winter's Bone 22-10-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Off the beaten track: Travel writing

In March of 2024, the class is going on a study trip to Tirana, Albania, accompanied by their English teacher and History teacher. Ahead of this study trip, this theme explores travel writing going back to the British custom of the Grand Tour (1600s-1800s) when traveling abroad was part of the education of privileged young men (and later women).

What catches the attention, fascination, and imagination of travelers going off the beaten track? How do they experience the strange people, cultures, and landscapes they encounter on their way?

In our theme we focus on:
- The concept of "the traveler" (vs. tourist)
- 'The Grand Tour' and the genre of travel writing
- Travel writings from Albania from the Romantic Era to the present
- Post-modern travel writing and the impact of social media
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Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Jamaica - and its ties to the UK

Today, Great Britain is known for its multicultural society, and a major reason why is the nation’s history as a colonial superpower, an Empire. Looking at the Black British community, there is an unspoken divide between those with African and those with African-Caribbean ancestry – What is this about? What characterizes African-Caribbean culture and sets it apart?

To better understand the position of the British African-Caribbean community, we travel across the Atlantic Ocean to the island of Jamaica – the world’s third largest Anglophone country.

Here, we investigate
- Jamaica’s history as a British colony,
- its composite culture and society,
- postcolonial struggle for identity, and
- ambiguous relationship to the English language.
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Assignment written in class 23-11-2023
Analytical essay II (fiction) 03-01-2024
Genaflevering af essay II 07-01-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 FF - SRO: EU og synet på EU efter Brexit

Dette fællesfaglige SRO-forløb i studieretningsfagene Samfundsfag A og Engelsk A er centreret om EU og synet på EU efter Brexit.

Forløbet bygger videre på tidligere fællesfaglige forløb og træner eleverne i:
- selvstændig udarbejdelse af problemformulering og problemstillinger til afgrænsning af emnet for elevernes individuelle opgaver (ud fra Flyums 7-trins-model)
- hvordan man sikrer og tydeliggør fagenes samspil ved brug af fagenes teori og metode
- den videnskabelige basismodel (basal videnskabsteori)
- planlægning af skriveprocessen med delmål, herunder brug af vejledning
- skriftlig faglig formidling
- mundtlig faglig formidling, herunder brug af talepapir.


Foreløbig plan:

Uge 5: Skriveværksteder i begge fag med fokus på problemformuleringer og problemstillinger.

Uge 6: Første skrivedag med vejledning fra begge lærere.

Uge 8: Anden skrivedag med vejledning fra begge lærere.

Deadline for aflevering af SRO lørdag aften.

Uge 10/11: SRO-fremlæggelser.
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Sammenligning på skolen 18-01-2024
SRO 24-02-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 EXAM #1: Views on the EU after Brexit (SRO)

These lessons provide a preface to the students' SRO on the overall subject "The EU and Brexit".

Our theme centers on post-Brexit British society when the public had to come to terms with a new reality as a nation outside of the EU, including the economic consequences felt in the aftermath of the decision. At the same time, politicians had to work out a viable deal with the EU while under close scrutany by the media and "sell" this deal to the public.

Focus areas:
- Views on the EU in the British public post-Brexit: "Bregret?" Moving toward a closer relationship with the EU?
- Contrasting discources on the economic consequences of Brexit
- Media coverage of the political process post-Brexit
- Labour and Conservative: Politicial slogans before and after Brexit: How and why have they changed?
- Political rhetoric on the UK-EU relationship - from both sides - and "selling" the deal (Windsor Framework)

We've primarily worked with non-fiction material of different types, and we've focused on style of writing, rhetorical and discourse anaysis.

In terms of preparation for the SRO, our purposes have been to:
- to assist the students in gaining knowledge of British views on the EU after Brexit, including some overview of the different topics covered in these.

- to present the students with a selection of materials that are suitable for rhetorical- and discourse analysis.

- to show which questions these different methods can help answer, i.e., what you can gain from using these methods.
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Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 SRO-prep: A course in effective communication

What is effective communication? Consider public speakers who captivate their audiences, even when talking about difficult subjects. How do they do it? Part of the answer lies in their understanding of the rhetorical situation and use of engaging and persuasive communication techniques.

Being able to communicate effectively is a skill you can draw on in all aspects of your life, especially school and work, and that is why all students must undergo training to help improve their communication skills.

In this short course we'll examine different examples of communication as well as learn more about the rhetorical situation and communication techniques to engage and persuade.

The ultimate goal is to prepare you to give an effective presentation of your SROs when the time comes. Therefore, the course is designed to be equal parts theory and practice.
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Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 7,00 moduler
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 EXAM #2: Race and Identity in the USA

Race is a difficult subject to approach and address. Science informs us that the concept of race is not a natural, biological principle but a social construction – and one with great consequences for human societies. Race is one of the basic human factors, like gender and sex, that determine how people experience the world, other people, and themselves (identity). This is perhaps especially evident in America with its controversial history of racial exploitation and racism – which still today contributes to racial unrest.

In this theme we want to examine how, in American society, the concept of race gives and denies benefits and privileges. What does it entail to identify (or be identified by others) as “black”? In what different ways do African Americans experience racism? In what ways do African Americans encourage and guard their racial identity and pride as a minority living in a predominantly white society? How do you fight racism, this unjust oppression of a group of people based on race, when you are not in a position of authority or power?

In order to examine the African American experience of race we read, analyze and interpret black literature from great African American authors, upcoming artists, and Civil Rights leaders, past and present.

- Black voices, AAVE and code-switching
- 'Black is beautiful' and Black hair
- 'Black power'
- 'Black lives matter'
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Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 12 Karrierelæringsperspektiver i Engelsk

De første moduler af skoleåret bruger vi på et lille karrierelærings-forløb, der handler om at være nysgerrig på perspektiverne i Engelskfaget:

- Hvordan kan viden og færdigheder fra Engelskundervisningen være nyttig for mig og bruges uden for klasselokalet?
- Hvordan ruster faget mig til fremtiden?
- Hvordan kan faget gavne mig i min videre uddannelse og karriere efter gymnasiet?
- Hvordan ruster selve engelsksproget mig til uddannelse og karriere, og hvilken type engelsk skal jeg være forberedt på at møde?

For at blive klogere på disse perspektiver, bruger vi besøget af den amerikanske ambassadør i Danmark, Alan Leventhal, som et springbræt og et eksempel til at tale om, hvad faget giver jer af viden og færdigheder, og hvilke perspektiver disse rummer for jer i fremtiden.

I denne forbindelse spiller vi bl.a. karrierelæringsspillet ”Fag og Fremtid” for Engelsk (CFU), og vi hører fra studerende , der er i gang med videregående uddannelse,  samt professionelle på arbejdsmarkedet om, hvordan de bruger deres viden og færdigheder fra faget i dag
- bl.a. engelsk som lingua franca og simple sproglæringsstrategier.

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Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 4 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 13 EXAM #3: Ireland, divided (værk)

This theme about the island of Ireland is focused on examining its modern history of war, sectarian conflict, and fragile peace that continues to affect the two countries making up the island today.

The first part of the theme will examine Irish history and how the island of Ireland came to be divided into two countries: Éire (Ireland) and Northern Ireland (part of the UK). The second part will examine Northern Ireland during The Troubles (1968-1998) and the aftermath of the conflict, continuing into the present.
- Irish-British relations and the roots of the conflict
- The Irish revolutionary period (1916-1923)
- The significance of Irish history today
- The sectarian violence of The Troubles
- The IRA hunger strikes
- The Good Friday Agreement of 1998
- The aftermath: Is the conflict a closed chapter of Irish history?
- The identity politics of language: English and Irish in Ireland today

Core texts:
William Butler Yeats (1917), “Sixteen Dead Men”
Charles O’Neill (1919), “The Foggy Dew”
John Connell (2017), “The Boat”
Rosanne McCollum (2021), The Troubles, from The Island of Ireland, pp 107-123
Michael Longley (1979), “Wreaths”
U2 (1983), "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
Brian Moore (1990), Lies of Silence
Steve McQueen (2008), Hunger
The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 (excerpts)


SRP preparation (værklæsning)

We will read, analyze and interpret Lies of Silence as a 'practice round' preparing students for potential projects based on books in English. The students will practice:
- how to organize and focus their reading.
- how to use and combine methods for analysis (in this case the formalist and historical approaches) and critically consider the pros and cons of these methods.
- how to combine different materials in their work.
- how to present their main findings effectively and engagingly.
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Paper on Lies of Silence (værk) 27-10-2024
Oral presentation on Hunger 10-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 14 FF Søjledag: The US presidential election of 2024

A. Introductory lesson to political campaign TV ads
- Historical campaign ads from Nixon to Kamala
- Genre traits
- Relevant theory from English and Social Studies

B. Lecture by Jørn Brøndal on American politics and the US presidential election 2024
- Civil religion in the US
- The cold civil war in the US: The break-down of democratic conversation
- Unresolved tensions in American society: racism, immigration, guns, abortion, urban vs. rural America.
- Events in the election campaign of 2024
- The election process: The electoral college vs. the people's votes (the importance of winning swing states)
- The fragile American democracy: January 6 and its aftermath (only 31 percent view Biden's presidency as legitimate)

C. Group project: Campaign video
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Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 4,00 moduler
Dækker over: 2 moduler
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Titel 15 EXAM #4: American Literature in Transition (1920s)

This theme is centered on the 1920s as an exciting literary period of transition in American literature.

This is the period after the Great War (WWI) and just before the crash on Wall Street in 1929 and the Second World War. It may be a short period in time, but it is a time of widespread change, as writers begin to question old norms and experiment with new ways of writing and living life. It's not for nothing that the time period is called "the roaring twenties".

The literary period is part of American modernism. We'll be reading and examining works by Ernest Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurtston, Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker, and F. Scott Fitzgerald - all considered some of the greatest American writers.
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Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
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Titel 16 EXAM #5: Shakespeare and gender

This theme centers on gender in the writings of William Shakespeare. Masculine women and feminine men, cross-dressing and gender ambivalence - was Shakespeare woke? Did he support or subvert notions of gender from his time in his literature? And how has gender in his writings been received and understood?

To examine these questions, we'll work on the following:

-  What is gender? Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity
- Introduction to William Shakespeare
- Notions of gender in Shakespeare's time: The great chain of being (world view)
- Gender in Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Excerpts of Twelfth Night, focused on Viola/Cesario and her complicated relationships to especially Orsino and Olivia.
- Excerpts of Macbeth, focused on Lady Macbeth and her relationship to her husband Macbeth as well as their roles in the plot.
- Interpretations of the female characters in modern adaptions of the two plays
- The 'fair youth' sonnets

Grammatik: Bestemt/ubestemt artikel, genitiv, de sproglige eksamensopgaver.
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Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 13,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
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Titel 17 Exam preparation

Vi forbereder klassen på den mundtlige eksamen ved at vi i fællesskab starter op på repetition af kernetekster, ordforråd, tematikker og emner inden for de forløb, der opgives til eksamen.

Vi fokuserer på, hvordan eleverne kan læse op til eksamen og øve sig (sammen og hver for sig), så de kan få deres færdigheder og viden i spil, så de bedst muligt lever op til bedømmelseskriterierne:

"Ved den mundtlige prøve lægges der vægt på, at eksaminanden:
- behersker et flydende og nuanceret engelsk med høj grad af grammatisk korrekthed og evne til selvkorrektion
- giver en velstruktureret præsentation
- analyserer, fortolker og perspektiverer prøvematerialet med anvendelse af fagets analytiske begreber og metoder
- anvender den viden, der er opnået i arbejdet med det studerede emne.
Der lægges i bedømmelsen vægt på, at eksaminanden kan indgå i uddybende samtale om præsentationen. Der gives én karakter ud fra en helhedsvurdering af eksaminandens præstation."
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Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer