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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
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Termin(er)
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2022/23 - 2024/25
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Institution
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Silkeborg Gymnasium
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Fag og niveau
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Engelsk A
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Lærer(e)
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Lynn Simonsen, Signe Beck Meinicke
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Hold
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2022 22 EN/f (1f EN, 2f EN, 3f EN)
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Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
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Titel
2
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Troubled Youth
The students will work with texts about teens who are dealing with different problems in their lives. The students will also write a creative writing assignment with a reversal of point of view in the story "Your Shoes".They will also be introduced to how to analyze a film when working with "American History X".
"Your Shoes" by Michéle Roberts
"Never Went to Church" by Mike Skinner
"American History X" by Tony Kaye
ca. 12 sider
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
17 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Læse
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Personlige
- Selvtillid
- Sociale
- Åbenhed og omgængelighed
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
3
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SRP1 Social Media -Exam
This theme will be about how our lives are affected by social media and will be read in collaboration with social sciences. We will read texts about the negative and positive consequences social media has on us. In regard to negative consequences of social media, pupils will also work in groups at the argumentation behind conspiracy theories such as anitvaxxers, Q-Annon and Flat Earthers in regard to the spread of extreme views. They will also see the film The Social Dilemma which deals with the consequences that social media has on society.
We have worked with the following texts and films:
Tony Søndergaard Andersen m.fl., “From where you are 2”, Systime 2015:
Gary Turk, ”Look Up” (2014)
Rachel Simmon, “ Selfies are good for girls” (2013)
Emma Cleary, “Light Box” (2015)
Episode 3, Season 1:"Black Mirror": Nose Dive
Film:
Patrick Cederberg & Walter Woodman, Noah (short film), 2016:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/noah/
Jeff Orlowski “The Social Dilemma” , Netflix 2020
ca. 14 sider
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
15 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Skrive
- Projektarbejde
- Formidling
- Personlige
- Kreativitet
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Projektarbejde
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Titel
4
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Great Briton
The focus of this theme is to teach students about English culture as preperation for an exchange program where half of the class' pupils will be staying in Brighton for a month. In this regard we will work with building intercultural understanding. Pupils will work in groups on mini-projects that each focus on different areas within English culture that are culturally different from Denmark.
Furthermore, we will work with a couple texts from the UK that help them understand what it feels like to be culturally different in British society as well as the different dialects in the UK. In continuation of the theme, we will look at how English has become a global language.
Texts:
"Amina" by Samira Fazal
"Listen Mr. Oxford Don" by Jonathan Agard
"An English-speaking world" by Robert McCrum, William Cran & Robert MacNeil..
Video: "What is a lingua franca": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ZdC6wZnks
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
17 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Søge information
- Projektarbejde
- Formidling
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Kommunikative færdigheder
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
- IT
- Præsentationsgrafik
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Projektarbejde
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Titel
5
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SRP 4 Class in the UK and the US
This theme will focus on English and American society in collaboration with social sciences in preparation of their trips to Brighton and New York and Washington D.C. The texts we will work on will give an understanding of the inequality that exists in the two countries through the texts that we read. We will look at the difference between the upper class, middle class and working class in the UK. Furthermore, we will look at the concept of The American Dream and how this is different from the British understanding of class.
"Stone Cold" by Robert Swindells (1993)
"Grenfell Towers" by Dawn Foster, The New York Times, July 21st, 2017
"Common People" by Pulp (1995)
"The New Collosus" by Emma Lazarus (1883)
"A Father Tells His Son about the Statue of Liberty" by Bob Hamilton (1971)
"And Still I Rise" by Mya Angelou (1978)
"Empire State of Mind" by Alicia Keys (2009)
Documentary by Rob Leech "My Brother the Islamist" (2011)
ca. 17 sider
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
32 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Diskutere
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Overskue og strukturere
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Eksperimentelt arbejde
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Gruppearbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Titel
6
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SRP 5: (SRO) Immigration in the UK- Exam
This theme will focus on immigration in the UK in collaboration with social science. Pupils will read different texts on the immigration and the affects it has on British society as a whole and on the immigrants who move to the U.K. A major focus on this theme is the writing of an SRO in English.
Texts:
"My Son the Fanatic" by Hanif Kureshi (1994)
"Second Generasians" by Sarfraz Manzoor (2002)
"Black" by Dave (2019)
"Grenfell Towers" Dawn Foster The New York Times (2017)
"East is East" film by Damien O'Donell (1999)
"David Cameron: Speech on radicalization, Islamic extremism and the failure of state multiculturalism" (2011)
ca. 20 sider
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
17 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Søge information
- Skrive
- Formidling
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Overskue og strukturere
- Personlige
- Selvstændighed
- IT
- Tekstbehandling
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Individuelt arbejde
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Projektarbejde
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Titel
7
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The Great Gatsby - Exam
Pupils will read F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby". We will look at the historical background from when the book was written, fx. The Jazz Age and Prohibition. We will also connect the story with The American Dream and how the setting and characters reflect this ideal.
Ca. 215 sider
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
18 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Personlige
- Ansvarlighed
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
8
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Gothic and Modern Day Horror - Exam
The class will be working with the genre of horror. We wills start by looking at Gothic literature and the elements that define the genre. In this connection the students will analyze extracts from the novel Dracula and read Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven". This will be followed by characteristics that define the genre of horror today and how it mirrors the mind. Furthermore they will be introduced to the 5 basic fears that the horror genre plays into. Pupils will work in groups on a presentation of their analysis a horror movie of their choice.
Texts we have read:
Extracts from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" The Carriage to Dracula's Castle. (1897)
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" (1845)
Extract from "American Psycho" - "Killing a Child at the Zoo" by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)
The Boogeyman" by Stephen King(1973)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Where the Wild Roses Grow"(1996)
Et uddrag af "Horror as a genre" from "Horror" by Drisdal and Johanne Riktrup Hansen (2016)
ca. 21 sider
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
24 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Formidling
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Overskue og strukturere
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
9
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SRP 7 Gender - Exam
This theme will be read in collaboration with social sciences. Pupils will learn about gender inequality in their social science classes and in English they will be analyzing texts using a feministic reading approach. The pupils will look at how gender is represented in different texts. We will be working with semantic fields in the music lyrics and newspaper articles. They will learn to identify positive and negative connotations that are applied to describe gender as well as themes regarding gender. Pupils will learn about the term the male gaze and how this can be seen in music videoes. The pupils will also learn about American minimalism and read stories that show the alienation and masculinity in Raymond Carver's texts.
Taylor Swift "The Man" (2019)
John Mac Ghlionn "Taylor Swift is not a good role model", Newsweek 2024
Jane Mulkerrrins " Elizabeth Moss on The Handmaid's Tale: "This is happening in real life. Wake up, people" The Guardian (May 5th, 2018)
Bruce Miller "The Handmaid's Tale" season 1, episode 1 (2017)
Caroline Piras "Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire are joined by a slew of bikini-clad beauties as they party on a yacht during their St Tropez getaway", Mail Online July 21th, 2023
Speech Transcript "Trump Speaks at March for Life Event" January 24, 2020
Speech Transcript "Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" May 1st, 2024.
Jane Austin, Pride and Predjudice' An extract from chapter one.
Raymond Carver "Tell the women we're going"
"Neighbors"
"They're not your husband"
Ca. 35 sider
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Indhold
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
24 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Læse
- Diskutere
- Selvrefleksion
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
11
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Postmodernism & Fight Club - Exam
The focus of this theme is newer postmodern literature and the characteristics of this movement. Pupils will read the novel "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahnuik. Other texts the pupils will read within in the genre is the short story "Suzie and Choo Choo's day in New York" by Liz Jensen and an extract of Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho". We will especially look at the unreliable narrator, fragmentation and black humor used in the texts.
"Fight Club" by Chuck Palahnuik, Vintage Books, London, 2006.
"Suzie and Choo CHoo's Day in New York" by Liz Jensen (1997) fra Lotte Udsens "You Gotta Try Everything Once", Systime, 2002.
"How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'brien.
"Killing Child at Zoo" et uddrag fra Brett Easton Ellis' '"American Psyko" (1991)fra Hannah Ohland m.fl. "Wider Contexts", Gyldendal 2012.
Film: "Fight Club" af David Fincher (1999)
ca. 221 sider
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Indhold
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
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14 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Læse
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Overskue og strukturere
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
12
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Culture Clash - Exam
Students will read works from former British colonies to learn about the postcolonial experience in texts written by Irish, Canadian, Australian, and Indian authors. Pupils will learn how to make a postcolonial reading of a text. A major focus of these texts is the subject of identity and how this is experienced by the minority in the former colonies.
Texts:
"We and they" by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Fecking off to Ireland" by Colm Toíbán (1990)
Archie Weller's "Going Home" (1986) s. 108-117 from Jonna Engberg-Pedersens m.fl. Contexts, Systime 2004. (Australia)
"Karma" by Kushwant Singh (1989)
"Indian Woman" (1991) by Jeanette Armstrong
ca. 16 sider
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Indhold
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
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8 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Diskutere
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Individuelt arbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
13
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Romeo and Juliet - Exam
I forløb om Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet er der fokus på selve stykket, tragedien som genre og dens plot struktur med fem akter.
I forløbet inddrages baggrundsviden om Elizabethan Era og teatrets rolle, samt Shakespeares liv. Derudover arbejdes med begreberne stage direction, aside, foreshadowing, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, imagery, Sonnet, iambic pentameter, tragic hero og tragic flaw.
Der læses uddrag fra Shakespeares "Romoe and juliet"
- prologue
- Act 1, scene 1
- Act 3, scene1
-Act 5, scene 3
Derudover ses Baz lurhmans version af Romeo and Juliet fra 1996.
We will also look at the idea of love in Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare's sonnets and how it still inspires our ideas about love today.
Edmund Spencer's sonnet 81
Shakespeare's sonnet 130
sonnet 116
Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet" (1980)
Rayond Carver "What we talk about when we talk about love" (1981)an extract
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
15 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Forelæsninger
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
14
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Repetition
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3 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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