Holdet 2023 En/x - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Y - Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Annemarie Sandoval, Charlotte Møller
Hold 2023 En/x (1x En, 2x En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Different Worlds and Globalization - EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 2 Violence
Titel 3 India
Titel 4 The American Dream
Titel 5 The English Game EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 6 The American Presidential Election
Titel 7 The Midnight Library (værk) EKSAMENSEMNE
Titel 8 Imperialism and its Repercussions EKSAMENSEMNE

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Different Worlds and Globalization - EKSAMENSEMNE

After a short introduction to the history of the English Language and the spread of English, this unit will explore different texts concerning the topic of different worlds - cultural, social and economic differences - as well as the topics of clash of cultures and globalization.

These topics will primarily be focused on the English speaking world, but comparisons to Denmark will also be made.
Throughout the course of the unit, the pupils will be introduced to different literary genres, as well as non-fiction texts.

Non-fiction:
- Chapter 1: Language and Culture from "Worlds of English" by Anne Mette Finderup and Agnete Fog
- extract from "Salaam Brick Lane" by Tarquin Hall
- "Second Generasians" by Safraz Manzoor
- Center for Immigration Studies: Multiculturalism in the U.S.: Cultural Narcissism and the Politics of Recognition
By Stanley Renshon, February 8, 2011

Fiction:
- extract from "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer
- "Reporting from the Frontline of the Great Dictionary Disaster" by John Agard
- "My Son the Fanatic" by Hanif Kureishi
- "Listen Mr.Oxford don" by John Agard
- "Gideon" by Z.Z. Packer

Grammar:
- Concord (kongruens mellem subjekt og verbum)
- Adverbials (adverbiernes placering  I, II og III i Fejlstøvsugeren)
- Småadverbier (& deres placering)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Violence

Fiction:
- 5 Ways to Kill a Man - poem by Edwin Brock
- Rendezvous by Daniel Ransom
- Good Girl by Marita Conlon-McKenna

Song:
- Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2

Non-Fiction:
- Warning by Terry McCarthy, Time Magazine
- It´s Only Me by Nancy Gibbs, Time Magazine
- Who is behind Mexico´s Drug Related Violence? BBC News, 10th of February, 2014

Illustrations:
- Selected crime-related cartoons from The New York
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 India

Fiction:
- " A Horse and Two Goats " by R. K. Narayan
. " In the South " by Salman Rushdie
- Extract form "Midnight´s Children" by Salman Rushdie

Non-fiction:
- Documents about the history and religions of India.

Movie:
- "Slumdog Millionaire"

Activity:
- Group presentations about the religions of India.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 The American Dream

Fiction:
- "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925 - VÆRKSLÆSNING

Non-Fiction:
- Extract from "The Declaration of Independence", 1776

Song:
- "The Great American Melting Pot" from Schoolhouse Rock

Poem:
- "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, 1883
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 The English Game EKSAMENSEMNE

With the English NetFlix-series The English Game as a starting point, the class has in this course studied the development of the game of football from amateurism to professionalism, fan culture, the role of the FA, the difference between the industrial North and the "soft" South, the social class system in Victorian England (represented by the rowdy millworkers and the network of aristocratic Old Etonians), different accents and dialects, and last but not least the role of Victorian women.

In groups the class have made oral presentations as an introduction to the historical background:
1. The origin of football/soccer and the FA organization and from amateurs to professionals.
2. The historical Fergus Suter and Arthur Kinnaird  (and Tommy maybe?)
3. Eton College and Etonians
4. Sports in the Victorian England.
5. Women’s role in Victorian England, including working class women and children in the Victorian Age.
6. Fans and football chants today and then.
7. The history of women's football
8. Facts and fiction in the English Game.

The analytical work has also covered cinematic effects.  

NetFlix series, Victorian novel, football chants, article:
Historical background: Victorian topics (hand-out) KERNESTOF
Being British - Education for the Elite, Mustad, Sevaldsen, Vadman (Gyldendal 2014) KERNESTOF
The English Game - TV mini series, historical sports drama in 6 episodes by Julian Fellowes relased in 2020 KERNESTOF
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854); extract pp.122-23, KERNESTOF
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854); extract pp.180-83 KERNESTOF
On the Ball, City (1890s)
You'll Never Walk Alone (1945)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 30,00 moduler
Dækker over: 30 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 The American Presidential Election

In pairs, the students introduce a news item of their own choice about the American presidential election, for instance, what it requires to become president of the US, presidentail candidates and their running mates, political issues, interviews, debates and speeches.

The purpose is to practise oral presentations and to expand the students' vocabulary within other semantic fields than literature.
The presentations have been made intermittently in the autumn term of 2024 and spring term of 2025.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 The Midnight Library (værk) EKSAMENSEMNE

The class has read the novel extensively with the focus on
1. Theme: the existential issues and philosophical ideas it sheds light on (for instance, Henry David Thoreau and Jean-Paul Satre) and quantum physics (i.e. the thought experiment, Schrõdinger's cat).
2. Genre:  fantasy elements
3. Imagery

The Midnight Library By Matt Haig, (Canongate, 2020) KERNESTOF
Sylvia Plath, Mirror (1971), in Fields of Vision
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 22,00 moduler
Dækker over: 22 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 Imperialism and its Repercussions EKSAMENSEMNE

Using Rudyard Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden (1899) as a starting point the class has studied  the white colonists' attitude to foreign culture and indigenous people in
Kipling's short story Beyond the Pale (1888) and the colonies' experience with the white colonisers. The focus has been on India.  

Rudyard Kipling's poem, The White Man's Burden (1899) KERNESTOF
Rudyard Kipling's short story, Beyond the Pale (!888) KERNESTOF
Urvashi Butalia, Blood (1997) KERNESTOF
Chokra, Numair A. Choudhury.pdf (2013) KERNESTOF
Ranbir S, Chameleon (2003) KERNESOF

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer