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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2022/23 - 2024/25
Institution Nærum Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Kasper Langberg
Hold 2022 EN/a (1a EN, 2a EN, 3a EN)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Graphic novels and superheroes
Titel 2 Varieties of English
Titel 3 Eksamensemne: American Dream 1: Moonlight
Titel 4 Crime fiction og studietur Edinburgh
Titel 5 Eksamensemne: American Dream 2: The Great Gatsby
Titel 6 SRO- opgave: The Divided States of America
Titel 7 Eksamensemne: Science Fiction
Titel 8 Grammatik og skriftlige genre i Engelsk
Titel 9 Eksamensemne: The Women Question
Titel 10 Modernism and Postmodernism
Titel 11 Eksamensemne: Shakespeare
Titel 12 Eksamensemne: Australia
Titel 13 Opsamling og repetition

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Graphic novels and superheroes

General purpose of the topic: the pupils have read a selection of comics (graphic novels) depicting the American superhero. The pupils will be introduced to analysing comics by applying graphic devices for analysis and interpretation. The role of the American superhero in American society and American identity will be discussed.

Academic learning objectives: how to read a graphic novel, how to analyse characters, the setting, the composition, and graphic devices applied in graphic novels.

Genres: graphic novels and non-fiction article.

Kernestof fra uvm:
- principper for tekstopbygning og tekstsammenhæng
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- et genremæssigt bredt udvalg af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 Varieties of English

Varieties of English

General purpose of the topic: Is to introduce the students to the history of the English language and give them examples of the many varieties of the English language both in the UK and abroad.

Academic learning objectives: How to read non-fiction texts and analyze the characteristics of different dialects and sociolects of the English language. Also exercises in making oral presentations.

Genres: Non-fiction



Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 Eksamensemne: American Dream 1: Moonlight

General purpose of the topic: Introducing the students to Afro American culture in  contemporary USA. By analyzing the film ”Moonlight” (Jenkins 2016), the students are introduced to a range of themes such as social inequality, racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, growing up. Also, the students are introduced to tools how to analyse film.  Finally, the theme The American Dream are discussed in relation to the film.

Academic learning objectives: Film analysis, group work and oral presentation.

Genres: Film
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Crime fiction og studietur Edinburgh

Crime fiction og studietur Edinburgh

General purpose of the topic: The student are introduced to the genre Crime Fiction. The students read a collection of crime fiction short stories from Scotland in relation to their study trip to Edinburgh. Also the students read some material on the history of Scotland.

Academic learning objectives: Analysing crime fiction short stories.


Genre: Crime Fiction
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 Eksamensemne: American Dream 2: The Great Gatsby

General purpose of the topic: The students have read the novel “The Great Gatsby” and they analyse the many themes of the novel with the main focus on the American Dream.  


Academic learning objectives: Analysing novels, groups work and group oral presentation.

Genre: The novel
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 22 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 SRO- opgave: The Divided States of America

SRO- opgave
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 1 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 Eksamensemne: Science Fiction

General purpose of the topic: The students read a collection of historic Science Fiction short stories and novels. The students are introduced to the many sub-genres of Science Fiction and the historic development of the genre.

Academic learning objectives: Analysing novels, groups work and group oral presentation.

Genre: Science Fiction
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Grammatik og skriftlige genre i Engelsk

Fokus på grammatik og skriftlige genre i Engelsk
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Eksamensemne: The Women Question

The Women Question: From Romanticism to Modernism:

General purpose of the topic: The students have read a collection of historic classic short stories with the main focus on women´s conditions in different historic ages. Also, the students have read general presentations of the different historic periods with focus on the characteristic themes.

Academic learning objectives: Analysing historic short stories, groups work and group oral presentation.

Genre: Short story and novel

The students have read the following short stories..  

The Romantic Age:
William Blake: Nurse´s Song
Lord Byron: So We´ll Go No More Roving
Willam Wordsworth: The Solitary Reaper
Jane Austen: :Pride and Prejudice (Excerpt)

The Victorian Age:
George Eliot: In a London Drawing Room
William Booth: In Darkest England And The Way Out
Charles Dickens: Nobody´s Story
Rudyard Kipling: the Sory of Muhammed Din
Emily Jane Brontë: What Made Her Weep
Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre (2011 film)
John Stuart Mill: The Subjection of Women (Excerpt)

Modernism:
Virginia Woolf: The Legacy
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 29 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 10 Modernism and Postmodernism

General purpose of the topic: The students have read a collection of historic classic short stories from the modern  - and postmodern literary period with focus on the characteristic themes.
The students have read general presentations of the different historic periods with focus on the characteristic themes.

Academic learning objectives: Analysing historic short stories, groups work and group oral presentation.

Genre: Short story

The students have read:

Modernism:
George Orwell: Such, Such Were The Joys (chapter 4)
Ernest Hemmingway: A Clean Well-Lighted Place.

Post-Modernism:
Paul Auster: Auggie Wren´s Christmas Story
Paul Auster: City of Glass.

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 11 Eksamensemne: Shakespeare


Macbeth
The unit focuses on the Renaissance and especially on Shakespeare and his play Macbeth.

At the end of the unit you will be able to discuss the Elizabethan Era, its world picture and not least its theatre. You will know the historical and cultural context. You can place Shakespeare in this context.

- You will be able to analyse and discuss Shakeaspeare's play Macbeth.
- You will be familiar with Shakespeare's style and language.
- You can explain the genre tragedy.
- You will know the iambic pentameter and the blank verse and different types of sonnets.

Materials:
Excerpts from Shakespeare's play Macbeth + background (in: Reading Shakespeare in Our Time, Birgitte Speyer, Columbus, 2017):
Act I, sc i, sc ii, sc vii, Act II, sc. i, sc ii ,Act V, sc. v.
Special attention is placed on the themes of unchecked ambition, regicide, masculine vs. feminine, appearences/nothing is what it seems as reflected in the play.
Background on history, Elizabethan theatre, tragedy and dramatic terms (in: 'Romeo and Juliet', Clausen and Kaalund (Gyldendal, 2017)).
Sonnets 18 and 130

Film:
Shakespeare in Love (film, John Madden,1998). Special attention to Shakespeare's London and its theatres as portrayed in the film as well as special attention to the elements of comedy and of tragedy in the film.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 12 Eksamensemne: Australia

Post Colonial Country: Australia

General purpose of the topic: The students read a collection of fiction short stories and non-fiction articles about Australia. The students are introduced to a brief history of Australia and historic conflicts and themes.

Academic learning objectives: Analysing historic short stories, non-fiction, group work and group oral presentation.

Genre: Short story and non-fiction

Texts:
A selection of texts from the anthology "Boomerang" (Columbus, Kaalund, Clausen)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer