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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution Nærum Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Anders Kildegaard Dünweber, Nadja Marie Mariager
Hold 2023 EN/b (1b EN, 2b EN, 3b EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 (Why) is that frightening?!
Titel 2 Coming of age
Titel 3 Travelling
Titel 4 American beliefs and values
Titel 5 Harris versus Trump (the presidential election)
Titel 6 Voices of South Africa
Titel 7 American superheroes
Titel 8 Preparation for written mock exam
Titel 9 Revision of annual written mock exam
Titel 10 Ireland
Titel 11 Political discourse in the US and the UK
Titel 12 Macbeth: ambition and power
Titel 13 Varieties of English
Titel 14 Literary periods in English literature
Titel 15 Post-modern identities
Titel 16 Romanticism - Social criticism
Titel 17 Preparation of written and oral exams

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 (Why) is that frightening?!

At the end of the unit, you should be able to:
-explain what characterized the Romantic age in Britain
-explain how both nature poetry and the Gothic relate to changes in British society
-explain what characterizes romantic nature poetry
-explain what characterizes the Gothic
-explain how Gothic relates to horror fiction
-explain how horror may be blended into a comedy theater play
- preparing and presenting a fiction analysis of Frankenstein.


Primary materials: William Wordsworth "The Tables Turned" (poetry, 1798)
Mary Shelley "Frankenstein" (excerpt from the novel, 1818), Chapters 1-3 & 5.
Frankenstein (Mini Series - in two parts) from 2004, directed by Kevin Connor

Secondary:
Through Literary Landscapes p.8-23.
Crazy Christmas (theatre play by Vivienne Key and her Team, 2023)
https://www.tivoli.dk/da/kultur-og-program/teater/2023/crazy-christmas-cabaret

(App. 70 standard pages)

Ordbøger mm:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
https://www.ordbogen.com/
https://ordbog.gyldendal.dk/
https://www.ldoceonline.com/
ordnet.dk
https://app.minlaering.dk/
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Frankenstein 04-12-2023
Horror production 19-12-2023
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Coming of age

Forløbet har fokus på emnet "Growing up" og på et forsat arbejde med genrer indenfor fiktion.

Primary literature:
Indian Camp (Hemmingway)
Just Like That (Michael Richards)
From "Contexts" (2004), red. af Grønvold, m.fl. Gyldendal,
Dune (2021), Movie

I Do it, Write! (minlæring) arbejder vi med afsnit omhandlende 'Fiction analysis' og 'The analytical essay'.  
Crash course in grammar (intro-emner: ordklasser, sætningsanalyse, ordstilling, tegnsætning, kongruens & genitiv). Vi arbejder med eksamens-sæt.
(app. 30 standard pages)

Ordbøger:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
https://www.ordbogen.com/
https://ordbog.gyldendal.dk/
Grammatik:
https://www.minlaering.dk/

Læringsmålene er genrekendskab (fiction/non-fiction: short story, news article, movie), forskellige skrivestile, øget fokus på skriftlig arbejde og evalueringsprocesser. Fokus på at analysere og fortolke tekster med anvendelse af faglig terminologi og metode samt at demonstrere viden om fagets identitet og metoder.
Arbejdsformer er individuelle, pararbejde, præsentationer, oplæg og gruppearbejde med matrix.
Elevkompetencer er lytte til andre, deltage aktivt, humanistiske/sproglige metoder.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay intro 30-01-2024
Essay final 11-02-2024
Essay rewriting 26-02-2024
Test 20-03-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 16,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Travelling

Focus is on the theme of travelling. The students are practicing the use of non-fiction analytical approaches.

Primary materials:
The Value of Traveling by Rick Steves (Speech). TED-talk from 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYXiegTXsEs
"Travel is said to increase cultural understanding. Does it?" by Ruth Terry, published in National Geographic, 2020.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/does-travel-really-lead-to-empathy
The Beach (movie) from 2000 directed by Danny Boyle


Group work with and presentation of non-fiction analysis of a specific non-fiction article (concerning travelling)

App. 60 standard pages

Kernestof:
det engelske sprogs grammatik, ortografi og tegnsætning
̶- udtale, ordforråd og idiomer
̶- principper for tekstopbygning
̶- kommunikationsstrategier
- et genremæssigt varieret udvalg af primært nyere ikke-fiktive tekster
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af ikke-fiktive tekster
- fiktionsanalyse (film)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Oral presentations 15-04-2024
Creative group task: Writing a non-fictio 06-05-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 American beliefs and values

American beliefs and values - Eksamensemne


Biographical drama: The Pursuit of Happiness (2006, Director: Gabriele Mucchino).

Paul Auster's Bloodbath Nation (excerpt) - the issue of mass shooting
Andrea Elliot's The Invisible Child (excerpt)  - the issue of poverty

Secondary literature:
From American History by David Nye: Early American history (Chapter 1: Discovery to Colonization) and The American Revolution and creation of the Constitution (Chapter 3: The Creation of a New Nation).

From 'Being American':
Chapter 1: American identity: Being an immigrant, being a frontier man, having rights and values, the new American identity.
(app. 100 standard pages)

Focus areas: Introduction to American society and culture. Non-fiction and fiction analysis (movie analysis). Class discussions and group presentations.

Grammar: Verbs (minlæring)

Ordbøger:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
https://www.ordbogen.com/
https://ordbog.gyldendal.dk/
https://www.ldoceonline.com/

Kernestof:
- det engelske sprogs grammatik, ortografi og tegnsætning
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- væsentlige historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i USA
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Multiple choice test Am History I 20-08-2024
Exam paper 1 31-08-2024
Multiple Choice American History II 03-09-2024
style of writing + argumentation 24-09-2024
Vodcast: Analysis of The Pursuit of Happyness 09-10-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Harris versus Trump (the presidential election)

Teaching unit about the presidential election, 2024 (incl. SRO preparation)

Non-fiction: Campaign videos, self-selected sources on presidential election. Reflecting on different types of values as well as the role of mediacoverage in the political debate.

Secondary Literature:
Being American af Mette Holm. Kapitel 3. (Presidential election). Republican party, Democratic party, populism, new political tendencies.
The Presidential Election: Political parties, fundraising, campaigning, electoral college.

Incl. SRO-forløb i samarbejde med samfundsfag. Herunder moduler i videnskabsteori samt informationssøgning.

App. 50 standard pages
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Exam paper 2 24-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Voices of South Africa

A teaching unit that revolves around the memoir ”Born a Crime”by Trevor Noah, published in 2017. We will reflect on the way in which the book sheds light on consequences of British colonialism in postcolonial South Africa. Highlighting themes such as cultural identity, when cultures clash and/or intermingle. Furthermore, we will discuss the strenghts and drawbacks of using different genres to thematize the complex issue of apartheid and its aftermath.

Youtube videos:
History summarized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_72a0J25cI (South Africa's history
Examples of Trevor Noah's stand up comedy sessions.

Movie: Mandela - A long Way to Freedom.

Primary literature apart from "Born a Crime":
"The Moment the Gun went of" by Nadine Gordimer. (short story)
"The New South Africa" (1991) by Athol Williams (poem)
"The child who was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga" (1963)  by Ingrid Jonker (poem)

App. 300 standard pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 American superheroes

Overall aim of the unit:
Understanding depictions of the American superhero and American identity

Content of the unit:
In the lessons in this unit, the pupils will 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 pupils will also continue to apply the New Criticism model for literary analysis and interpretation in the unit.
The role of the American superhero in American society and American identity will be discussed. The pupils will enhance their skills in analysing characters, the setting, the composition, and graphic devices applied in graphic novels.

Academic learning targets (from 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: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 Preparation for written mock exam

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 10 Ireland

Overall aim of the unit:
The pupils will gain an understanding of Ireland, its people and literary heritage.

Content of the unit:
The lessons in this unit will present the pupils for a variety of texts from Irish literature in which analytical and interpretation skills will be enhanced. The pupils will gain an understanding of the role of nature and religion in Ireland as well as the troubled relationship between Ireland and Britain, notably England in particular. The pupils will learn about key events of Irish history such as the Easter Rising, the Irish Civil War, and the Magdalen Laundries. A lesson in the unit will also be looking at Irish slang and Irish stereotypes. Finally, contemporary issues relating to Irish society will be discussed.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- det engelske sprogs grammatik, udtale, ortografi og tegnsætning.
- principper for tekstopbygning og tekstsammenhæng.
- standardsprog og variation, herunder elementer af det engelske sprogs udvikling.
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster.
- et genremæssigt bredt udvalg af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster fra forskellige perioder, herunder skrevne værker.
- væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og USA samt andre engelsksprogede regioner.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 Political discourse in the US and the UK

Overall aim of the unit:
The pupils will read contemporary political speeches from the USA and Britain and gain knowledge of the art of writing a political speech.

Content of the unit:
In the lessons in this unit, the pupils will read political speeches from both the USA and Britain. These speeches will be analysed by applying two forms of a discourse analysis. The methods applied are Norman Fairclough’s and Laclau and Mouffes’ approaches to discourse analysis. These methods to discourse analysis will be supported by subsequent analyses of the use of rhetorical devices applied in the selected speeches of the unit.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- principper for tekstopbygning og tekstsammenhæng
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 12 Macbeth: ambition and power

Overall aim of the unit:
The pupils will read Shakespeare’s Macbeth and consider the individual and social consequences of ambition.

Content of the unit:
In the lessons in this unit, the pupils will read a selection of scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The reading will focus on the characters, the setting, language, composition, and the time in which Shakespeare wrote his plays. The pupils will also gain background knowledge of the Elizabethan literary period. The overall theme of the analysis and interpretation of the play will be the consequences of ambition. The pupils will consider what the play teaches us about having personal ambition and what individual and social consequences having ambition can have for human beings.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- uddrag af værker af Shakespeare
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- væsentlige strømninger i britisk og amerikansk litteraturhistorie
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 13 Varieties of English

Overall aim of the unit:
The pupils will gain an understanding of the main differences between British and American English as well as regional dialects of the English language.

Content of the unit:
The lessons in this unit will present the pupils for a variety of English dialects spoken in Britain and the USA. The pupils will learn about the origin of the English language and its development into becoming a global language spoken by people around the world as either a native or foreign language. In groups, the pupils will select a variety of the English language and present an analysis of the dialect in comparison to either British English (RP) or standard American English based upon differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, syntax and grammar.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- det engelske sprogs grammatik, udtale, ortografi og tegnsætning.
- standardsprog og variation, herunder elementer af det engelske sprogs udvikling.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 14 Literary periods in English literature

Overall aim of the unit:
The pupils will gain an understanding of key events and literary traits of selected literary periods.

Content of the unit:
The lessons in this unit will present the pupils for a selection of the Romantic, Victorian, Modernist and Post-Modernist literary periods. The pupils will read texts presenting key historical and social events of the periods as well as literary traits related to the period. The aim of this unit is to present knowledge of literary periods which the pupils can apply in their continued analysis and interpretation of literary texts.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- væsentlige strømninger i britisk og amerikansk litteraturhistorie.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 15 Post-modern identities

Overall aim of the unit:
Exploring the post-modern individual through analysis and interpretation of contemporary British post-modern short stories.

Content of the unit:
In the lessons in this unit, the pupils will be introduced to a selection of British post-modernist literature. All short stories are set in a big city setting, and the pupils will analyse the role of the setting on the postmodern individual as it is depicted in the short stories. The pupils will gain an understanding of postmodernism as a literary theory by looking at central genre characteristics of the literary period. The pupils will also continue to apply the New Criticism model for literary analysis and interpretation in the unit. The role of characters, setting, symbolism and open-ended interpretation is exploxed in this unit. The pupils will also watch a BBC documentary on Britain in the 80s to gain valuable background knowledge of the time in which many of the post-modern stories have been written in.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- et genremæssigt bredt udvalg af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster fra forskellige perioder, herunder skrevne værker
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- væsentlige strømninger i britisk og amerikansk litteraturhistorie
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 16 Romanticism - Social criticism

Overall aim of the unit:
How society and social change were drivers of inspiration for the poets of the Romantic age.

Content of the unit:
In the lessons in this unit, the pupils will be introduced to a selection of poems from the Romantic age. The BBC documentary The Romantics will function as a foundation for poetry analysis, as various poets of the Romantic age positioned themselves against the changes in society seen at the time. The role of nature and the symbolic value of children will be key aspects in the analysis of the poems presented in the unit. Poems by Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge will be analysed in the lessons of the unit.

Academic learning targets (from UVM):
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i USA.
- væsentlige strømninger i britisk og amerikansk litteraturhistorie.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 17 Preparation of written and oral exams

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer