Holdet 2ø En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Randers Statsskole
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Lone Nørdam Jespersen
Hold 2024 En/ø (1ø En, 2ø En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Twisted Minds
Titel 2 American Dreams and Nightmares (eksamensemne)
Titel 3 Crime fiction (eksamensemne)
Titel 4 Grammatik og sprogbrug
Titel 5 Love and Relationships (eksamensemne)
Titel 6 British Empire and Postcolonial voices (eksamen)

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

Twisted Minds - approaching written texts.
Our focus is to work with text analysis introducing terms and concepts in relation to both fiction and non-fiction. Most of the texts have surprise endings so we work with composition, characters, environment, setting, language, theme and message. In addition, the students write a great deal as we go along.

Kernestof:
1. Zdravka Evttimova: Blood (2005) in Jacob Bækgaard et al.: Open Wide, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2015 (short story)

2. James M. Reasoner: Graveyard Shift (1978) in Jacob Bækgaard et al.: Open Wide, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2015 (short story)

3. Alice Munro: Gravel (2011) in Jacob Bækgaard et al.: Open Wide, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2015 (short story)

4. Bret Easton Ellis: Killing Child at Zoo (1991) in Jonna Engberg Pedersen: Wider Contexts, Gyldendal 2012 ( in American Psycho (novel, excerpt)

5. Anna Coren: How My Brother Tried to Kill Me in “Honor Attack” (2013) in Jacob Bækgaard et al.: Open Wide, Lindhardt og Ringhof 2015 (short story)



Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Continuation of "Blood" 27-11-2024
Newspaper article 28-11-2024
Summary Gravel 12-12-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 American Dreams and Nightmares (eksamensemne)

Where do American values stem from? The ideals of equality, opportunity, self-reliance and individualism will be looked at in various literary works and genres. How is it possible to go from rags to riches if at all? Do we have the same chances or starting points in life? We shall explore the notion of the American dream in history and in the contemporary American society.

Kernestof:
Quiz about the US and the American Dream
Landed on Ellis Island: New immigration buildings opened yesterday, article from NYT, January 2, 1892
Emma Lazarus: The New Colossus
The Frontier Heritage - about American history
Howard Fast: Spoil the Child
Martin Luther King: I have a dream (excerpt)
Walt Whitmann: I hear America singing
Langston Hughes: I, too, sing America
John Steinbeck: Breakfast (1938)
The American Dream doesn't exist in many neighbourhoods, article from the Economist (2018)
I can't read (2007) - poem by Lamont Carey
Film: Brooklyn (2015) dir. John Crowley

Supplerende stof:
Video clips from various programmes about the American Dream or its non-existence.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Crime fiction (eksamensemne)

We shall work with the genre of crime fiction and analyse different short stories with special emphasis on narrative structures and plot development. We will also look at the postmodern crime fiction story, film clips and visual effects.

Kernestof:
Edgar Allan Poe: The Cask of Amontillado
Roald Dahl: The Landlady
Roald Dahl: Lamb to the Slaughter
Lee Child: Safe Enough
Christine Poulsen: Don't You Hate Having two Heads

Værk: Robert Swindells: Stone Cold (1993)


Supplerende stof:
Storytelling game.
Clips from different films representing various genres within crime fiction.
The introductory chapter "Crime fiction overview" in the anthology "Crime Fiction".
Picture analysis of surrealist paintings.
The students have written and produced their own crime fiction films.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Grammatik og sprogbrug

Grammatik og sprogligt arbejde pågår gennem hele forløbet i engelsk i 1.g og 2.g som en integreret del af undervisningen, bl.a. i tilknytning til fokusområder/emnelæsning, skriftligt arbejde, tekstproduktioner etc. Til brug i undervisningen anvendes i-bogen Minlæring og her Engram samt Do it Write på minlaering.dk, som er TILLADT AT TILGÅ VIA INTERNETTET, samt grammatikbogen "Getting Started".  

Desuden følgende ordbøger, som det er tilladt at anvende online:

Oxford Advanced Learners www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

Ordbogen.com https://www.ordbogen.com/da/

Merriam Webster www.merriam-webster.com

Longman www.ldoceonline.com

Ordnet.dkwww.ordnet.dk

Verbix.dk www.verbix.com

Thesaurus.comwww.thesaurus.com

Oxford Advanced Learners www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 65 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Love and Relationships (eksamensemne)

Kernestof:
This course revolves around literature (both fiction and non-fiction) which explores human connections, emotional complexities and difficulties navigating love and romance. We shall explore texts of love from Romanticism to the present day and emphasis will be on analyzing how language and form construct meaning. We'll also touch upon dark romance and discuss reasons for its popularity.

Sophie Dillon: A Romance That’s Extra Zesty, The New York Times (2015)
Sally Rooney: Conversations with Friends (excerpt) (2017)
Margaret Atwood: Happy Endings (1983)
Kate Bailey: My Relationships have no Clothes, The New York Times (2024)
Andrew Marvell: To His Coy Mistress (1650)
Robert Burns: A Red, Red Rose (1794)
Walt Whitman: A Glimpse (1860)
W. H. Auden: Stop All The Clocks (1940)
H. D. Carlton: Haunting Adeline (excerpt) (2021)
Normal People TV-series based on Sally Rooney's novel, BBC, 2020, episode 8


Supplerende stof:
Richard Brautigan: Love Poem (1967)
Writing exercises.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 British Empire and Postcolonial voices (eksamen)

This course will focus on literary and non-fiction texts about the British empire. Taking our starting point in Victorian Britain, we shall look at the influence of the British colonial powers on the indigenous populations in selected countries and examine the cultural clashes and consequences of the settlements. How has colonialism affected the countries?

Kernestof:
Quiz: The British Empire Quiz

The Victorian Age: Historical Background

Great Britain’s national anthem

Rudyard Kipling: The White Man’s Burden (1899) in Finderup og Fog: Worlds of English, Systime 2010

R.K. Narayan: A Horse and Two Goats, 1979 in Finderup og Fog: Worlds of English, Systime 2010

Numair A. Choudhury: Chokra in Jonna Engberg-Pedersen et al.: Wider Contexts, Gyldendal 2012

Legacy of colonialism haunts India, 65 years after independence, 15. Aug. 2012
https://www.rt.com/news/india-independence-britain-dehli-681/

British people are proud of colonialism and the British Empire, poll finds, The Independent, 19. Jan. 2016

George Orwell: Burmese Days (1934) in Jonna Engberg-Pedersen et al.: Wider Contexts, Gyldendal 2012

English as a lingua franca in Finderup og Fog: Worlds of English, Systime 2010

David Dabydeen: Two Cultures (1984), from Slave Song, Dangaroo, 1984

Jean Rhys: The Day They Burned the Books, 1953

TED-talk:
The Danger of a Single Story (2009)
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/comments

Supplerende stof:
Sprogopgaver
Written assignment
Postcolonial theory
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Postcolonial voices ppt and doc. 23-03-2026
Artikel 27-04-2026
test 06-05-2026
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer