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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2022/23 - 2024/25
Institution Herning Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Anna Josefine Danielsen, Marianne Sejersen
Hold 2022 EN/s (1s EN, 2s EN, 3s EN)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Grundforløb i engelsk
Titel 2 America I (exam)
Titel 3 American Boarding Schools
Titel 4 Poetry
Titel 5 The English Class System (exam)
Titel 6 George Orwell: Animal Farm (1945)
Titel 7 African American Literature
Titel 8 Moving Pictures - analysis of films
Titel 9 Imperialism and The British Empire
Titel 10 India
Titel 11 America II (exam)
Titel 12 American TV-series
Titel 13 Different Worlds (exam)
Titel 14 Hemingway (exam)
Titel 15 Mercy or murder? - euthanasia (exam)
Titel 16 Literary History (exam)
Titel 17 Shakespeare (exam)
Titel 18 Revision

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Grundforløb i engelsk

Engelskgrundforløbet om ”Crime and Violence”

I grundforløbet for engelsk har vi haft et tematisk fokus på ”Crime and Violence”. Sigtet med forløbet har været dels at læse, forstå og analysere tekster om temaet, dels at introducere eleverne til grundlæggende engelskfaglige kundskaber og værktøjer. Det drejer sig navnlig om begreberne fiction og herunder narrator, setting, theme & message og characterization og non-fiction og herunder sender, receiver, message, intention og context. Ikke mindst har vi også kort beskæftiget os med style of writing. Desuden har vi kigget på S-V-kongruens, adjektivernes brug og komparation samt placeringen af S og V i deklarative og interrogative sætninger. Vi har også beskæftiget os med et serieafsnit og set på det som en tekst, ligesom vi har lavet en lytteøvelse. Eleverne har også skrevet et essay ligesom de har løst nogle sproglige opgaver og begge dele har eleverne afleveret som en hjemmeopgave.

Kernestof for forløbet er følgende:
Stephen King ”The Man Who Loved Flowers” (1977) (novelle)
Andrew Vachss ”Hostage” (1994) (novelle)
Fra: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rahmemanuelcitycouncil9december2015.htm:
Rahm Emanuel ”Chicago City Council Address” (2015) (tale)
Fra: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/books/review/kate-tuttle-true-crime-women.html:
Kate Tuttle ”Why Do Women Love True Crime?” (2019) (essay)

Supplerende stof er:
Et introducerende kapitel om ”Crime Fiction” fra ”The English Handbook” (Systime, 2018)
Relevante kapitler om S-V-kongruens, adjektivernes brug og komparation samt ordstilling fra ”Getting Started” (Gyldendal, 2017)
Et klip fra HBO-serien ”The Wire” (2002)
Første afsnit af HBO-serien ”The Outsider” (2020)

Læringsmålene for forløbet er:
Eleverne kan påpege typiske crime fiction-træk i de læste tekster
Eleverne kan drage paralleller og påpege forskelle mellem de læste tekster
Eleverne kan anvende ovennævnte tekstanalytiske begreber
Eleverne har grundlæggende færdigheder i at anvende og forklare de tre ovennævnte grammatiske områder
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 21,00 moduler
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 America I (exam)

America I:
This theme works with American Icons. We will look at symbols and things which are important to Americans and which say something about American culture. We will read texts and poems about America, and watch a film, which tells the story of some emigrants leaving Europe to follow the American dream. This is the first of two themes about America.
Læste tekster:  
The New York Times, January 1, 1882:  Gave Annie ten dollars.
New York Times, January 2, 1892: Landed on Ellis Island.
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Republican National Convention Address. Delivered 5 March 2004, Hollywood, CA
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Speech on the Capitol riot, delivered on social media January 10 2021
Film: Ron Howard: Far and Away. (2003)
Frances Scott Key: The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883)
Walt Whitman: I Hear America Singing. (1900)
Langston Hughes: I too. (1932)
John Steinbeck: The leader of the people. (1945)

Temaets samlede omfang ca. 28 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay - fiction 18-12-2022
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 American Boarding Schools

A theme where students work independently in groups on different types of American boarding schools. The aim is to learn about  the American educational system. Furthermore, seeking information on the Internet is a big part o this theme. We have worked with various homepages, the basis knowledge was found in the following link:

http://encarta.msn.com/column_boardingschoolsmain/Is_Education_Better_at_Boarding_School.html

Temaets samlede omfang ca. 15 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 5,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Poetry

This course introduces the student to poetry. Poems from different ages are introduced along with central tools to be used in the analysis. Analytical skill is trained and literary history is introduced. The following poems are analysed:

Suzanne Vega - "Tom's Diner". (1981)
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken (1915)
W.H. Auden: XXX (1930)
Robert Herrick: To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (1648)
• Robert Frost: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening (1922)
• Stevie Smith: Not Waving But Drowning (1972)
• Luci Tapahonso: A rough Life (1982)
• Wendy Cope: Strugnell’s Sonnets (1986)




This introduces the student to poetry. Poems from different ages are introduced along with central tools to be used in the analysis. Analytical skill is trained and literary history is introduced. The following poems are analysed:

Suzanne Vega - "Tom's Diner". (1981)
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken (1915)
W.H. Auden: XXX (1930)
Robert Herrick: To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (1648)
• Robert Frost: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening (1922)
• Stevie Smith: Not Waving But Drowning (1972)
• Luci Tapahonso: A rough Life (1982)
• Wendy Cope: Strugnell’s Sonnets (1986)
William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18 (1609)

Temaets samlede omfang ca. 10 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Little test 1 07-02-2023
Little test 2 on Poetry 10-02-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 5,00 moduler
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 The English Class System (exam)

I dette forløb har vi arbejdet med det britiske klassesamfund set fra et litterært/kunstnerisk og samfundsmæssigt perspektiv. Fra fiktionen har vi bl.a. beskæftiget os dels med en tekst fra Victoriatiden (Oliver Twist), dels med et afsnit af tv-serien Downton Abbey og filmen The Riot Club. En stor del af fokusset har der dog været på den historiske og samfundsfaglige del gennem læsning af en række sagprosatekster og videoindslag. Omdrejningspunktet for forløbet har været klasseforskellenes påvirkning på det britiske samfund som det kommer til udtryk i politik, økonomi og uddannelse.
I forløbet er eleverne blevet introduceret til og har arbejdet indgående med den retoriske pentagon foruden andre analyseværktøjer til brug af fiktions- og sagprosaanalyse. Ydermere har vi i forløbet arbejdet med filmanalyse.

Emner, der har været berørt i emnet:
Classism (diskrimination ud fra klassetilhørsforhold)
The British class system
The British political system
The aristocracy
Class and education
Inequality
Wealth and poverty

Materiale:
Mange tekster findes i det kompendium, eleverne fik udleveret. Det og andre tekster er uploadet i forløbet.

Fiction:
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, kapitel 2, 1837-1839 (brugt i essay)
Francesca Baker: Not Enough. (2015)

Non-fiction:
What sort of sadist sends his child to boarding school, Delingpole, 2013
Glaswegian and Brummie Accents sound more stupid, Hough, 2015
What if Downton Abbey told the Truth about Britain, Toynbee, 2014 (brugt i mundtlig aflevering)
The Birth of Social Classes - the Victorian Age.

Film/tv/videoklip:
Videoer om Classes in Britain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN66jJWFGNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrUsAbGLYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8OLWDOvJ9E

Debat om Benefits street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mszhESGvE_c

Downton Abbey, sæson 1, episode 2

Ken Loach, Paul Laverty: The Angel’s Share. (2012).

Videoer om accents and class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk&t=2s (accents in the UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHgrDDwXkTA (Posh accent)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yt8tygDXzc (Scouse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2eERK3S9Hc (Yorkshire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agUuOtgHdGY (RP – from 1:40)

Benefits Street, sæson 1, episode 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqvsF2bBu4o

Videoer om Boarding Schools
Reklame for Eton College: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdMeGX9m98
The Guardian om boarding schools negative konsekvenser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-u1gGyU1Sg

Læst stof: ca. 45 normalsider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 19,00 moduler
Dækker over: 22 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 George Orwell: Animal Farm (1945)

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 3 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 African American Literature

This theme mixes different genres; essays, poetry, short story, film and interview. It focusses on the lives of black Americans – before and now.
Læste tekster:
John Connoly: The White Road-excerpt.  (2002)
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (1939)
Richard Wright: A negro boy and his mother (1945) 51-52
Zora Neale Hurston: How It Feels to Be Colored Me. (1928)
Walt Whitman - I hear America Singing (text).doc
Langston Hughes - I too (1932)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Power of Non-violence (1957 ) 1-4
Obama's victory speech (2008)
Ridley, Northup, McQueen: Twelve years a Slave. (2013)
Jamelle Bouie: The Joy of Hatred (NY Times 2019)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Insignificant Gestures - Fiction 08-10-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Moving Pictures - analysis of films


Moving Pictures - analysis of films introduces films as another way of telling stories – besides the texts. We can use many of the same tools we use in ordinary text analysis, but films have characteristics, which are unique to this genre. We will look at these and analyze short films as well as a film by Ken Loach.

The two main texts are
Isold UggaDottir: Clean. Short film, (2010).
Ken Loach, Paul Laverty: The Angel’s Share. (2012).

Temaets samlede omfang ca. 25 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 5,00 moduler
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Imperialism and The British Empire

Through analysis of text and pictures this theme aims to give a picture of the ideology behind British imperialism and explore different approaches to this historical development. We will read critical texts as well as texts supportive of British expansion abroad. The theme connects to the Theme India, which provides a different view of the same issue.

Texts read:
George Orwell: Shooting an elephant (1936)
Elgar, Benson: Land of Hope and Glory. (1902)
Kipling: White man’s Burden (1899)
Peer’s Soap
Conrad: Heart of Darkness (1899) (excerpt)
Francis Ford Coppola: Apocalypse now. (1979)
Forster: The undeveloped heart (1924)
Rudyard Kipling: Lispeth (1886)
Ruyard Kipling: Mandalay (1890)
Samlet omfang ca. 30 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 21 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 10 India

The theme of India aims to give a glimpse of the many aspects of this huge and diverse country. The literary texts seek to give an impression of the lives lived in India, the non-fictional texts provide information to help put the whole thing into perspective. The aim is, furthermore, to supply a different perspective to the theme about Imperialism, by giving voice to the population who were occupied.
Texts read:
Rohinton Mistry: One Sunday (1987)
Nielsen, Jacobi: Mumbai disconnected. (2009) – dokumentar
Kushwant Singh: Karma (1950)
Sujata Bhatt: Search for my tongue (2002)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
The third dumpster - fiction 25-02-2024
responsark til SRO 27-02-2024
2s EN skr. prøve 11-03-2024
Poverty is a state of mind - non-fiction 17-03-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 11 America II (exam)

America II: This theme aims to give an impression of America through a tour of American texts. Although belonging to different genres (poetry, prose, speeches etc.) they all express American values or attitudes to America. The texts are arranged chronologically, spanning from the national anthem from 1814 to a modern short story from 2011.
Texts read:
Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of independence (1776)
Frances Scott Key: The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address. (1863)
Robert Zemeckis, Wendy Finerman: Forrest Gump (1994)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 12 American TV-series

This theme analyzes a number of American TV-Series and looks at specific aspects, which characterize this genre. The analysis places emphasis on the characters, the imagery, contrasts and irony, intertextual references and a view to contemporary Western society. Structure, Gothic elements and the role of this genre on the contemporary general media scene are also analyzed.
Criteria for American TV-Series, as collated from American Viewers are also part of the analysis. These include: anticipation of viewer, focus on relationship in the episodes, characters, the ability to challenge the viewer, the ability to involve the viewer, the ability to provoke the viewer.
The theme includes independent group work with series chosen by the students.
Texts read/seen:
Shawn Ryan: The Shield, pilot episode (2002)
Steven Bochco and David MilchNew York Blues (1993-2005)(small excerpts, comparisons to the Shield)
Bill Brady: Cop Killer. Interview with the creator of The Shield. (2008)
Vince Gilligan: Breaking Bad, Pilot Episode (2008).
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 13 Different Worlds (exam)


The theme ”Different Worlds” explores different English-speaking countries and their colonial past from which English is derived. We will look at the role of the English language as a global language.

Texts read:
- McCrum, Robert, “An English-speaking World (2001)
- Packer, Jon, “Lingua Franca,” (2001)
- Fred Andrews - Polly Borland (2004)
- The Past - Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1970)
- John Agard: Pan Recipe (1982)
- Gerry Adams: How Paddy McGlade entered into a state of Grace (1992)
- U2: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1982)
- John Lennon: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1972)
- Rumbi Katedza: Snowflakes in Winter (2008)
- Robert Louis Stevenson: Heather Ale. (1890)
- Susmita Bhattacharya: Dusk over Atlantic Wharf (2006)
Ken Loach: Ae fond kiss (2004)
App: 60 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 14 Hemingway (exam)

Forløbet beskæftiger sig med den amerikanske forfatter Ernest Hemingway. Vi skal læse en del af Hemingways noveller, hvor klassiske Hemingway-træk er tydelige, bl.a. ’the iceberg technique’. Vi vil arbejde med temaer, som Hemingway beskæftiger sig med f.eks. forholdet mellem barneverdenen og voksentilværelsen, døden, tiden efter første verdenskrig og maskuline værdier.
Tekster:
Ernest Hemingway: Indian Camp. (1924)
Ernest Hemingway: The Battler. (1926)
Ernest Hemingway: Soldier’s Home. (1926)
Ernest Hemingway: The Killers. (1928)
Ernest Hemingway: The end of Something (1925)
Hemingway: The Old Man at the Bridge. (1955) - aflevering

Temaets samlede omfang ca. 20 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 13,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 15 Mercy or murder? - euthanasia (exam)

Mercy or murder? Euthanasia.
On Webster.com, Euthanasia is defined as the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.
We will explore the issue through articles, films, poems and legal documents.  We will look at the arguments from both sides, the logic, the emotion, the facts, and the personalities who played and plays a role in the story of euthanasia.

Texts read:

The pros and cons of legalising euthanasia (the Week, August 10, 2018)
https://www.theweek.co.uk/95754/the-pros-and-cons-of-legalising-euthanasia

Nicola Davis: Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? (2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jul/15/euthanasia-and-assisted-dying-rates-are-soaring-but-where-are-they-legal

The Hippocratic Oath


Brian Clark/John Badham: Whose Life is it Anyway. (1981)


Christopher de Bellaigue: Death on Demand. Has Euthanasia gone too far? (2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/18/death-on-demand-has-euthanasia-gone-too-far-netherlands-assisted-dying

Anonymous: It’s over Debbie. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2623992

Craig Wallace: Euthanasia a choice for people with disability? It's a threat to our lives (2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/27/euthanasia-a-choice-for-people-with-disability-its-a-threat-to-our-lives

PETER SAUNDERS: TEN REASONS WHY EUTHANASIA SHOULD NOT BE LEGALISED.
https://righttolife.com.au/life-issues/euthanasia


2 textboxes and 2 videos: https://www.prolifedallas.org/Issues-EndofLife-Euthanasia
Video: http://www.prolife.org.au/euthanasia/

Two Personal stories from dignityindying.org.uk

App. 42 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 17,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 16 Literary History (exam)

This theme gives a series of glimpses of the history of English literature. The texts are read chronologically except for the Shakespeare texts.
The Elizabethan Age:
William Shakespeare: Macbeth (1603) excerpts
William Shakespeare: sonets 16, 18, 116 and 147
The Romantic Age:
Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-tale Heart (1843)
William Blake: London (1794)
Wordsworth: "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802"
Robert Louis Stevenson: Two poems From Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein (1818)
The Victorian Age:
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray. (1891)
Brian Gilbert: Wilde (1997) film
Modernism:
D.H. Lawrence: Snake. (1923)
Hemingway (other theme)
The Contemporary Age:
Alice Munro: Child’s Play (2009)

pages read: app. 75 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 18 Revision

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer