Holdet 2r En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Københavns åbne Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Michael Kallesøe Schmidt
Hold r 2024 Engelsk B (1r En, 2r En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 India
Titel 2 Young & adult
Titel 3 Powerful voices
Titel 4 American minimalism
Titel 5 21st century journalism
Titel 6 Outrageous!

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 India

TIL ALLE FORLØB HAR VI ANVENDT FØLGENDE DIGITALE HJÆLPEMIDLER:

Sarah Barding og Thomas Boesen: EnGram Basis (grammatikbog på MinLæring)
www.ordbogen.com (ordbog)
www.dictionary.com (ordbog)
www.merriam-webster.com (ordbog)
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An investigation of Indian history and culture. Initially, all students give oral presentations on topics related to India. This is followed by an introduction to the caste system, analysis of an Indian short story, and a survey of news articles on today's Indian society.

Kernestof:
BBC (2019): "What is India's caste system?"
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar (2015): "November is the Month of Migrations"
Arti Kumar og Dorte Bæk-Sørensen (2015): Discovering India, s. 20-23
Animated Lives (2021): Mahatma Gandhi

Supplerende stof:
Nobel Peace Center (2022): "Malala Yousafzai: Fearless Voice for Education & Nobel Peace Laureate"
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Young & adult

We will analyse a selection of short stories from the latest 50 years of English and American literature. Furthermore, we work with a fiction film. Special attention is given to the theme young and adult. These two terms overlap, and in many of the examples we work with, it is evident that adulthood is not necessarily connected with maturity and responsible behaviour. The read thread in this topic is open-ended questions: What does it mean to be young? What does it mean to be an adult?

Kernestof:
John Cheever (1962): "Reunion"
Charles Mungoshi (1972): "The Accident"
Richard Fox (1982): "A Fable"
Hanif Kureishi (1999): "Girl"
Andrea Arnold (2009): Fish Tank - VÆRK

Supplerende stof:
Raymond Carver (1972): "Why, Honey?"
British Council (2024): Next Generation UK 2024
The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2024): A National Profile of Youth and Young Adults
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Powerful voices

Can words bring about change? We delve into a series of important political speeches, many of which were given in Berlin that is also the goal of our student trip. Furthermore, we investigate Greta Thunberg's use of English as a lingua franca to spread awareness of the 21st century climate crisis.

Kernestof:
John F. Kennedy [1963]: "Ich bin ein Berliner", i Simon Sebag Montefiore (red.) (2005): Speeches that Changed the World", s. 136-137

Ronald Reagan [1987]: "Mr Gorbachev, Tear Down this Wall!", i Simon Sebag Montefiore (red.) (2005): Speeches that Changed the World", s. 186-188


Barack Obama (2008): "America is a Place where All Things are Possible", i Simon Sebag Montefiore (red.) (2005): Speeches that Changed the World", s. 221-223

Greta Thunberg (2021): "COP 26 is a failure"
  
Linda Østergaard (2017): The English Handbook, s. 174-177

Supplerende stof:
Volodymyr Zelenskyj (2025): "Address by the President of Ukraine to the Participants of the 7th European Political Community Summit"
Indhold
Kernestof:

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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Prepare and give a speech 31-08-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 American minimalism

Minimalism is a prominent style of writing in American short stories. We study some of the masters of the genre - Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver - and read Bret Easton Ellis' collection of short stories The Informers (1994).

Kernestof:
Raymond Carver (1981): "I Could See the Smallest Things"

Bret Easton Ellis (1994): The Informers

Trine Østergaard (2017): The English Handbook, s. 89

Supplerende stof:
Ernest Hemingway (1925): "Cat in the rain"
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 21st century journalism

What is journalism today? We discover similarities and differences between printed newspapers of the 20th century and the plethora of news sources in the digital age. Traditional terms of news analysis such as the broadsheet/tabloid distinction and the inverted news pyramid guide us through the current situation of journalism in the US and the UK.

Kernestof:
Trine Østergaard (2020): The English Handbook. Århus: Systime 2020, p. 102-106 + 174-175

Northeastern University Library (2025): Fake News/Misinformation/Disinformation : What is Fake News? https://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/fakenews

Marina Dunbar (2025): "Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, announces
terminal cancer diagnosis". The Guardian 22 November

Sophia Sleigh (2025): "BLEAK WEDNESDAY", The Sun 22 November

Supplerende stof:
Excerpt of Andrew Rossi (2011): Page One: Inside The New York Times
(documentary)

International Federation of Journalists (2019): Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists

Excerpt of Andrew Rossi (2020): After Truth: Disinformation and the cost of fake news (documentary)
Indhold
Kernestof:

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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Semesteropgave 28-01-2026
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Outrageous!

We take a look at some of the most infamous scandals of recent American and British history. This includes political scandals, a courthouse scandal and - most recently - the Epstein files. Along the way, we discover how the media landscape has shifted within the past 50 years, and how that inflicts upon the dynamics of public outrage.

Kernestof:
Richard Nixon (1974): "President Nixon's Resignation Speech"

Watergate.info (2026): "Watergate Chronology"

Bill Clinton (1998): "Bill Clinton admits to having inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky"

CNN (2019): "The scandal that changed how the media covers politics"

Hugh Muir (2018): "The Windrush scandal is institutional racism, pure and simple", The Guardian

TRT World (2025): "Windrush Scandal Explained: The UK’s Betrayal of British-Caribbeans"

Jim Waterson (2021): "News of the World: 10 years since phone-hacking
scandal brought down tabloid", The Guardian

Graham Lee Brewer and Aaron Morrison (2024): "Nearly 30 years after O.J. Simpson's acquittal, his death shows America's persistent racial divide", PBS News

Supplerende stof:   
CNN (1998): "A Chronology: Key Moments In The Clinton-Lewinsky Saga"

Uddrag af BBC (2019): "Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview"

Boris Johnson (2022): "Final Speech as Prime Minister"

BBC (2023): "Partygate: A timeline of the lockdown parties"

Uddrag af France English 24 (2023): "How media mogul Rupert Murdoch built his empire"

ABC News (2024): "OJ Simpson, football hero turned social pariah, dead at 76"

Uddrag af The Sun (2026): "How Prince Andrew Ruined His Royal Legacy: A Deep Dive"
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer