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Holdet 3h EN (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Termin(er)	2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution	Virum Gymnasium
Fag og niveau	Engelsk A
Lærer(e)	Sabrina Koerver Schmidt
Hold	2023 EN/h (1h EN, 2h EN, 3h EN)

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Titel 1	The American Dream (Eksamen)
Titel 2	Being Different
Titel 3	SRO: The Gig Economy in England
Titel 4	Horror and Edgar Allan Poe (EXAM)
Titel 5	Ireland (EXAM)
Titel 6	Big Brother Is Watching You (EXAM)
Titel 7	Big Brother is Watching You (part II) (EXAM)
Titel 8	The World of Shakespeare (EKSAMEN)
Titel 9	Modernism (EXAM)
Titel 10	Postmodernism
Titel 11	The English and the World: From Empire to Present

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Titel 1	The American Dream (Eksamen) We'll be exploring the concept 'The American Dream' and discussing questions such as What is it? How is it defined, both past and present. Is it for all? Does it still exist? Students will be presented with a brief history of the Unites States of America and tasked among other things with a rhetorical analysis of Martin Luther King's speech and group projects focusing on the Bill of Rights. Kompendiet indeholder følgende: Mette Holm: Being American (Systime: XXXX), p. X-XX The Declaration of Independence (1776) - excert. Fra American Ideals and Ideal Americans. Lars Christiansen, ed. Systime: 1985 Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address (1863) - samme Martin Luther King: I have a Dream (1963) - samme Emma Lazarus: The New Collosus (1883) Bob Hamilton: A Father tells his Son about the Statue of Liberty (1971) Regie Greens digt fra Dear White People, chapter VI [18:36-20:19] - Netflix Mark Manson: The American Dream is Killing Us (abridged) (October 27, 2016) https://markmanson.net/american-dream We have watched the documentary "Generation Wealth" by Lauren Greenfield (2018)
Indhold	Kernestof: American Dream-kompendium; sider: 1-2, 8, 15-18, 23-25, 27-28, 32-39 American Revolutionary War - Timelines and Maps - Animated US History The American Declaration of Independence (study questions).docx description The Declaration of Independence - Creative Remediation-1.docx description The Declaration of Independence - Creative Remediation.docx description Colossus of Rhodes \| Description, Location, & Facts Lektie til i dag er 1. afsnit af serien "Dear White People" (Voluime 1, episode 1). Afsnittet varer cirka 30 minutter, og I skal have set det inden modulet i dag. Supplerende stof: Minlæring Grammatisk fokus: kongruens + ligefrem ordstilling Subjekt - Verballed (papirer udleveret i mandags): Lav opgave c(1) hjemme Medbring jeres American Dream-kompendie + jeres grammatikhandout (kongruens + ordstilling) Medbring Genitiv-siderne How to write in English Homework for today: read aboout topic sentences, thesis statements and paragraphs (i.e. the hand-outs from last week). Do the exercises: choose a topic sentence + write a topic sentence. Til dette modul bedes I medbringe de ark, I tidligere har fået omkring essay-skrivining: thesis statement, funnel introduction etc. quizlet While you watch the episode, make notes about the following characters: Sam White, Reggie Green, Lionel Higgins, Joelle, Gabe, and Troy. Futhermore, look up information about the following non-fictional terms/people: Blackface, Jim Crow (also known as Jim Crow laws - find information yourself), Sandra Bland, Treyvon Martin, Philandro Castille. Killing of Philando Castile - Wikipedia Killing of Trayvon Martin - Wikipedia Death of Sandra Bland - Wikipedia Blackface - Wikipedia Medbring Am.Dream-kompendiet + an open mind :) Today: Another round of spoken word poetry. This time no holding a piece of paper. Both hands should be free. Eye contact with the audience. Spoken Word Poetry lesson + groups.docx description Udlevering af digtet, som I skal lære udenad og præsenterere i jeres Hobroværelsesgrupper.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 31 moduler
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Titel 2	Being Different What does it mean to be different? This theme will explore different aspects of 'differentness', by examining fiction and non-fiction texts. Literature: Kenji Yoshino and Christie Smith: Fear of Bbeing Different Stiffles Talent (Harward Business Revied, March 2014) Judith Newman: To Siri, With Love (The New York Times, Oct. 17, 2014) Carol Sarler: My Child's IQ is bigger than yours (The Observer, May 12, 2002) Ray Bradbury: All Summer in a Day (1954) Robert Zemeckis: Forrest Gump (1994) Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon (1966)
Indhold	Kernestof: Being Different-kompendiun; sider: 1-12, 15-18, 21-23 Keyes, Daniel: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON, Bantam Books; sider: 1-174, 176-216 Flowers For Algernon, p. 79-92.docx description Bring Flowers for Algernon. There will be time to read this lesson. Progress Report 13 + 14 is due after fall break Flowers for Algernon - science fiction by Daniel Keyes (Audiobook) Supplerende stof: Medbring Fejlstøvsugeren. Bøgh, Jens & Hovgaard, Jørgen: FEJLSTØVSUGEREN, Musagetes; sider: 32-34, 50-51, 74, 78-79 Bring your Being Different-kompendium + Fejlstøvsugeren to class. Bring the novel "Flowers for Algernon" to class today. Medbring Fejlstøvsugeren ATTENTION: I want you to read Progress Report 10 + 11 for next week (Sept. 20th) This is simply an announcement to let you know. Flowers for Algernon.docx description Bring your Fejlstøvsuger to class. I'll be introducing simpel tid (present simple) > vs.< udvidet tid (present continuous): I sing > vs. < I am singing Udvidet tid-handout (udleveret onsdag): lav øvelse 1 - 6 Minlæring - udvidet tid (59 minutter) Færdiggør opgaverne i emnet udvidet tid på Minlæring.dk
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 26 moduler
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Titel 3	SRO: The Gig Economy in England Together with Social Studies (Nicolai Quaade) we will be exploring different kinds of inequliaty in England, focusing primarily on the job market and the so-called gig economy. Core texts in English will be: - James Bloodworth: Why The Gig Economy Is A Scam (2020 - Søren Kauffeldt: What You Need To Know In Social Studies (Columbus: 2020), p. 8-11, 64-66 - Dan Cave: Is the gig up for the gig economy? (2023) - Ken Loach: Sorry We Missed You (2019) - Jan Erik Mustad, Jørgen Ewaldsen, Ole Vadmand: Being British: Identity, politics and welfare in contemporary Britain (Gyldendal, 2014), pp. 44-54.
Indhold	Kernestof: Sorry We Missed You Before we continue with the film, we'll briefly discuss the play we saw Thursday + characters of the film so far: Ricky, Abby, Seb, Liza and Gavin (see handout). Do the "Research"-section + "Discuss"-section before class. (Research section might be relevant for your SRO, just saying...) Being British (comp. 17-27).docx description Being Different-kompendiun; sider: 17-27 Which countries spend most on welfare Poverty definitions and thresholds Poverty in Denmark - 3 Facts You Need to Know - The Borgen Project 1834 Poor Law - The National Archives Why The Gig Economy Is A Scam \| James Bloodworth \| TEDxManchester Supplerende stof: Halifax - English.pdf description Halifax - dansk.pdf description Skærmbillede 2024-10-05 kl. 13.53.08.png Presentations today. Expect questions from the audience. Undervisningsministeriets trivselsværktøj
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 9 moduler
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Titel 4	Horror and Edgar Allan Poe (EXAM) Through reading and discussion of poems and short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Stpehen King and a movie, we will look at certain characteristics of the horror genre. The class went to the theatre in the fall of 2024 and watched the play "The Woman in Black" performed by That Theatre Company. The following two texts are from "Horror" by. Rasmus Drisdal and Johanne Riktrup Hansen (Systime: 2025) Introduction Stephen King: Why we Crave Horro Movies (1982) By Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven (1845) The Black Cat (1845) From Netflix: "The Fall of The House of Usher" (2023), Parts of episode, 2 and 4 (scences specifically focusing on elements form the short stroy "The Black Cat" Youtube: https://youtu.be/gNohDegnaOQ?si=_5NUbpyfdEc8_3F4 Stephen King: The Boogey Man Film: What Lies Beneath (director: Robert Zemeckis), 2000
Indhold	Kernestof: Homework for today is learning the meaning/translation of the following words: Horror-kompendium; sider: 1-3, 7-14, 16-25 The Fall of the House of Usher \| Official Trailer \| Netflix Stephen King: The Boogeyman Supplerende stof: Status på spisesteder i Dublin - der har været visse udfordringer. How to write an essay - PEE Medbring Fejlstøvsugeren Liva K, Victoria, Tim: Writing on the Spot. Be sure to read "The Little Black Cat" prior to this lesson (it's in your Horror-compendium)
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 10 moduler
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Titel 5	Ireland (EXAM) Dette forløb leder op til vores studietur til Dublin (eng + idræt). Historisk oprids fra Act of Union til Irland i dag, hvor størst fokus er på det politisk anspændte forhold mellem Irland og England. Robert Dwyer Joyce: The Wind that Shakes the Barley (1861) Ken Loach: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) Følgende er alle fra antologien Dear, Dirty Dublin læser vi følgende sider / tekster: Act Of Union (p. 12-13) The Struggle for Independance and Civil War (p. 13-17) James Joyce: The Christmas Quarrel (p. 58-66) W.B. Yeats: Easter 1916 (p. 67-69) Liam O'Flaherty: The Sniper (p. 83-88)
Indhold	Kernestof: Dear, Dirty Dublin; sider: 12-17, 58-69, 83-88 Robert Dwyer Joyce: The Wind that shakes the Barley We'll watch the movie "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" Supplerende stof: Kick-Off Ireland quizlet Write a five paragraph essay (PEE): Suggestion box, fiction essay.docx description Style of writing analysemodel-3-2.docx description Language & Style Opfølgning på minlæring Matrix groups: one professor from group A will present his/her findings to professors from group B and C and so on. It's important that each professor knows about everything from his/her field of expertise and not just simply one thing. Eksamensopgave A-niveau Please consult the "References in The Wind that Shakes the Barley"-handout before coming to class. Lots of namedroppig in the movie, for instance Black &Tans, Auxillaries, Birkenhead, John Bull etc. which you will miss in the movie without consultig Eksamensopgaven på minlæring.dk skal være afsluttet med tre flueben inden disse moduler.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 19 moduler
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Titel 6	Big Brother Is Watching You (EXAM) Big Brother is Watching You! This course will examine different ways in which Big Brother is watching us through a postcast, two novel excerpts, a short story and an episode on Netflix. Are the societies portrayed dystopias, utopias or something in between? Is technology only used for the worse? * George Orwell: Nineteen-Eightyfour (chapter 1) * David Eggars: The Circle (excerpt) * Kurt Vonnegut: Harrison Bergeron (1961) * Black Mirror (S1:E3) - The Entire History of You (Netflix)
Indhold	Kernestof: Nyt kompendiunm med hjem i dag: "Big Brother is Watching You" Big Brother Is Watching You-komp.; sider: 1-12, 18-22 The Entire History of You (Black Mirror).docx description We'll wrap up the work with The Entire History of You (worksheet uploaed to Wednesday's lesson) before diving into the text for today, The Circle. Medbring "Big Brother is Watching You"-kompendiet til modulet. Supplerende stof: Grammatikstationer (verber + adjektiver) + brevkasse
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 7 moduler
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Titel 7	Big Brother is Watching You (part II) (EXAM) This is an extention of the theme Big Brother is Watching you fra last year. Our sole focus is the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and themes of coersive control, censorship, free thought and the power of knowledge.
Indhold	Kernestof: Bradbury, Ray: FAHRENHEIT 451, Ballantine Books, New York; sider: 11-142 FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury \| Full Audiobook We'll start off with the questions you worked on last time (Q. 33-36) Explain the symbolic wall between Mildred and MondayHow does Ray Bradbury show his fear of technology through Mildred? Give examples from pp. 44-57 to support your answer. Discuss Answer the questions we didn't cover last Thursday: Q. 2-5 + 7 (newest handout) Classic lesson today: We need to discuss end of part 2 and beginning of part 3. 1. We will discuss q. 1-13 of part 3 of the novel. Supplerende stof: Medbring den nye grammatikbog "Getting Started" + romanen "Fahrenheit 451" 1. modul engelsk ordklasse.docx description Lektie til i dag: Få nedskrevet regler vedrørende verber, adjektiver og substantiver, som vi arbejdede med i modulet i går. Til hjælp har jeg oploadet arket med alle gloserne, I arbejdede med. Medbring Getting Started (grammatikbogen). Vi bruger den 100% i dag. Hermann, Mette & Tornøe, Poul: Getting started, Gyldendal; sider: 8-10, 48-55, 58-60, 62, 64-65, 73 Minlæring Medbring Getting Started. Ingen grammatiklektie, til gengæld lidt mere romanlæsning og svar på spørgsmål. Vi kigger på modalverber i dette modul Medbring Getting Started FB_Indstik_YA-8_A4print-1.pdf description Banned Books List 2025 Skærmbillede 2025-09-17 kl. 14.56.59.png The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta's book ban with satirical short story Skærmbillede 2025-09-17 kl. 15.07.16.png 3h Banned Books Project.docx description #BannedBooks-posters: this lesson is dedicated to finishing your posters #BannedBooks presentation Minlæring - Opskriften på analyse og vurdering Minlæring - Argumentationsanalyse Minlæring - Diskussion
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Titel 8	The World of Shakespeare (EKSAMEN) Welcome to the world of Shakespeare! We will work with the historical, cultural and societal aspects of some of England's most formative years in terms of language, culture and drama. This course takes its beginnings in the excerpts found in Fields of Vision (see below) and we will finish the course by reading, analysing, discussing, perfoming excerpts of Macbeth. From Fields of Vision: • p. C50-53 • p. C57 (middle – ”Drama was strictly linked…) -C61 • C44-49: Writer’s Gallery: Shakespeare. * C 40-41: Sonnet 29 * C 42-43: Sonnet 130 In class: Sonnet 18 Shakespeare: Macbeth (New Swan): Act 1, Act, 2, Act 3 (scene 1-4), Act 4 (scene 1 and 2), Act 5 (scene 2 -9) Film: * The Tragedy of Macbeth (dir. Joel Cohen, 2021) * Shakepseare in Love (dir. Joh Madden, 1998) TEDxTalks: "Why Shakespeare? Because it's 2016" - Stephen Brown https://youtu.be/khVubNIgS0o
Indhold	Kernestof: Delaney, Denis m.fl.: Fields of vision 1, Longman; sider: 40-42, 44-45, 47-48, 50-53 IMPORTANT: bring "Macbeth" to class. Today is the day we begin. Macbeth Handout. Answer questions regarding Act 1, scene 1-3 Bring Macbeth to class - EXTREMELY important ;) Shakespeare, William: Macbeth (OXFORD), Oxford; sider: 1-10, 13-22, 41-46, 61-71 A soliloquy (/səˈlɪl.ə.kwi, soʊˈlɪl.oʊ-/, from Latin solus 'alone' and loqui 'to speak', pl. soliloquies)[2] is a speech in drama in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically while alone on stage. It serves to reveal the character's in Macbeth, Act 3, scene 1.docx description Macbeth, act 4, scene ii and iii.docx description Answer all the questions regarding the final scenes of Macbeth. When, and only when, this has been discussed to my satisfaction will the movie begin ;) Finishing Macbeth? Supplerende stof: Bring "Fields of Vision" to class and an open mind :) Hermann, Mette & Tornøe, Poul: Getting started, Gyldendal; sider: 87-89, 92-93, 96 Introducing Shakespeare.pptx description Ode to 3h Skærmbillede 2025-11-30 kl. 21.33.10.png MACBETH Chambers.pptx description macbeth - review by cohen(1).pdf description Coen brothers
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 15,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter	Faglige Lytte Læse Diskutere Selvrefleksion Almene (tværfaglige) Analytiske evner
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Titel 9	Modernism (EXAM) A short introduction to the characteristiscs of Modernism, the historical context, a glimpse of some trademark literary characteristiscs. We'll be reading, analysing, interpreting and discussing the following: Ernest Hemingway: Cat in the Rain (1925) Ernest Hemingway: Soldier's Home (1925) Fra Fields of Vision: - James Joyce: Ulysses (excerpt) - Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse (excerpt, G54-55, 58-58) Fra Timesless Themes: - D.H Lawrence: How Beastly the Bourgeois is (1929) - Virginia Woolf: Shakespeare's Sister Film: The Hours
Indhold	Kernestof: Modernism-kompendim; sider: 1-5, 7-11, 13-18, 20-30, 33-34 A Modernist Short Story, written assignment.docx description Præpositioner: De næste 15 stykker (adjektiv + præposition) Supplerende stof: Medbring grammatikbogen Getting Started + opladt computer Lie/Lay Sabrina: medbringe 'opbyggelige præpositioner' Medbring Toolbox + Getting Started Opbyggelige præpositioner (handout) Mrs. Dalloway Præpositioner: 1-24 (Adjektiv + præposition) BRUG ordbogen til at tjekke/lære de korrekte præpositoner
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Titel 10	Postmodernism What is Postmodernism? Our initial approach will be to look at a comparison of Modernism and Postmodernism, in order to pinpint more specifically some postmodern traits and characteristics. Texts: Mary Klages: "Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed" - Postmodernism. (Conitnuum Press, January 2007) Will Self: "The North London Book of the Dead" (1991) in Now and Zen: Post-Modern Stories from London, ed. René Bühlmann. Systime: 2001) Charles Higson: "The Red Line" (1993) in Now and Zen: Post-Modern Stories from London, ed. René Bühlmann. Systime: 2001) Ian MxEwan: Dead as They Come (1978) in FLUX: British Literature, eds., Kirten Egebjerg et al. Systime: 2003 Marc Foster (dir.): Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Indhold	Kernestof: Postmoderism; sider: 1-10, 13-15, 21-35, 38-50 Supplerende stof: Opbyggelige øvelser i præpositioner Præpositioner: 1-17 "The lawyer's belief ..... his client was crumbling."
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter	Faglige Lytte Læse Diskutere Formidling Selvrefleksion
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Titel 11	The English and the World: From Empire to Present This theme explores the history of the British Empire, its downfall and its effect on the world today. All texts are from the anthology "Angles" by Anders Daugaard and Jonas Kjær Andersen. Gyldendal: 2014, EXCEPT Rudyard Kipling's The White Man's Burden (1899) and Ernest Howard Crosby's The Real White Man's Burden (1902) Jomo Kenyatta: The Gentlemen of the Jungle (1938) Jamiaca Kincaid: A Smalle Place (1988) Niall Ferguson: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003) John Lennon and Yoko Ono: The Luck of the Irish (1972) Bono: In Ireland, Tuesday's Grace (2010) Andrea Levy: This is my England (2000)
Indhold	Kernestof: THe English and the World; sider: 166, 168-177, 179-186, 189-190, 197-202, 209-216 Rudyard Kipling: The White Man's Burden We need to discuss the text by Niall Ferguson (see lesson Friday of last week) Medbring Getting Started Assignment 1 + 2 i fredagens handout skal være lavet til dette modul. Vi tager lytteøvelsen herovre. I will ask you to write a speech today. The speech is for new students who will begin their exciting (!) three years with me as their English teacher. What can they expect/look forward to? What advice would you give them if they are shy, ambitious, f Don't say very.pdf description Our final lesson? How time indeed flies in great company. YOU WILL BE MISSED! American Dream 1h 2023_24.pdf description horror 2h 2025.pdf description Supplerende stof: Short presentations on Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 15 moduler
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