Holdet 2023 23 EN/h - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution Y - Silkeborg Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Helle Vigh Klausnitzer
Hold 2023 23 EN/h (1h EN, 2h EN, 3h EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Toolbox
Titel 2 The Evil Within
Titel 3 SRP1 - Gender equality + speech analysis
Titel 4 Going mental (EXAM)
Titel 5 Grammatik og mundtlighed
Titel 6 Black Voices (EXAM)
Titel 7 The American Dream and inequality (EXAM)
Titel 8 From Apartheid to Zefside (EXAM)
Titel 9 Divided Kingdom - Brexit and Beyond (EXAM)
Titel 10 Unsex Me (EXAM)
Titel 11 SRP4 - How languages shapes the world
Titel 12 Macbeth (EXAM)
Titel 13 Reading circles (EXAM)
Titel 14 Repetition og eksamensforberedelse

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

Husk: I skal undgå at indsætte Minlærings forklaring direkte som svar. Omformuler i stedet Minlærings grammatiske regler med jeres egne ord og sæt henvisninger på det.
Liste over grammatiske betegnelser (Minlæring):
https://app.minlaering.dk/artikel/67

Herudover er følgende onlineressourcer anvendt i undervisningen og er derfor tilladt at anvende til eksamen i engelsk:
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/#/
https://minlaering.dk/boeger
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
https://www.thesaurus.com/

Vigtigt: Det er IKKE er tilladt at anvende AppWriter under prøven, med mindre man har en særlig aftale med skolen. Word Editor skal være slået fra.
Bemærk: Dokumenter delt på Lectio som pdf- eller Word-filer eller på Google Drev i form af Google Docs, Google Slides eller lignende SKAL på forhånd være downloadet inden prøvens start - gælder både ved skr. og mundtlig eksamen. Det kan fx være tekster i pdf-format, opgaveoplæg, fællesnoter, læreroplæg i Google Slides mv.
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 0,00 moduler
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 The Evil Within

In this theme we will work with various texts, dealing with the evil within human beings lurking beneath the surface and coming to the surface.
We focus on genre and analysis/interpretation.

Stephen King "The Man Who Loved Flowers" (1977)
Richard Matheson "Button, Button" (1970)
Paul Haggis "Crash" (2004)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 SRP1 - Gender equality + speech analysis

In this course, we focus firstly on the theme of gender equality and secondly on speech analysis. The course is a shared one with social studies (SRP1).
Emma Watson's speech at the UN (2014) functions as the central object for analysis in class and in a written group assignment. In addition to this, there will be a focus on writing and presenting TED talks on gender equality in groups.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 9,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Going mental (EXAM)

We focus on different types of mental illnesses and problems, how to live with these, reactions from others and tendencies in society.
In the topic we work with the representation of mental illnesses and problems in a variety of genres and thus with analysis of and analytical terms linked with both fiction, non-fiction, film and poetry.

Sylvia Plath "The Bell Jar" (1963) (excerpt, novel)
"Readin', Ritin' and Ritalin" (article) (1997)
Mark Haddon "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (novel) (2003)
Stephen Chbosky "The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film) (2012)
David Bowie "All the Madmen" (lyrics) (1970)
"Mental Health is Strongest Taboo, Says Research" (2009)
https://www.timetochangewales.org.uk/en/ (campaign website)
Kevin Love "Everyone is Going Through Something" (2018)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 22 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Grammatik og mundtlighed

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 4,00 moduler
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Black Voices (EXAM)

In this theme we read a variety of texts concerning the history of African Americans with jumps in time from the period after the civil war, the time during the civil rights movement, the differences between North and South and the present day. Keywords are segregation, marginalisation, civil rights, equal rights, violence, systemic racism and BLM.
All texts are from Bianca Erlich-Møller and Mathilde Thomsen's "Black Voices" unless stated otherwise:

Seperate but equal - "Introduction"
Paul Laurence Dunbar "The Lynching of Jube Benson" (1904)
"Minstrel Shows and the Jim Crow Character"
Langston Hughes "Merry-Go-Round" (1942)
Illustrations and signs (Black Voices (2017) , pp. 88-93)
I am a man - "Introduction"
Langston Hughes "I Too" (1925)
Paule Marshall "Reena" (excerpt) (1962)
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell "March: Book One" (excerpt) (2013)
Martin Luther King Jr "I have a Dream" (excerpt) (1963)
Peter Farrelly "Green Book" (2018) (film)
Timeline of recent events related to racism in the US
"Global English" (Lingua franca) excerpt from Worlds of English.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Dana Schutz 'Open Casket' (2016) (painting)
Travon Free "Two Distant Strangers" (short film) (2021)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 The American Dream and inequality (EXAM)

Inklusiv SRO med samf

We focus on the concept of the American Dream from different perspectives and in different historical contexts. We study the origin of the American dream, how it inspires and motivates and how the ideas clash with reality. Thus we focus in particular on inequality and some of its causes and consequences in American society.

Materials used:
The Library of Congress "What is the American Dream" (2002)
The Declaration of Independence" (extract, 1776)
Richard Powers "Identity; American Dreaming" (2000) from https://beingamerican.systime.dk/?id=135
Emma Lazarus "The New Colossus" (1883)
Michelle Obama "Dear Class of 2020" (2020)
Bernie Sanders ”State of the Working Class” (2023)
George Tilman Jr’s "The Hate U Give" (2018)
Lee Daniels "Precious" (2009)
This American Life - "Three Miles podcast" (2015)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 17,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 From Apartheid to Zefside (EXAM)

This topic concentrates on aspects of life and struggle during apartheid and on reconciliation and identity crisis after apartheid in South Africa.
The primary focus will be on race, identity, self-concept and the representation of these concepts in texts from various genres.

Michelle Faul "What Life Was Like In South Africa During Apartheid (2013)
Alan Paton "Life for a Life" (1961)
Michael T. Kaufman "Witnesses Tell What They Saw When Riots Came To Soweto" (1976)
Rayda Jacobs "The Guilt" (2001)
Rosemund J. Handler "An Act of Vengeance" (2005)
Brendan Gallagher "Williams Lifts Lid on Racism" (2002)
Reggie Yates "South Africa - The White Slums" (2017)
Magdel Fourie "The Dummies Guide To Zef" (2010)
Die Antwoord "Dis Iz Why I'm Hot" (2012)
Clint Eastwood "Invictus" (2009)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 19,00 moduler
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 Divided Kingdom - Brexit and Beyond (EXAM)

In this course we focus on Brexit. Firstly we concentrate on causes for Brexit and the campaigns leading up to the referendum. Secondly we turn to Brexlit and how Brexit and the consequences of this are thematised in various texts.

Central themes are: division, disunion, poverty and social class, inequality, xenophobia, identity, centre-vs-periphery and marginalisation, language and power.


Texts from Divided Kingdom:
"What is Brexit?" (introductory text)
David Cameron Speech May 9, 2016
Boris Johnson  Speech May 9, 2016
M. C. Caskey "The Brexit Battle Rap" , 2017 (poetry)
Toby Haynes Brexit - The Uncivil War, 2019 (film)
"What is Brexlit?" (introductory text)
Nikesh Shukla "We Who", 2017 (short story)
Brian Bilston "Hold my hand while we jump off this cliff", 2018 (poetry)
Charlene James "Go Home", 2017 (drama) Brexit short

Other material:
Ken Loach Sorry We Missed You, 2019 (film)
David Crystal "What is Standard English?"

Omfang ca 10%
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 27 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Unsex Me (EXAM)

In this topic, we focus on different aspects of gender issues: sex vs. gender, gender as a social construct, gender norms, feminism, sexual orientation and the debate about gender equality and freedom which takes place more or less explicitly in a variety of examples from different text types.

Reading list:
Chuck Palahniuk "Fight Club" (1997)
David Fincher "Fight Club" (1999)
Bruce Miller "The Handmaid's Tale" (2017) (season 1, episode 1)
Niels-Martin Trier Josefsen "What is Postmodernism?" (Broken Things, 2016)

Texts from the anthology  "Unsex Me":
Shakespeare "Macbeth", Act 1, scene 5 (excerpt) (1606)
Shakespeare "Sonnet 130" (1609)
Emma Watson, "Gender Equality is Your Issue Too" (2014)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Jeanette Winterson "Oranges Are not the Only Fruit" (1985)

Supplerende materiale:
Like a Girl - Always TV commercial (2014)
We believe: the best men can be - Gilette TV commercial (2019)

Omfang ca 10%
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 33 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 SRP4 - How languages shapes the world

Samarbejde med samf, fokus på metode og forforståelse.
Konstruktivisme, retorisk analyse, argumentationsanalyse, diskursanalyse.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 12 Macbeth (EXAM)

In this course, we focus on the world view in the Elizabethan Age - in particular "the great chain of being" and how this is mirrored in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth". In our study of Macbeth, themes such as ambition, revenge and character development are central while we also work with aspects of the language of the play. We watch Kurzel's adaptation of the play and draw parallels to the contemporary American series "House of Cards".

Reading list:
From Worlds of English: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Modern English, American English and Global English
William Shakespeare Macbeth (c. 1605-1607):
Act I, scenes I, II, III, V, VII
Act III, lines 1-72, scene II
Act V, scene V
Justin Kurzel "Macbeth" (2015)
"The Revenge Tragedy" - introduction
"House of Cards" - beginning of episode 1, season 1
Ali Abbasi "The Apprentice" (2024)


Omfang ca 10%
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 26 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 13 Reading circles (EXAM)

In this topic, the students in groups choose a novel from the list below, which they read and work with in detail. Each novel may be connected to one of the exam topics and thus be used at the exams.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 13,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 14 Repetition og eksamensforberedelse

Eksamensvideo
Emnerepetition
Forberedelse til mundtlig eksamen
Forberedelse til sproglige assignments
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer