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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution Vesthimmerlands Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Marie Næsby Juhl
Hold 2023 EN/s (1s EN, 2s EN, 3s EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 The American dream
Titel 2 Australia
Titel 3 Black in the USA
Titel 4 The American election - crash course -ikke eksamen
Titel 5 Short film - ikke eksamen som selvstændigt emne
Titel 6 Multicultural Britain
Titel 7 Fairytales and fantasy
Titel 8 A real man
Titel 9 Evil
Titel 10 Faith in humanity

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 The American dream

Benyttede online ordbøger i engelsk:
Gyldendals ordbog
Ordbogen.com
Mirriam-webster.com

Kernestof:
Key, Francis Scott "The Star Spangled Banner" 1814 (song)
Muccino, Gabriele “The Pursuit of Happyness”2006 (movie)
Obama, Barack “The American Promise” 2008 (Speech)
“The Little House on the Prairie” season 1 episode 1 (TV series)
Samuelson, Robert J. "The American dream's empty promise" 2012
"Arnold Schwarznegger" 1984 (interview)
Tan, Amy "Two kinds" 1989 (short story)

Supplerende stof:
"The declaration of independence" 1776 - uddrag
Kearny, Edward N. "The Frontier Heritage" 1984
Key, Scott "The funny thing about the American dream" 2019 (TED-talk)

Fokuspunkter: American history and values, Pros and cons of the American dream, the USA as a nation of immigrants, different versions of the American dream, ideals vs. reality, introduction to analysis of non-fiction

Arbejdsformer: Læreroplæg, gruppearbejde, ordforrådsøvelser, kreative skriveøvelser, elevoplæg, klassediskussioner
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 37 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Australia

Kernestof:
Noyce, Phillip “Rabbit-Proof Fence” 2003 (movie)       
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd “Apology to Australia’s Indigenous People” 2008 (speech)  
Tucker, Margaret “If Anyone Cared” 1977 (excerpt from autobiography)
Weller, Archie “Going Home” (short story)
Grant, Stan "Don't call them disadvantaged : Successful Australians redefining  what it is to be Indigenous" 2017 (article)
Rummer, Jodie "Are We Really Prepared to Lose This Natural Wonder?" (opinion article)
Vice "Living Through Australia’s Black Summer: Fire Country" 2020 (documentary)
Murray, Les "On Bushfire Warning Day" 2022 (poem)

Supplerende stof:
Youtube “Moonman – creation story” (video)
Timeline of Australian history
Travel + Leisure "How Scientists Are Restoring The Great Barrier Reef" 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hknaJQRh8s
Information on bushfires

Fokus:
Aboriginal culture, colonization, racism, the British mistreatment of Aboriginals and the stolen generation, the consequences and modern Australian society, climate change and environment in Australia

Arbejdsformer:
gruppearbejde, klassediskussioner, ordforrådsøvelser, samtaleøvelser, elevoplæg, læreroplæg

NB! Derudover har eleverne deltaget i et projekt med Oman med fokus på Global Citizenship. Det har arbejdet med idegenerering og fremlagt for venskabsskolen over Zoom. De har desuden arbejdet med engelsk som lingua franca og hvilken betydning dette har for kommunikationen med Oman
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 37 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Black in the USA

Kernestof:
"Chopin, Kate "Desiree's baby" 1893 (short story)
King, Martin Luther "I have a dream" 1963 (speech) - excerpt
Malcolm X: "The Ballot or the Bullet" 1964 (speech) - excerpt  
Rachel “The final flame” 2012 (short story)
Tillman, George "The Hate U Give" 2018 (movie) - excerpt
Broadbent, Elisabeth "A mother's white privilege" 2014 (blog)


Supplerende stof:
"The 13th amendment" 1865
"The declaration of independence" 1776 - uddrag
"The emancipation proclamation" 1862 - uddrag
Vice Media “Triple hate” (documentary on the KKK today) http://www.vice.com/video/triple-hate-full-length
Background knowledge about slavery, the Ku klux klan & the civil war
Timeline of black history
Timeline of Police Brutality
Youtube video "Race of life (white privilege)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBQx8FmOT_0
"Slavery - crash course" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajn9g5Gsv98

Fokus: The history and development i black rights in the USA, Central events, how the black experience is reflected in literature (fiction and non-fiction), racism and the consequences of a racist society, systemic racism and racial bias, white privilege
Taleanalyse og retoriske virkemidler, billedsprog, analyse af mange forskellige genre

Arbejdsformer: Læreroplæg, ordforrådsøvelser, gruppearbejde, samtaleøvelser, elevfremlæggelser, kreative øvelser / fremlæggelser
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 25 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 The American election - crash course -ikke eksamen

Kernestof:
Overview of the American election process - how to become president: https://cbm.cw/overview-of-the-us-election-process/
Trump campaign ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=speJ-hLqZ-M
Harris campaign ad "Tougher": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2F9qGxTKcU

Supplerende stof:
Pictures and tweets from the presidential campaign
Hompages of the Republicans and the Democrats
Research on both the presidential candidates and the candidates for vicepresident

Fokus:
The American election, important vocabulary and terms connected to the election, campaigning
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Short film - ikke eksamen som selvstændigt emne

Kernestof:
Ratthe, Mathieu "Lovefield" 2008
Kumar, Arpita "My Dear Americans" 2013
Bunning, Jon "The Tables" 2017

Supplerende materiale:
Selvlavede informationsark og powerpoint om filmanalyse
Selvvalgte kortfilm (brugt ifm. fremlæggelser)

Fokuspunkter:
Filmiske virkemidler og deres effekt, opbygningen af kortfilm

Arbejdsformer:
Læreroplæg, gruppearbejde, klassediskussion, elevoplæg
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Multicultural Britain

Kernestof:
Thomson, James “Rule Britania” 1740 – poem / song
Kipling, Rudyard "The White Man's Burden" 1899 - poem
Farage, Nigel "Why multiculturalism has failed Britain, France and every other country" 2015 (opinion article)
Milliband, Ed "Immigration speech" 2012 (excerpt from speech)
Halbach, Alicia "Is multiculturalism the future?"  (TED-talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_halbach_is_multiculturalism_the_future
Ferguson, Niall "How Britain made the modern world" 2002 - excerpt

SRO: eleverne har skrevet SRO om enten
1) Chadha, Gurinder "Bend it like Beckham" 2002 (i samarbejde med fransk)
2) Sahota, Ranbir "Chameleon" 2003 (I samarbejde med tysk)
3) Karmer, Steir "Speech on immigration" November 28th 2024 (i samarbejde med samfundsfag)

Fokus: Globalisering, Kulturmøder og kommunikation. Colonization,  nationalism and patriotism, pros and cons of multiculturalism, English as Lingua Franca, the consequences of the empire, Brexit and its consequences

Arbejdsformer: gruppearbejde, læreroplæg, elevfremlæggelser, klassediskussioner, ordforrådsøvelser
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 27 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Fairytales and fantasy

Kernestof:
Lewis, C. S. “The Narnia Chronicles – the lion, the witch and the wardrobe” 1984 (novel) - værklæsning
ABC “Once upon a time - Red handed” (episode 15 from season 1 of a TV-series)
Little Red Riding Hood (fairytale)
Valeria, Sinéad de “The spoiled child” 1973 (short story / fairytale)

Adamson, Andrew “The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe” 2005 (movie)
Jackson, Peter "The Fellowship of the Ring" - the lord of the rings 2001 (movie)

Supplerende stof:
Fra antologien “Worlds of Fantasy” (Systime 2005):
Grossman, Lev “Feeding on fantasy” 2002 (theory)
"Entering worlds of fantasy" (theory)
Ellis, Lindsay "How fantasy reflects our world" 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfLa9s4pMI

Fokus:
Genretypiske træk, forskellige former for fantasy, the three stages of growing up, religiøse symboler (primært kristendom), personlig udvikling, budskab og morale, The Medusa effect

Arbejdsformer: gruppearbejde, læreroplæg, klassediskussioner, læsegrupper, creative writing, elevpræsentationer
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 30,00 moduler
Dækker over: 37 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 A real man

Kernestof:
Hemingway, Ernest "The short happy life of Francis macomber" 1936 (short story)
Hemingway, Ernest "The snows of Kilimanjaro" 1936 (short story)
MacKinney, Reece "Stop calling it toxic masculinity" 2002 (TED talk)
Daldry, Stephen "Billy Elliot" 2000 (movie)

Supplerende stof:

From Mulan "I'll make a man out of you" 1998 (song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9MfuWSQoWc
Pop culture detective "What is toxic masculinity" 2018  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gha3kEECqUk
White Ribbon PSA "Boys don't cry" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjo-hwAKcas

Fokus: minimalism, male stereotypes and ideals through time, toxic masculinity, the modern man, modernism, nihilism, courage, positive masculinity, the modern man, relationships, identity, norms and values, gender roles

Arbejdsformer: gruppearbejde, klassediskussion, ordforrådsøvelser, samtaleøvelser, elevoplæg, læreroplæg
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 Evil

Kernestof:

1. Reicher, Steven "Why not everyone is a torturer" 2004 (article)
Spence, Sean "Bad or mad" 2004 (article)

2. Macbeth:
Shakespeare, William "Macbeth" 1623 (play)
Act 1 scene 1, 2, 3, 5 & 7
Act 2 scene 1 & 2

3. Serial killers:
Dahl, Roald "The landlady" 1959 (short story)
Showtime original "Dexter - season 1 episode 1" 2006 (TV serie)
Moore, Melissa "My evil dad: Life as a serial killer’s daughter" 2014 (autobiographical article)

Supplerende stof:¨
Fallon, Jim "Exploring the mind of a killer" 2009 (TED talk)
Play Podcast "Mission killer: "Real life Dexter" 2025 (Podcast)
Polansky, Roman "Macbeth" 1971 (movie)
Information on the Elisabethian age, Aristoteles' definition of a tragedy, the tragic hero, the great chain of being, Elisabethan grammar
Teatergrad "Richard III - riget, magten, æren" 2026 (teaterstykke hos Randers teater)

FF7:
MacDonald, Peter "Rambo III" 1988
Churchill, Winston "Sinews of Peace" 1946
The cold war
The rhetoric of evil, demonization, communism vs. capitalism

Fokus:
1. Definition of evil, nature vs. nurture
2. Power, greed / ambition, imagery, gender, relationship, the great chain of being
3. Nature vs. nuture, definition of a serial killer, point of view, suspense, atmosphere

Arbejdsformer: læreroplæg, elevfremlæggelser, gruppearbejde, klassediskussion, dialog i mindre grupper, ordforrådsøvelser
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 27 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Faith in humanity

Kernestof:
Honeyman, Gail "Elinor Oliphant is completely fine" 2017 (novel)
Gorman, Amanda "The Hill we climb" 2021 (poem)
Leder, Mimi "Pay it forward" 2000 (movie)
Obama, Barack "My brother's keeper initiative" (speech)

Supplerende stof:
Lennon, John "Imagine" 1971 (song)
Gorman, Amanda "Chorus of the captains" 2021 (poem)

Fokus:
How to change the world (big and small) - the big effect of small gestures, relationships, parenting, trauma, development, hope, support, personal responsibility, how to analyze a poem, repetition of terms used to analyze speeches as well as fiction, how to turn your life around, how there is still good in the world despite uncertain times.

Arbejdsformer:
Gruppearbejde, læreroplæg, samtaleøvelser, boganmeldelse, begrebstræning, samtalegrupper
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: 17,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer