Holdet 2023 En/p - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Herning Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Marianne Sejersen
Hold 2023 En/p (1p En, 2p En)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Science fiction
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 American TV-series
Titel 8 Imperialism and The British Empire (exam)
Titel 9 America II (exam)
Titel 10 India (exam)
Titel 11 SRO on Great Britain
Titel 12 Moving Pictures - analysis of films
Titel 13 African American Literature
Titel 14 Revision

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

In this first theme in your new class, we will study the genre science fiction in stories and film.

We want to learn about:
- social science fiction - soft sci-fi
- (natural) science fiction - hard sci-fi
- post-apocalyptic science fiction
- relevant vocabulary for analysing stories and film

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay about 'Frog Pond' 30-11-2023
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 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. 25 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay non-fiction 21-01-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 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: 5 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:
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: 21 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 George Orwell: Animal Farm (1945)

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 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: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Imperialism and The British Empire (exam)

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)
Ruyard Kipling: Mandalay (1890)
Samlet omfang ca. 30 ns
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 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.

Texts read:
Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of independence (1776)
Frances Scott Key: The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
John F. Kennedy: Civil Rights Address (delivered 11 June 1963)
Robert Zemeckis, Wendy Finerman: Forrest Gump (1994)

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
English. Fiction 1. 13-10-2024
autobiography 05-11-2024
English. Non-fiction 1. 17-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 10 India (exam)

The theme of India aims to give a glimpse of the many aspects of this large 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:
Susmita Bhattacharya: Dusk over Atlantic Wharf (2006)
Nielsen, Jacobi: Mumbai disconnected. (2009) – dokumentar
Kushwant Singh: Karma (1950)
Sujata Bhatt: Search for my tongue (2002)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 11 SRO on Great Britain

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 4,00 moduler
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 12 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: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 13 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)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Power of Non-violence (1957 )
Jamelle Bouie: The Joy of Hatred (NY Times 2019)
Alan Parker, Frederick Zollo: Mississippi Burning (1988)

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
SRO responsark 07-03-2025
English. Non-fiction 2. 06-04-2025
Students teach. 07-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 14 Revision

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer