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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Kolding Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Helene Louise Damgaard Iversen
Hold 2024 enB/b (1b enB, 1b enB skr, 2b enB, 2b enB skr)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Humour
Titel 2 The American Dream
Titel 3 Love
Titel 4 The British Empire
Titel 5 Truly Sorry
Titel 6 Man's Capacity for Evil
Titel 7 The Great War
Titel 8 South Africa
Titel 9 What if...? (Sci-fi & Dystopia)
Titel 10 Hjælpemidler til eksamen
Titel 11 Forløb#6

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

I dette forløb har vi fokus på "Humour". Vi analyserer forskellige typer tekster ud fra de tre humorteorier ’the superiority theory, ’the relief theory’ og ’the incongruity theory’ og bedømmer om teksterne er sjove ud fra ’the benign violation theory’.

Kernestof:
- "Unprotected" (2012) by Simon Rich (short story)
- Sonnet 130 (1609) by William Shakespeare
- "Army Protection Racket" from Full Frontal Nudity from Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969) by Monty Python (skit)
- "Ironic" (1996) by Alanis Morissette (song)
- "The Link Between Happiness and a Sense of Humor" (2021) by Arthur C. Brooks (article)
- "No Death Penalty, No Easter Bunny" (2003) by Colin Cohen (article)
- Minions (2015) (film)
- Self-chosen Bo Burnham songs

Supplerende stof:
- The three humour theories: The superiority theory, the relief theory & the incongruity theory: Serious Business - Satire, wit and humour af Jesper Kaalund og Bo Høpfner Clausen, siderne 10-13
- Humorous devices: Serious Business - Satire, wit and humour af Jesper Kaalund og Bo Høpfner Clausen, siderne 14-25
- The benign violation theory: Peter McGraw, What makes things funny? (2010) (TEDx Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSgG5V-R3U&t=222s
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 The American Dream

I dette forløb har vi fokus på USA's historie og kultur. Vi starter forløbet med forskellige definitioner af "The American Dream" og inddrager senere "6 Basic American Cultural Values".

Kernestof:
- Excerpt from ”The Declaration of Independence”
- First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln (speech)
- Chapter 1 of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself" (1845) (autobiography)
- Martin Luther King: “I Have a Dream” (speech)
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) (film)

Supplerende
-  "What is The American Dream?"
- Six Basic American Cultural Values
- The Bill of Rights / Excerpts from the US Constitution
- The Pledge of Allegiance
- The Star-Sprangled Banner
- Student presentations - Events that shaped America: Rosa Parks, The Columbine shooting, The Cold War, 9/11, Pearl Harbour, BLM, The war of 1812 (Fort McHenry), Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream”
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Love

I dette forløb har vi fokus på 'Love'. Vi analyserer forskellige typer tekster ud fra Robert Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love.


Kernestof:
- Sonnet 18 (1609) & sonnet 130 (1609) by William Shakespeare (poetry)
- Prologue, excerpt from Act 1, Scene V & excerpt from Act 2, Scene 2 from Romeo and Juliet (1597) by William Shakespeare (drama)
- Letter to Fanny Brawne from John Keats (1819) (letter)
- “The Story of an Hour” (1894) by Kate Chopin (short story)
- “Happy Endings” (1983) by Margaret Atwood (short story)
- "Tap-Tap-Tap - A Secret Love No Longer" (upd. 2016) by Shane B. Crone (article) & "Tap, Tap, Tap - It Could Happen To You" (2012) by Shane B. Crone (YouTube video)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998) (film)


Supplerende stof:
- Robert Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 The British Empire

I dette forløb fokuserer vi på Storbritannien fra britisk kolonisering til brexit. Vi inddrager bl.a. sprogets udvikling og kommer herunder ind på engelsk som Lingua Franca.

Kernestof:
- Downtown Abbey, season 1, episode 1 (2010) (tv series)
- "Dusk Over Atlantic Wharf" (2006) by Susmita Bhattacharya (short story)
- Keir Starmer's first speech as Prime Minister (2024) (speech)
- "Just what is Britishness?" (2021) by Sean Ryan (article)
- "Cricket - the working-class are batting on a sticky wicket" (2019) by Nadir Mohammad (article)
-  The first 20 minutes of "The English Game" (2020) (Netflix series)
- "The relationship between cricket and football" (2018) by Rahul Warrier (article)
- "Twice A Week The Winter Thorough" (1896) by A. E. Housman (poem)

Supplerende stof:
- Student presentations: The Empire on which the sun never sets – British colonisation: India, Australia & America (re-cap), Politics: The government, Labour Party,  The Conservatives, Brexit, The royal family
- "What is the British class system?" (2019) (article)
- The English language and English as Lingua France: What is English? (article) and The History of English (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 6 Man's Capacity for Evil

I dette forløb har vi fokus på 'Evil'. Vi analyserer forskellige typer tekster ud fra den norske filosof Lars Svendsens ’Four Types of Evil’: Demonic Evil, Instrumental Evil, Idealistic Evil, Stupid Evil. Vi undersøger om ondskab er 'moral evil' eller 'natural evil', og om den kan forklares ud fra ’the situational explanation of behaviour’ eller ’the dispositional explanation of behaviour'

Kernestof:
- Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding (novel) OR The Wave (1981) by Todd Strasser/Morton Rhue (novel)
- "While the Snow Fell" (2004) by Henry Rothstein (short story)
- Act I, Scene V from Macbeth (1623) by William Shakespeare (drama)
- "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1995) by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (song)
- "The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe
- "The Boogeyman” (1973) by Stephen King
- Shutter Island (2010) (film)


Supplerende stof:
- Lars Svendsen’s Four Types of Evil: Demonic Evil, Instrumental Evil, Idealistic Evil, Stupid Evil
- "Bad or Mad" (2004) by Sean Spence (article)
- The situational explanation of behaviour & the dispositional explanation of behaviour
- The Milgram Experiment (documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GxIuljT3w
- The Stanford Prison Experiment (documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4txhN13y6A
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 The Great War

I dette forløb har vi fokus på World War I. Vi fokuserer på 'The War Poets' Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen og Siegfried Sassoon og brugen af propaganda under krigen.

Kernestof:
- "The Soldier" (1915) by Rupert Brooke (poem)
- "Dulce et Decorum Est" (1920) by Wilfred Owen (poem)
- "The Sentry" (1920) by Wilfred Owen (poem)
- "Suicide in the trenches" (1918) by Siegfried Sassoon (poem)
- "In Another Country" (1927) by Ernest Hemingway
- Recruitment posters from The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee

Supplerende:
- 1917 (2019) (film)
- Excerpt from a preface to a planned book of Wilfred Owen's poetry
- Sassoon’s protest, “A Soldier’s Declaration”, published in The London Times, 31 July 1917
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 South Africa

I dette forløb har vi fokus på South Africa. Vi undersøger forholdene for sorte og hvide i Sydafrika - både under og efter apartheid. Vi får besøg af Carl Davis, som fortæller om sin opvækst i SA.

Kernestof:
- Excerpt from The Freedom Charter (1955)
- Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address (1994) (speech)
- South Africa’s National Anthem (1997): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBKjWRjwMkY
- "Once Upon a Time" (1989) by Nadine Gordimer (short story)
- "Dead Man's Shoes" (1998) by David Evans (short story)
- The State of the Rainbow Nation (2012) by Jeff Cangialosi (blog)

Supplerende:
- Major historical events, siderne 15, 16, 20 & 48-50 i From Dompas to Democracy
- The Apartheid Era: Grand and Petty Apartheid Laws
- Uprisings in SA: The Sharpeville Massacre: Humphrey Tyler’s eye-witness report & The Soweto protest: Soweto protest turns violent (1976) BBC (articles)
- Trevor Noah: That's Racist - Tacos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDk5ajNDgZc
- Carl Davis - presentation on growing up in SA (guest lecturer)
- Goodbye Bafana (2007) (film)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 What if...? (Sci-fi & Dystopia)

I dette forløb stiller vi spørgsmålet "What if...?" og har fokus på "Science Fiction & Dystopia". Vi arbejder med Science Fiction ud fra Darko Suvins forståelse og forstår 'Dystopia' som modsætningen til 'Utopia' og arbejder med fire forskellige typer af 'dystopias'.

Kernestof:
- "Team" (2013) by Lorde (music video)
- Excerpts from Fahrenheit 451 (1951) by Ray Bradbury (novel)
- Excerpts from 1984 (1949) by George Orwell (novel)
- “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” (1969) by Brian Aldiss (short story)
- "Offred" - The Handmaid's Tale episode 1 (2017) (Series)
- The Handmaid’s Tale - Epilogue (1985) by Margaret Atwood
- Terminator 2:  Judgment Day (1991) (film)

Supplerende:
- Genretræk: Science Fiction, Utopia and Dystopia (se lektion 16. marts)
- "Federal Government’s Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship" (2025) by AJ Connelly (article)
- "U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI" (2025) from U.S. Department of Education (article)
- "'Handmaid's tale' protest at US Ohio abortion bill" (2017) BBC (article)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Hjælpemidler til eksamen

Hjælpemidler til eksamen
Eleverne må til den skriftlige og mundtlige eksamen i engelsk bruge grammatikbog, egne noter på pc og tilgå følgende direkte links via internettet:

Ordbøger:
• Cambridge: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
• Longman: https://www.ldoceonline.com/
• Merriam Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/
• Ordbogen com: https://www.ordbogen.com/da/
• Oxford: https://www.oed.com/?tl=true%5b/url&tl=true

Specialordbøger:
• Collocation dictionary: https://www.freecollocation.com/
• Online Etymology Dictionary: https://www.etymonline.com/
• Online Slang Dictionary: http://onlineslangdictionary.com/
• Phrasal verbs list: https://www.languageforlife.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Complete-PV-list.pdf  
• Thesaurus: https://www.thesaurus.com/
• Urban Dictionary (slang): https://www.urbandictionary.com/

Grammatik:
• Fejlstøvsugeren: https://englishwitheric.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/fejlstc3b8vsugeren.pdf
• Grammatiske betegnelser: https://sproget.dk/sprogviden/ordlister/grammatiske-betegnelser/
• Minlæring: https://www.minlaering.dk/
• Sproglinks: www.sproglinks.dk/grammatik_engelsk.doc
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 Forløb#6

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer