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Holdet 2023 En/c - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser

Termin(er)	2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution	Nærum Gymnasium
Fag og niveau	Engelsk B
Lærer(e)	Dorthe Madsen
Hold	2023 En/c (1c En, 2c En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb

Titel 1	Sci-Fi, AI and Ethics
Titel 2	Inequality and Social Mobility in the US
Titel 3	Tilladte online hjælpemidler til eksamen
Titel 4	The British - relating to the others (exam)
Titel 5	Music and Politics: Handel and US Politics (exam)
Titel 6	Irish Voices (exam)
Titel 7	American Minimalism - Hemingway & Carver (exam)
Titel 8	Tilladte online hjælpemidler til eksamen

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Titel 1

Sci-Fi, AI and Ethics

The theme will be an exploration of the overall questions: Is technology a blessing or a curse? Does modern technology pose a danger to individual freedom? How can we tell the difference between humans and AI?

Methods:Our focus will be on choosing adequate analytical tools when analyzing non-fiction (argumentation analysis), fiction (characterization and narrative technique) and film analysis (cinematic technique)
Creative writing has been part of the theme resulting in the individual creation of "What if?" stories.

Material:
Non-fiction:
TED Talk: “Why the World Needs Science Fiction” by Etienne Augé (15 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJkixvgJqsY

Video (18 minutes) "Sci-Fi vs.Speculative Fiction":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAvH9j7Tjbg

Erwing Goffman's theory about front stage and back stage behavior: https://www.thoughtco.com/goffmans-front-stage-and-back-stage-behavior-4087971

Hand out: "Definition of Utopia and Dystopia"

"Race to AI: The Origins of artificial intelligence, from Turing to ChatGPT" by Ian Sample, The Guardian, Oct 28, 2023.

Fiction:
Ray Bradbury "The Veldt", 1951 (short story)

Film:
Black Mirror “Nosedive” Season 3, Episode 1.
Spike Jonze's film "Her", 2013

Learning targets:
- Define science fiction as a genre versus speculative fiction.
- Discuss the overall question of the theme, whether technology is a blessing or a curse using examples from the texts.
- What does it mean to be human compared to AI?
- Discuss various ethical dilemmas using AI technology both in a historical context and our present time ChatGPTs
- Discuss pros and cons of ChatGPT
- Discuss AI in the world of dating and relationships

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Titel	Afleveringsdato
TED Talk Summary pair work	28-11-2023
Characterization The Veldt	12-12-2023
Creative writing: What if...?	07-01-2024

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Titel 2	Inequality and Social Mobility in the US Focus for this course is the current political situation in the US in relation to inequality, social mobility and race. Socio economical and educational factors in relation to social inequality will be discussed. Learning targets: - to understand political aspects of inequality and social mobility. - to explain the terms "dynastic" vs "dynamic" in relation to economy. - to analyse both non-fictional and fictional texts within the area of social mobility and race - to reflect on what fictional texts can be used for in comparison to non-fictional texts. - to explain the Gini coefficient and its development during recent years in the US. - discuss factors influencing inequality and social mobility and make comparisons to European countries. - be able, in broad terms, to explain mass incarceration and the presence of racial criminalization from the end of slavery to the present. Material: ”Ever higher society ever harder to ascend” (article from The Economist, Dec. 2004) Sapphire’s ”Push” (novel, 1996) ”Precious” by Lee Daniels (fiction film, 2009) "How economic inequality harms societies" by Richard Wilson TED Talk, 2011.https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson_how_economic_inequality_harms_societies Ava Du Vernay's "13th", (Netflix documentary, 2016) Expo of Wisconsin, June 2nd 2022, "The 13th Amendment and its impact one mass incarceration". Sarah Ferguson: Bernie Sanders interview "Everything is at Stake", Jan 28th 2024 in abc.net.au (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-donald-trump-us-inequality-730/103392856) Stanley-Jones, Michael, LinkedIn Dec 16th, 2023. "Did inequality in the US decrease under President Trump or under President Biden"
Indhold	Kernestof: Recap of theme and kick start of new theme. The secretary will write notes that you copy paste into the google docs linked here. Titel Spend 20 minutes researching the internet on knowledge about social mobility and inequality in the US, and note down information that you find interesting. Class debate on class mobility.docx Read the attached article about Social Mobility and write down what you think are the article's 4-5 most important points. Class and mobility educational art.pdf Income inequality the US and Scandinavia.png Class and Mobility.docx questions.docx How economic inequality harms societies You have to have read until page 66 (Chapter 2 included) in Push. We'll also work with grammar today. TED Talk Inequality Wilkinson.png Grammar homework: Read p 54-62 in your grammar book "Get It Right". You are not supposed to make all the exercises, only the following: 5.E (p59) and 5.F 1+2+3 (p60). "What if?" essays will be returned! Topic Sentences - Exercises.docx Rettenøgle.pdf Before class you have to have written down 3 examples from the novel that you find analytically interesting that you would like to comment on. Push statements.docx We will continue the work on Push in the module and make individual audios. Read the short story "The Trout", which is the text you will write your first analytical essay about. Underline important quotations in the text. The Trout Sean O_Faolain.pdf Den gode introduktion 2024.docx Virtual module: You will work in pairs with the essay about the short story "The Trout". Help each other writing a good introduction. The essay has to be handed in individually on Feb.27th Lav, når som helst, men senest på søndag aften flg øvelser på Min Læring om "Det gode afsnit": https://app.minlaering.dk/lektier?vis=255652. Lektien skulle tage Max.80 min. Man får tilstedeværelse for modulet hvis opgaverne er lavet færdige. Lektien Comparison Precious and Push.docx We'll finish watching Precious! cinematic technique.pdf The First 10 Minutes of Precious Homework about "Push & Precious". Each one of you will spend 30 minutes preparing one of the questions from the question sheet "Comparison Push and Precious" Alphabetically: Aksel....Edith: Question 1 (cinematic analysis). Comparison Precious and Push 1c.docx Lektier: Læs s.1-9 i vedhæftede undervisningsmateriale fra udstillingen inden vi mødes! Vi mødes på Louisiana ved indgangen til grupper kl 12:25, hvor vi skal se og arbejde med udstillingen "Det uerstattelige menneske". I må selv sørge for at komme d Undervisningsmateriale Det uerstattelige menneske.pdf 1c.Gruppe arb Det uerstattelige menneske Louisiana.docx Grammar homework in MinLæring: https://app.minlaering.dk/lektier?vis=259052 (Spend max 30 minutes). Presentations from the Louisiana visit last Thursday - both the group part (5-7 minutes per group) and the individual part (3-5 minutes). The group wi Studieture og bæredygtighed - program og øvelser (Endelig version).pdf Aftale om deltagelse og betaling af studieture (2).doc 1.c Klimaregnskab studieture 2024.pptx After a break (Louisiana exhibition+ Easter holiday) we will continue our theme "Inequality and Social Mobility in the US" As a preparation for today's module look up the meaning of "the 13th Amendment in the US Constitution" and the concept "mass in The 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration \| EXPO Wisconsin 13TH \| FULL FEATURE \| Netflix Write 2-3 statements that you think the documentary "13th" by Ava DuVernay states about people of color and the system of justice (we saw the first hour of the documentary). Write the statements here in elev feedback before class. In class we'll view 13th documentary questions 2024.docx Finish the questions if your group did not finish talking about them yesterday.The groups from yesterday will present an aspect from the documentary in plenum that you found especially interesting. Focus for the rest of the module: writing good parag PEE 2.png 1c groups 1604 2024.png All the paragraphs about "13th" Paragraph ex about 13th.docx Read the Danish text p.132-134 (pdf 1-3) about stylistics. You are not supposed to make Task 1. Bring your grammar book "Get It right", and head set. We are going to make a linguistic exercise. Write Away kap 9 Stilleje.pdf Lav opgave 2-4 i Write Away kap 9. Bring it in writing to share with others. lixberegner.htm 'Everything is at stake' if Trump wins US election, says Sanders Read through your notes from our theme "Inequality and Social Mobility in the US". Check "Studieplanen" for material and learning targets. 1c Summing up theme social mobility.docx Docs to copy the group's work into Did inequality in the United States decrease under President Trump or under President Biden?
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Titel 3	Tilladte online hjælpemidler til eksamen You can access the dictionaries and materials below at the exam: Oxford ALD: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (dictionary and thesaurus) Oxford dictionary: Oxford English Dictionary (oed.com) Dictionary.com: Dictionary.com \| Meanings & Definitions of English Words Ordbogen.com: https://www.ordbogen.com/en/ Minlæring: https://app.minlaering.dk/
Indhold	Kernestof: We'll practise the grammar part of the written exam (mock exam). Bring headset and computer. We will practice written exam. In the module or before 10 o'clock tonight you have to have made the assignment in "MinLæring", Eksamensopgave 8 (b-niveau) in order to obtain presence for the module. Here you have the link: https://app.minlaering.dk/l
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Titel 4	The British - relating to the others (exam) The theme is linked to 2.c’s study trip to Naples, Italy, where the focus is The Grand Tour in the 18th and 19th century. Why did British people travel to Italy? What was the purpose? How did they encounter the foreign, and how were they met by the Italians? We will compare and discuss the original 18th and 19th century Grand Tour with today’s Grand Tour. The cultural meeting is mirrored in language where Danes communicate with Italians in English (English as lingua franca). We will broaden out the perspective to an overview of the British Empire's impact on the British self image and view on "the other" seen through both fictional and non-fictional texts, poems, the national anthem and film excerpts. Material: “The British and the Grand Tour to the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily”: https://regency-explorer.net/kingdom-of-naples-1/ https://regency-explorer.net/kingdom-of-naples2/ "The Victorian Age: Historical background" from Back &Sigh "Through Literary Landscapes" p. 87-100. Introduction to Edward Said and his concept of "orientalism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNwMpV6bVs Rudyard Kipling "The White Man's Burden" 1899. Tv-series “Hotel Portofino” Episode 1(excerpt) The Rise and Fall of the British Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVsEMtCPeI8 Great Britain's national anthem "Rule Britannia" (1740) and "God Save the Queen" (1745) plus the Punk band, Sex Pistol's version of the anthem, God Save the Queen (1977) E.M Forster "A Room with a View" (excerpt) (1908) Analysis of Victorian art focusing on British depiction of “the others” : https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00071/The-Secret-of-Englands-Greatness-Queen-Victoria-presenting-a-Bible-in-the-Audience-Chamber-at-Windsor
Indhold	Kernestof: Summer holiday RAP.docx We'll kickstart our new theme "Being British - relating to the others". Before class spend 20 minutes reflecting and writing notes that will enable you to share your thoughts with the rest of class about the modern "Grand Tour" (dannelsesrejsen). Wha We'll evaluate the written mock exam from before the holidays, which the English B level students made. B level students: Reread the text you wrote about and your own essay critically? Do you understand the marks you got? A level students: Pick one o Ben Halls Exams.pdf White house speech on gun violence.pdf Assignment 5A Exams.png Assignment 5B McConanghey speech .png skriftlighedskompendiumFINAL rev.pdf Read the attached article about The British and The Grand Tour in the 18th and 19th century (part 1). Naples and the British Eng B sproglig del årsprøve 2024.docx Watch this 4-minute-long YouTube video explaining Edward Said's term and theory about "orientalism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNwMpV6bVs. Phrase 3-4 sentences embracing the main content of this short educational video. Write them in elevfee Dit ugeprogram.docx Take a look at the first page of the attached document where you find "While reading... focus points". Skim the 13 (!!) pages about "The Victorian Age: Historical background". The Victorian Age. From Through Literary Landscape.pdf Intro questions Empire-kopi.png Make sure you are ready to present your 5-minute presentation in matrix groups in today's class about "The British Empire". Additionally to the presentation that your group prepared last module, trace out 5-10 central concepts/words that you think ca Statements about The Victorian Age Read Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden". Prepare to paraphrase the overall content of the poem. You are not supposed to be able to summarize the poem in detail, as we will work with it in class. The White Man's Burden with tasks-kopi.pdf Oversættelse af Kipling The White Man's Burden.docx Last module we worked with the difficult art of translation and the possibilities and limits of digital tools in that respect. Today's lesson will focus on analysis of Kipling's poem. As your homework you will write key words for questions 4a,b,c,d, Summing up from last module about The White Man's Burden. Bring the book "Worlds of English" Klassens telefon numre https://da.hotels.com/go/italy/best-places-to-see-live-music-naples?locale=da_DK&pos=HCOM_DK&siteid=300000013 Program Napoli Read the excerpt of Forster's novel "A Room with a View" (pdf p.3 where it says "Prereading. The Setting" and then the excerpt of the novel till pdf p.7. NB: This is the final text in this theme. A Room With A View text and tasks.pdf Excerpt A Room with a View.png Excerpt A Room with a View. Florence 1.png You will work in your "cultural sociological study" groups and finish you feature story from the study trip and edit your documentary so you are ready to present the work on coming Friday. Requirements for your work: Cultural sociological studies in Naples-2.docx We will start class by reading out loud the poems that you created in the monastery garden in Naples. You know the ones where you had to imagine being in Naples in that specific place in the year 1860. After that the 5 groups from Naples cultural soc Poems from Naples 1860
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Titel 5

Music and Politics: Handel and US Politics (exam)

The theme will overall explore the relationship between music and politics. It is a collaboration between English and Music, and the A-level students will make their SRO about the theme. The B-level students will make their SRO about "Handel and Fibonacci".

Focus will be on how music has been used in political contexts, especially at Handel's time.The course will offer a theoretical framework of how to approach the intersection between culture, music and politics.

Moreover the theme will focus on American politics and the Presidential Election 2024. Non-fiction analysis of speeches and the acquisition of various relevant analytical models and tools will be in focus. Argumentation analysis as well as rhetorical devises will be used in debating political viewpoints.

Material:
Lotte Genefke, Lise Wich, Stine Nue Mikkelsen "Election Year". Chap 1-2 (p10-57). Forlaget Columbus, 2024.
President Trump Speech at the Jan.6th, 2021 Ellipse Rally.
Ali Abassi "The Apprentice", 2024 (film)
Youtube: "All about the fight: how Donald Trump's Political Playbook Began". Frontline, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bkkTQZW5Uc
Youtube: ‘The Apprentice’ Director Reveals Trump Efforts to Block Film". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uLdjMm6zao
Youtube: The Life Of George Frideric Handel - BBC Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_sfqBKGTfE
Britannica Online about Handel's life: https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel
William Weber "Handels's London - Social, Political and Intellectual Contexts" in "The Cambridge Companion to Händel". Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Jean- Marie Donegani "Music and Politics: The Language of Music - between Objective Expression and Subjective Reality" in Donegani "Music and Politics: The Language of Music", 2004.
Sage Publications 2019: "How to Analyze Propaganda" (Chapter 6)

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Titel	Afleveringsdato
Non fiction essay	06-11-2024
Handel documentary	25-11-2024

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Titel 6	Irish Voices (exam) This unit has explored some of the following questions: What is Irish Literature? What is Irishness? Has Irish literature in recent years ignored their colonial experience? Is Irish literature in particular characterized by historical imprints in its literary tradition? After a brief examination of Irish history, the focus of the unit is to look at a variety of Irish voices in multiple cultural products and representations of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland: a novel, TV adaptation of the novel, song lyrics, the film "Belfast", Irish voices spoken through murals in Belfast, interviews, reviews and articles. Materiel: Sally Rooney's novel "Normal People" 2018. Episode 1+2 of BBC's TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel "Normal People" Brief course in "How to do an Irish accent": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NKyBiu6FM Sinead O'Connor "Famine", from the album "Universal Mother".1994. U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from the album "War". 1983 Interview with Sally Rooney on contemporary Irish fiction by British Council: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/novelist-sally-rooney-contemporary-irish-writing Louisianna Channel interview (2022) "Sally Rooney in Transforming Life into Novels" IrishTimes.com "Has Irish literature ignored our colonial experience?" https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/has-irish-literature-ignored-our-colonial-experience-1.3465711 Kenneth Branagh's film "Belfast" (2021) Claire Armitstead "Interview - Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds: Belfast boys growing up across the divide", The Guardian, Feb.6th, 2022. "Derry Girls" S2E1. Irish tv-series. Netflix
Indhold	Kernestof: We will carry through with the exercise that we never finished before Christmas due to your participation in the choir. I know, it is as far back as Dec 10th BUT it involves that each of you has to make a 5-minute-presentation in today's module accor Bring the novel "Normal People". Everybody has to have read in Sally Rooney's novel "Normal People" until page 28 before class. Find 2-3 quotations that you find interesting and want to comment on. Notes about the characters.docx Focus:Irish history. As preparation for today spend 30 minutes reading here and there about Ireland's history. What part of Irish history seems especially interesting? You may start at "Faktalink" through the library's homepage. Bring last week's hom SRO rammer for årsprøven.pdf Godkendte sites Terminsprøver2025.xlsx Minlæring We'll watch the two first episodes of the BBC TV series adaptation of the novel "Normal People". Reread the few lines in the novel p. 12, lines 5-19. There will be NO SPOILERS as it is only the first approximately 30 pages that are covered in the two TV series Normal people group work.docx cinematic technique.pdf Irish History. Group work + matrix.docx 1) The groups from Thursday's work about Irish history will be presented in matrix groups - straight away, which means that each of you has to be ready to present the work as the module starts. Irish History. Group work matrix.docx Assignment 1.png We'll work with the novel "Normal People" as a whole. Bring your work sheet "Notes about the character", in which you have probably taken some notes. Love quotations and Normal People.pdf Introduction to Literary Analysis.docx Late Modernity Dansk artikel.pdf Analytical approaches to Normal People 2025.docx I har dette modul til at lave genafleveringen af terminsprøven for engelsk b-niveauerne, og til at lave essay om "She's the Bomb" for engelsk A-niveauerne. We'll continue the analytical work about "Normal People", which we started before winter break. The groups will have 30 minutes to finish the thorough analytical work before presenting it orally in class. Homework for today was decided in your group. 2c Analytical work Normal People.docx 2c analytical notes Normal People As a preparation for today read the interview with Sally Rooney linked here. Write three important outputs from the interview about Irish literature and being an Irish author. Interview with Sally Rooney Sally Rooney Interview Louisiana.docx Essay Normal People Godt.docx The Late modernity group (Elinor, Elisabeth, Sienna) will present their work. We'll work with two Irish songs in class. Read through the lyrics of both songs quickly and consult the literary analysis chart for analysis of poetry (pdf 10-13 in Tools) TOOLS (Fra Wider Contexts).pdf Sinéad O"Connor - Famine Lyrics \| Lyrics.com U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday Lyrics \| Lyrics.com Historical imprint Irish songs Famine and Bloody Sunday.docx Group analysis of Famine and Sunday Bloody S Lav eksamensopgave 5 (b-niveau) i MinLæring. Den ligger som lektie under vores engelskhold på MinLæring, men her er også et link: https://app.minlaering.dk/lektier?vis=259887 We'll see Kenneth Branagh's film "Belfast" from 2021. As a preparation read the interview linked here from The Guardian. Refresh your memory on "The Troubles" in Irish history (when, why, who...) Branagh Interview Belfast film The Guardian.docx In elevfeedback (before class) you will write briefly about an aspect of the film we saw yesterday that you found especially interesting. You have to include a couple of lines about how you think the film depicts the conflict in Northern Ireland duri Belfast film 2022.docx Skim through your notes from our theme "Irish Voices" and see if you can get an overview of it. The final article within the theme is attached and we will work with it in class - so you are not expected to have read it before the module. Has Irish literature ignored our colonial experience? How to do an Irish Accent Preparation of audio about the theme Audio about Irish Voices.docx Summing up theme Irish Voices
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Titel 7

American Minimalism - Hemingway & Carver (exam)

Focus is a comparative analysis of Hemingway's writing style and Raymond Carver's minimalistic writing style.
Defining features of the short story genre are emphasized.

Material:
Short stories:
Hemingway: Indian Camp, Cat in the Rain, A Clean and Well-Lighted Place, Soldier's Home, Hills Like White Elephants.
Carver: "Why Don't You Dance"? "Tell the Women We are Going"

Secondary material:
Michael C. Prusse "Analysing Structures of a Modernist Master. Teaching Ernest Hemingway's "Indian Camp".
Niels Landbo Back & Pia Rørkær Singh "Modernism: Literary Background" (p.189-194) "Through Literary Landscapes - from Romantic Age to Postmodernism", Systime, 2020.
"Modernism" - An excerpt from "A Short History of Literature in English - a Handbook", Systime, 2010

Short film adaptation of "Why Don't You Dance?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5RjxkFiWM

Approximately 80 pages.
Learning targets:
- to recognize and define minimalistic literary trends
- to be aware of the effect of the minimalistic writing style on the reader's reception
- to explain the legacy from Hemingway's Iceberg Theory to Carver's minimalistic writings.
- the use of primary sources and secondary sources

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Titel	Afleveringsdato
Audio recap of theme	20-03-2025

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Faglige - analysere og fortolke forskellige nyere og ældre teksttyper samt mediestof, herunder film, med anvendelse af faglig terminologi – perspektivere det givne materiale litteraturhistorisk, kulturelt, samfundsmæssigt og historisk. Væsentlige strømninger i amerikansk litteraturhistorie.

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Titel 8	Tilladte online hjælpemidler til eksamen You can access the dictionaries and materials below at the exam: Oxford ALD: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (dictionary and thesaurus) Oxford dictionary: Oxford English Dictionary (oed.com) Dictionary.com: Dictionary.com \| Meanings & Definitions of English Words Ordbogen.com: https://www.ordbogen.com/en/ Thesaurus.com Minlæring: https://app.minlaering.dk/
Indhold	Kernestof: 8:05 - 9:00: B-level students will present their themes to the other group. Notes, ppt etc have to be uploaded before the module within the folder "'repetition". A-level students will join us at 9:00. The rest of the module is "hygge".
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