Holdet 2023 23 En/r - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Silkeborg Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Anna Le Ker, Pia Clausen
Hold 2023 23 En/r (1r En, 2r En)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 #1 Being Different and Identity_EXAM
Titel 2 Dystopia
Titel 3 Fantasy
Titel 4 #2 Culture Clash_EXAM
Titel 5 #3 The Beast Fable and Animal Farm_EXAM
Titel 6 #4 American Dreams and American Nightmares_EXAM
Titel 7 #5 British Identity_EXAM

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 #1 Being Different and Identity_EXAM

In this course the class worked on Being Different and Identity

The texts read together with the class include:
- New Boy
- Tich Millar
- The Fox Club
- Lucy
An article called 'I have Asbergers'
And the film 'Captain Fantastic'
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18 moduler
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Titel 2 Dystopia

In this course the class read several texts about Dystopia; including:

- an extract of George Orwell's book 1984
-They saw and worked on one of the episodes of the series called 'Sweet Tooth'
- An extract from the book 'The Handmaid's Tale'
- Inside
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
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Titel 4 #2 Culture Clash_EXAM

The texts in this theme are based around the idea of a clash of cultures in its widest sense. The course starts with the most obvious clash of cultures - that of the clash between different peoples living within a set 'national' culture.

We will read a variety of texts from different English speaking countries; our main focus will be on Australia and the UK; where we will read different texts on the clash between the whites and the Aborigines and the different societies / classes in the UK, and the conflicts that arise in society as a consequence.

Texts include:
The Film: Once Were Warriors / Rabbit Proof Fence
'Going Home'
Kevin Rudd's Apology
Project work on Aboriginals
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
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Titel 5 #3 The Beast Fable and Animal Farm_EXAM

In this course we will read George Orwell's book 'Animal Farm' as our starting point. We will use the book to help us understand why writers write stories about talking animals and how these stories help the writer to put a message across and appeal to a wider reading audience.

We will work on the idea of the beast or animal fable and how this trope has been used in literature as far back as Ancient Greece in Aesops Fables.

Other works we might read in connection with the course include:
Oscar Wilde's fairy story 'The Happy Prince' (which has a talking statue and a talking swallow)

We have looked at the animal fable and discussed how these animals have both characteristics that we associate with the animal itself (Pigs = inteliigence); but also how they also show human traits in the stories
e.g. (The pigs in Animal Farm love food and luxury).

Thus these stories are written both for children and for adults;
The child reader recognises the animal's traits while the adult reader understands that humans, like pigs, have baser instincts that we need to keep in check to maintain our humanity.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 26 moduler
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Titel 6 #4 American Dreams and American Nightmares_EXAM

This course focuses on the American dream; we will be working on non-fiction and fiction texts. We will start the course with a short focus on the history of the USA, in order to gain an understanding of the American psyche and how the colonisation of America and the push to the West in the 1800's have contributed to the ideal of 'a pioneer spirit'.

The course will start with us reading  the poem 'The New Colossus' (the poem from the foot of the Statue of Liberty. This is meant as an introduction to the ideals that lie behind the American Dream.

Texts read also include texts on
- the American Frontier Spirit,
- the study of the film 'Into the Wild' from 2004 ( + some transcendental poetry)

Finally we will finish the course by examining the situation for Afro-Americans from 1800- today; here we will read:
The Flowers, by Alice Walker
One Friday Morning by Langston Hughes
I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King

Useful words include: American dream, Pioneer spirit,  the push to the West, slavery, inequality, Afro-American,
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
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Titel 7 #5 British Identity_EXAM

A look at modern Britain. We will start this course by examining unity and division in the UK. We will look at whether Britain can be seen as a divided or a united country through reading texts to do with class, identity and wealth distribution in the UK.

Texts read will start with songs by Dave, John Lennon and Pulp.
We will read a short story focusing on the school system in the UK and one about the health care system and how it functions. We will also read a letter from Marcus Rushford to the Pariament in his attempt to alliviate Food Poverty in the UK.

Texts read include (amongst other things):
John Lennon: Working Class Hero
Pulp: Common People
'Happiest days of their lives' by Penelope Lively
'Letter to Parliament on Food Poverty' by Marcus Rushford

Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 21 moduler
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