Holdet 2023 En/u - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Viborg Katedralskole
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Marie Krogh Appel
Hold 2023 En/u (1u En, 2u En)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Our lives in 1u incl. self-selected novel
Titel 2 Crime: True and Fiction
Titel 3 Australia (Exam)
Titel 4 Digital Dilemmas
Titel 5 FF4 climate and religion in the USA
Titel 6 Divided states of America + pres. election (Exam)
Titel 7 The Hunger Games and dystopian fiction (Exam)
Titel 8 Gender -in the UK (Exam)
Titel 9 Rags to Riches (Dicte 1x)
Titel 10 No Future - Punk Music and Punk Mind (Dicte 1x)
Titel 11 Gender & Sexuality (Dicte 1x)
Titel 12 Grammatik og tilladte hjælpemidler til eksamen

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Our lives in 1u incl. self-selected novel


Climate week - environmental considerations
reading and language - my favourite book
Traditions and religions (in class and in the English speaking world)
- Halloween (escape room/getting to know and work together)
- Diwali
- christmas

Also includes lessons for "frilæsning" - throughout the year all students will read a self-selected English-language novel, during 1/2 a lesson  a week.

normalsider: 10
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 Crime: True and Fiction

Student selected topic. The students wished to investigate true crime as a genre. The unit also focuses on How serial-killers can be seen as being "unique" to American culture, as well as having a big impact on American popular culture

The unit also focused on introducing the students to the analysis of different genres
Fiction, non-fiction, film-analysis and an introduction to Essay writing and argumentative writing.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 26 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 Australia (Exam)

The unit focuses on Australia :-)
Especially focusing on the relations between the aboriginal and the "white" population, the Australian language (English as LF) but also environmental issues and Australia's unique fauna.
A lot of the work done in this unit has focused on the student's research (reading) and presentation skills, with the students learning how to analyse infographics (mainly from UN's Sustainable development goals)  and creating+ presenting their own  infographics on environmental impact on Australia. (thinks burning Koalas)
The students also investigated and presented information on Australian history and culture (see Webquest below:), and finally the students practiced formal debate using the motion: The Australian state needs to do more for its indigenous population.

normalsider: 30


Webquest: materials for group presentations on Australian history, politics and culture.

1.  Discovery and early settlement

a. Who discovered Australia and when?
http://gutenberg.net.au/aust-discovery.html

b. Who was James Cook and why is he important in connection with the discovery of Australia?
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/captain-james-cook-timeline

c. Account for some of the important aspects from the debate on Cook and his methods

http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0902/0902bluelatitudes.htm

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-controversial-legacy-of-captain-james-cook/

2. The British in Australia

a. When and why did the British start settling in Australia? (find your own links)
b. Why is Australia sometimes referred to as “a nation of convicts” and how does that show in present-day Australia.

http://www.postcolonialweb.org/australia/convicts.html

http://www.convictcentral.com/

c. Who was Ned Kelly, and why is he important in connection with national identity?

https://digital-classroom.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/ned-kellys-last-stand




3. Aboriginal History

Give a brief account of the history of Aboriginal Australians until around 1900  
You can for instance 1) make a timeline 2) give specific examples of important events.

http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/

The short version here: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aboriginal1.html
The very detailed version here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians


4. Aboriginal Culture and art

Describe some aspects of Aboriginal culture
- include an explanation of the Aboriginal term ‘dream-time’ (also referred to as ‘the dreaming’)
- explain the Aboriginal oral [mundtlige] tradition.

https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/arts
https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/spirituality
https://dreamtime.net.au/

5. Facts

Look through the following statistics on indigenous (aborigine and Torre Strait Islanders) and pick out about 10 interesting pieces of information (especially those comparing non-indigenous and indigenous people). Make sure you fully understand the information and present your findings on class.
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/PrimaryMainFeatures/4713.0?OpenDocument
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-life-expectancy/latest-release
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/PrimaryMainFeatures/4714.0?OpenDocument

Indigenous vs non-indegenous prison population:
https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/twenty-seven-years-prisoners-australia


6. Aboriginal life in the 20th century and now

a. Explain the term: ‘the Stolen Generations’ and explain how Australian society has dealt with the issue recently. You may give an example of a specific case.

https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics

b. Account for some of the problems Australian society faces today in relation to Aboriginal communities, using the following links, and links of your own.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Culture_of_violence_reported_in_central_Australian_Aboriginal_communities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians - look in the section ‘Contemporary issues’
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 21,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Digital Dilemmas

The unit focuses on how we in our daily lives live with digital media, esp. the internet, social media and AI. The unit also includes Lingua Franca in relation to English language biases (and thus US cultural biases) on the internet/in AI.

Large parts of the unit focused on the students interacting with and investigating
limitations and possibilities of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.

Another segment focused on identity and what it means to be human in a digital world linked to dystopian fiction.

Finally, the unit also looked at how social media can impact and influence us and how they catch and keep our attention. (also linked to dystopian fiction)

normalsider: 40
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 FF4 climate and religion in the USA

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 Divided states of America + pres. election (Exam)

The unit focuses on the American politiccal system, mainly through the Icivcs game Win the White house (and teacher lectures - I also teach History), and socio-economic divisions, US presidential election 2024, and the inauguration of Donald Trump as president in 2025.

The unit includes the first chapters af "værklæsning" Hunger games, since the analysis of the first chapters of the novel focused on the divisions in society shown in Panem, and how this parallels the sense of rift and "dystopia" expressed by many because of Donald Trump's election win.
The unit also adresses English As LF in relation to president Trump's repeated interest in aquiring Greeland, with the students researching and debating the influence of the English language in Greeland. ( with links back to English as LF in digital dilemmas with "English as the language of the internet")
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 47 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 The Hunger Games and dystopian fiction (Exam)

Værklæsning: Hunger Games

The class has read Suzanne Collins: the Hunger Games, with a focus of dystopian fiction, with science fiction as a comment on/critique of society, with a focus/parallel to the current political situation in USA.

The novel has thus been linked to the dystopian fiction elements from Digital Dilemmas
- Black Mirror, Nosedive
- Ex Machina

and to the divisions in American society and current US politics from the unit Divided states of America, especially the texts:
- J. D. Vance: Hilbilly Elegy (working class status and identity as opposed to the political elites in the capital, Appalachia)

normalsider: 300
- Margret Atwood: Handmaids Tale, chapter 5 (also dystopian fiction)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Gender -in the UK (Exam)

Texts with focus on Gender & Sexuality and UK society and class.
The unit ties in with the class' participation in Zonta's Goal 5 workshop on gender and the UN sustainable development goal 5: Gender Equality.
The Handmaid's tale works as a "bridge" between the 3 units: Politics in the US, Værklæsning: The Hunger Games, and this gender unit.
in terms of UK, we have looked at gender expectations and tradition vs. modernity in relation to the British royal family, and tradwives, but also the recent debate sparked by "Adolescence", and the "problematic nature" of the Christmas "classic" Love Actually.

Fiction, poetry, non-fiction and film analysis. Metaphors and figurative language, symbols. Practicing the oral exam.

Normalsider: 50
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Rags to Riches (Dicte 1x)

Uddrag af Waris Diries selvbiografi "Desert Flower". Hendes opvækst i Somalia, hendes flugt til London og senere New York. Vi har læst kapitel 1-5 samt 8. Vi har også set filmen baseret på bogen og arbejdet med filmanalyse. Samfundsforhold og FGM (female genital mutilation). Vi har desuden læst en tale (acceptance speech) af Waris Dirie, der modtog The Sunhak Peace Prize.
Supplerende har vi set og arbejdet med filmen "Slumdog Millionaire".

Anslået normalsider: 70

Selvbiografien som genre.
Metaforer og symboler.
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 10 No Future - Punk Music and Punk Mind (Dicte 1x)



Formålet med forløbet var at give eleverne kendskab til Storbritannien via nogle nedslag kulturelt og politisk. Tematisk har vi arbejdet med arbejdsløshed og gadekampene i sommeren 1981 og sangen "Ghost Town", der ramte gaderne og udtrykte manges frustration i netop det år. Vi har arbejdet med Margaret Thatchers politik i nedslag, men især om Thatcher som kontroversiel figur og hendes komplicerede rolle som ikon. Desuden har vi arbejdet med punken set i bagspejlet. Punkkulturen er af eftertiden blevet tildelt nogle faste roller og måske i visse sammenhænge gjort større, end den var i sin tid. Vi har læst avisartikler, blogindlæg, en novelle, nogle punk-sange (lyrics) samt set en del videoklip plus filmen The Iron Lady.

Anslået normalsider: 70

Texts:
Jon Savage - "How punk bridged the class divide" (article)
Dorian Lynskey - "No Future? Punk is still the sound of youth rebellion the world over" (article)

Song Lyrics:
Ghost Town (The Specials)
God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols)
God Save the Queen (National Anthem)
Sheena is a Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
Thatcherites (Billy Bragg)

The Music Aficionado - "Ghost Town by The Specials" (blog post)
"Punk 5 years on" (interview from The Face Magazine)
Veronica Schanoes - "Ballroom Blitz" (short story/novelette)

Margaret Thatcher - "Defending the Falklands" (speech, excerpt)

The Iron Lady (film)
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 11 Gender & Sexuality (Dicte 1x)

Texts with focus on Gender & Sexuality. Vocabulary, argumentation (Toulmin, modes of persuasion), literature and film analysis. Metaphors and figurative language.

Anslået normalsider: 40

Kathy Witterick - Baby Storm (article)
Peggy Orenstein - What's wrong with Cinderella? (article)
Molly Lipson - How language classes are moving past the gender binary (article)
Alix Olson - Gender Game (poem + video)
Annie Proulx - Brokeback Mountain (short story)
Brokeback Mountain (film)
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 12 Grammatik og tilladte hjælpemidler til eksamen

Kører løbende igennem begge år:
Tilladte hjælpemidler til eksamen og terminsprøven er:

Tillaldte online-resurser til arbejdet med grammatik og analyse:
Minlæring: https://www.minlaering.dk/
• Do it, Write (essay, struktur, analysetermer)
• Engram Basis/Engram: grammatik

her må man selvfølgelig gerne hoppe mellem de forskellige bøger inde på platformen.

eksempel på Henvisning:
”adjektiver”  Thomas Boesen og Sarah Barding. Engram basis. Minlaering 2019. https://app.minlaering.dk/bog/6/kapitel/31467/sektion/31805


Ordbøger:
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/#/
https://abc.ordbogen.com/dictionary  
(samme som ordbogen.com, men mere skolerettet)

ALD (advanced Learnes Dictionaries (engelsk/engelsk-orbøger))

• https://www.merriam-webster.com/
(inkl. synonymordbog/thesaurus)
• https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
• https://www.ldoceonline.com/

Husk at I også kan finde præpositionsforbindelser, collocations og bøjninger på ALD’erne
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer