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Holdet 2k En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Termin(er)	2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution	Odder Gymnasium
Fag og niveau	Engelsk B
Lærer(e)	Louise Margrethe Glejberg Holm Laursen
Hold	2024 En/k (1k En, 2k En, SRO 2k EN)

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Titel 1	American Identity
Titel 2	Transitions
Titel 3	Small Things Like These
Titel 4	Ireland
Titel 5	Crime Fiction
Titel 6	Black History
Titel 7	SRO Poverty and social class in the UK
Titel 8	tilladte elektroniske hjælpemidler

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Titel 1

American Identity

This introductory course onthe United States focuses on what has created it is as a nation. We try to find an understanding American Mentality and a particular American identity. We have investigated the historical background to some of the most significant texts in American National identity
Furthermore this course serves as an introduction to fundamental textual anaysis both fiction and non-fiction, rhetorics, poetry analysis.
We have worked with:

The Gettysburg Address
The Star Spangled Banner
The Pledge of Allegiance

Film: The Flags of Our Fathers, 2006, Clint Eastwood

Key Concepts:
National Identity
Independence
Freedom
Patriotism

Road Trip - a group project: become better acquainted with an area/route of the United States - research major sights, nature experiences, culture experiences - put together a road trip complete with budget, where to sleep/eat ect.

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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Experimental Writing	18-12-2024

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 20

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Titel 2

Transitions

This course focuses on the transitions in life. Going from child to adult, from innocent to not innocent/ or innocent to guilty. Or simply from one place or stage to another.
Short story analysis, poetry analysis. Symbols and metaphors.
News Article, tabloid vs Broadsheet, structure, layout, content, inverted news triangle
Advertisement analysis

Key texts:
Indian Camp, 1924, Ernest Hemingway
Just Like That, 1987, Michael Richards
The Sin Bin - or Lucy's Heart, 2000, Lucy Cross
(the above are from Contexts - we have worked with the tasks from there)

On the Flip of a coin, 2008, The Streets (lyrics)

Group project: Indian Camp - Table Top film.
Mini project+presentation: Analyse an advertisement

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Titel	Afleveringsdato
Just Like That	28-02-2025

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 16

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Titel 3	Small Things Like These We read the novel Small Things Like These, 2021 by Claire Keegan as a part of a course on Ireland. We have studied the historical background for the novel: Irish Catholocism as a cultural backdrop Magdalena Laundries Religious shame and social pressure Pregnancies out of wedlock Small Things Like These Fiction analysis: Characterisation Setting Symbols Metaphors Message
Indhold	Kernestof: we will prepare for our 4th of July celebration. Playlist image.png read the first chapter of Small Things Like These, and make notes/answer to task 2 and 3 on the attached worksheet For today you read chapter 2 (page 5-14) - we will pick up on your answers for the worksheet for chapter 1 from last time. Glossary for Small Things Like These.docx description Small Things Like These Ch. 2 .docx description Reading session For today you have read chapter 3 (up to page 35) We will work with the chapter in class. Make notes in the Glossary. Small Things Like These Ch. 3 (1).docx description Reading session. For next time you should have finished chapter 4. You have read chapter 4. We will work on the chapter in class. Small Things Like These Ch. 4 .docx description Reading session. For next time you should have finished chapter 5 For today you have read chapter 5. we will work with the chapter in class. Small Things Like These Ch. 5.docx description Pladser fra påske og 3 uger frem.pdf description For today you have read chapter 6. We will work with the chapter in class. Small Things Like These Ch. 6.docx description Reading session. For next time you should have finished chapter 7 (pp 89-110) for today you have finished chapter 7. Remember to fill in the glossary while you read. Small Things Like These Ch. 7.docx description Writing Session. Work Alone. For homework watch the video. How the Catholic Church Hid Away Hundreds of Irish Children \| Times Documentaries Please read the short introductory document on Irish history. Ireland. Short history.docx description We will continue our work with analysis of the the music video Zombie by The Cranberries. Make sure you have read the introduction to Irish history Easter, 1916 Oxymoron: a contradiction in the language. from "Easter.1916": "A terrible beauty is born" We will watch a film about the Irish fight for Independence We will continue with The Wind That Shakes the Barley We will work with The Wind That Shakes the Barley. The Wind that Shakes the Barley worksheet.docx description B-niveau elever forbereder Årsprøven. A niveau-elever skal hygge med grammatik Minlæring We´ll enjoy a round of quizzes. Feel free to bring cake.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 23 moduler
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Titel 4	Ireland This course is about Ireland. We will investigate Irish history and culture. As a beginning to this course, we have read the novel Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Poetry analysis historical analysis, history as an analytical element in fiction interpretation Key Material: Easter Rising, Yeats Sunday, Bloody Sunday, U2 Zombie, The Cranberries Good Girl The Wind That Shakes The Barley Key concepts: Ireland as a colony Fights for Independence Partition: Ireland and Northern Ireland The Troubles Supplementary material: Limericks Molly Malone
Indhold	Kernestof: Please read the short introductory document on Irish history. Ireland. Short history.docx description We will continue our work with analysis of the the music video Zombie by The Cranberries. Make sure you have read the introduction to Irish history Easter, 1916 Oxymoron: a contradiction in the language. from "Easter.1916": "A terrible beauty is born" We will watch a film about the Irish fight for Independence We will continue with The Wind That Shakes the Barley We will work with The Wind That Shakes the Barley. The Wind that Shakes the Barley worksheet.docx description B-niveau elever forbereder Årsprøven. A niveau-elever skal hygge med grammatik Minlæring We´ll enjoy a round of quizzes. Feel free to bring cake.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 8 moduler
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Titel 5	Crime Fiction This subject is about the subgenres and key elements of Crime Fiction in a both British and American context. Theory on Crime Fiction Subgenres of crime fiction Key concepts: The Detective The Criminal Protagonist Mafia + mafia-slang Whodunnit Howcatchem Locked-room-mystery Murder-mystery Plot-twist Don't You Hate Having Two Heads By Christine Paulson a Scandal in Bohemia en excerpt from the original Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. Followed by an episode of the BBC Tv series "Sherlock", episode "A Study in Pink". The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Alan Poe Godfather , exerpt from the 1969 novel, chapter 1, by Mario Puzo Godfather film 1972 directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Indhold	Kernestof: Vi starter op igen med velkomst + en masse info - og måske lidt engelsk. We will embark on a new subject: Crime Fiction. Please read attached background text. Chose one of the examples mentioned in the text of important historical crime fiction stories, google it and find the story line/short summary, - bring a short vers Subgenres of Crime Fiction.docx description Crime Fiction.pdf scandal in bohemia exerpt+task.pdf Please read the excerpt from a Scandal in Bohemia - highlight and make notes on genre characteristics. Note, that there might be traits from more than one genre. We will continue with the Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Pink" (28.19). For homework write notes and observations on the following: Don't you hate.. worksheet.docx description dont you hate having two heads.pdf We will pick up on Don't You Hate Having Two Heads - make sure you have done the work. And then we continue with Sherlock Holmes. (1.06.20) We finish and work with characterisation. Study in Pink-Scarlet.docx description A Study in Scarlet extract chapter 3.docx description Please read (or listen to) the short story by Edgar Alan Poe "the Tell-Tale Heart". Use link below. Please complete task 3 - the translation, from the worksheet. Focus on choosing the most precise options of words. 3. Written assignment: translation. Please answer question 1 and 4 from task 6 for homework. (also here below) We will also finish the animation and work with setting and narrator in class. The Tell-Tale Heart by Annette Jung Please read chapter one from The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Consider which subgenre(s) this might belong to. The Godfather Worksheet.docx description For homework please complete question 10 + 11 from the worksheet. They require a little researching. (45.08) (1.26.10) (2.09.46) Please read the review of Godfather - link below.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 15 moduler
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Titel 6

Black History

Black History in the USA From Slavery to #BlackLivesMatter

This subject focuses on the the history, culture and literature of African Americans from the time of slavery to modern day. The subject starts with a historical overview, compendium attached.
Primary texts:
Brief look at:
Declaration of independence
Emancipation Proclamation

This is America by Childish Gambino (musicvideo)

More in depth:
Jim Crow laws
The Ethics of Living Jim Crow by Richard Wright (autobiography, extract)

Strange Fruit by Abel Meeropol, 1937, poem
Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday, 1939, song

Rosa Parks + Montgomery Bus Boycott

VIPs of Black History. Research and presentation.

It Matters by Michael Che (stand up comedy)

Martin Luther King
March on Washington
The Civil Rights Movement

"I Have a Dream" speech. Speech analysis, rhetorical devices.

Emmett Till case and George Floyd Case

The Lynching of Jube Benson by Paul Laurence Dunbar (short story)

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (novel)
The Color Purple by Stephen Spielberg (film)

Primary focus/concepts discussed:
Racism
Segregation
Lynching
Inequality and injustice

Grammar and writing:
Semantic Field
Verb tenses
Pronouns
rhetorical devices
Metaphor

Text genres:
news article and feature article
Speech
poem vs song
Historical documents
novel vs film

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Godfather assignment	19-09-2025
Rehandin Godfather	24-10-2025
The Color Purple	28-11-2025

Omfang

Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 25

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Titel 7	SRO Poverty and social class in the UK SRO forløb med Engelsk og Samfundsfag. about Poverty and social classes in the United Kingdom. Primary Texts: I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach, 2016 (film) POSH by Laura Wade, 2010 (play) Act 2, scene 2+3 Supplementary material: Stilistik, chapter 5 from "English in Danish" by Ole Buhl og Marianne Larsen, 2008
Indhold	Kernestof: For today you will have finished the novel. Check reading plan. Investigate The Color Purple 76-90.pdf description The color purple worksheet 6.docx description This lesson + prep time for this lesson and for the next is for watching the film "I, Daniel Blake" (link to Filmstriben below, use your biblioteks-login) We will work with an analysis of the film "I, Daniel Blake" by Ken Loach, 2016 daniel blake worksheet.pdf description We will continue with the worksheet. Today we will focus more on characterising Daniel. We will work with the second primary text for SRO. Please read the extract from the play POSH. POSH extract.pdf description Opgaveformulering 1: Underklassens kamp mod systemet Stilistik 1. del.pdf description We continue working with stylistics. We will also devote part of this lesson on how to structure your SRO. Hand ins back + grammar - Prepositions. To prepare for this lesson watch the little introduction video about prepositions on MinLæring (link below) Minlæring
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 10 moduler
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Titel 8	tilladte elektroniske hjælpemidler Tilladte elektroniske hjælpemidler, 2k Engelsk Ordbogen.com Cambridge dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Merriam Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/ + thesaurus Thesaurus: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ Grammatik: MinLaering.dk - https://www.minlaering.dk/
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