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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Virum Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Anette Damm Scheuer, Katrine Appelqvist
Hold 2024 En/a (1a En, 2a En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Coming of Age
Titel 2 Rhetoric
Titel 3 The American Dream
Titel 4 The Hate U Give
Titel 5 Dystopia
Titel 6 British Colonialism and India
Titel 7 Links til eksamen

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Coming of Age

Formålet med dette forløb er at introducere eleverne til og træne dem i at give en nuanceret, sammenhængende mundtlig og skriftlig fremstilling af alment kendte og faglige emner på et flydende og hovedsageligt korrekt engelsk.
Desuden er formålet at træne eleverne i at gøre rede for indhold og synspunkter i forskellige typer engelsksprogede tekster, i særdeleshed film, med anvendelse af faglig terminologi for at kunne demonstrere indsigt i fagets identitet og metoder.

Kernetekster:
• The Kings of Summer (2013)
• Juno (2007)
• Arkangel (Black Mirror, S04E02) (2017)
• "Do 'helicopter moms' do more harm than good?" (2005)
• A mother steps back from the pull of over-parenting (Bethany Young Hardy) (2010)
• Over-parenting is the curse of our time (Johann Hari) (2008)

Særlig fokus på:
setting
characterization
filmtekniske virkemidler



o Thesaurus.com: http://www.thesaurus.com
o Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionaries: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
o Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com
o Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: http://www.ldoceonline.com/
o Ordbogen.com www.ordbogen.com
o Minlæring www.minlaering.dk
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Written assignment 1 - Helicopter parenting 20-01-2025
The Kings of Summer 21-01-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Rhetoric

- - - UNDER UDARBEJDELSE - - -

Fra læreplanen: Formålet med engelsk er, at eleverne opnår viden om britiske, amerikanske og andre engelsksprogede landes samfundsforhold og kulturer, så deres forståelse af egen kulturbaggrund dermed udvikles. Ligeledes er formålet med faget at skabe grundlag for, at eleverne kan kommunikere på tværs af kulturelle grænser.

Formålet med forløbet har derfor været, at undervisningen i fagets forskellige discipliner bidrager til at udvikle elevernes sproglige, kulturelle og æstetiske viden og bevidsthed, og dermed deres generelle studie-kompetence.

Formålet med retorik-forløbet, som tager udgangspunkt tre taler, er at se på hvordan sprog er magt, og herudover at skabe bevidsthed om retoriske greb og deres effekt.
Én britisk tale og to amerikanske taler (+ kort uddrag af JFK's Ask not what your country can do for you) giver indblik i hhv. britisk og amerikansk identitetsopfattelse og værdier, både nutidige og historiske.

Vi har lavet retoriske analyser med fokus på appelformerne og repetition (anaphor), metafor og allitteration



Kernestof:
* Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have A Dream
* Winston Churchill: We Shall Fight on the Beaches
* Barack Obama: The American Promise


Supplerende:
* JFK: Ask not what your country can do for you...
* The Civil Rights Movement
* Dunkirk evacuation (intro-delen fra dette opslag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation )
* fifth column
* What makes a Churchill speech:
     https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-makes-a-churchill-speech

Fra Minlæring:
Appelformer og retoriske virkemidler


Grammatik:
Genitiv (Minlæring og Eng. Startgrammatik)
Do-omskrivning
Punktum og semikolon
Tegnsætnings- og staveregler
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 The American Dream

OPGIVES TIL EKSAMEN

Purpose:
To reach an understanding of some of the many ways in which it is possible to define the American Dream.

In the process of uncovering this concept, we look into American history to gain an understanding of:
- the dreams and values of the first settlers
- the content and importance of the Declaration of Independence
- the heritage from Martin Luther King, including his references in "I Have a Dream" to The Declaration of Independence, The Emancipation Declaration and Lincoln´s Gettysburg Address.



Kernestof:
John Winthrop, ”As a City upon a Hill”  (sermon), www.historytools.org
Excerpt from “The Declaration of Independence”, 1776.
Abraham Lincoln, “The Gettysburg Address”, 1863 (speech), www.americanrhetoric.org  
"Centennial", episode of “Little House on the Prairie” (about pioneer life in the1870s and 1880s)
Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus", 1833 (poem)
Martin Luther King Jr,  “I Have a Dream”, 1963 (speech), www.americanrhetoric.org  
Martin Luther King Jr, sermon delivered at Ebenezer Baptist C2hurch, Atlanta, Georgia, 4 July 1965.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Call Me Arnold”, 1983 (interview), in Studs Terkel, American Dreams: Lost and Found  


Supplerende stof:
South Park, episode 100, "A little bit country" (2003)
Kathleen Ann, "I’m a Member of the American ‘Used-to-Haves’, Huffington Post, 2014,  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/american-used-to-haves_b_4732434 (written assignment)
Tara Westover, "I am not Proof of the American Dream", The New York Times, Feb 2nd, 2022 (written assignment)
L. Christopher Awalt, “Brother, Don’t Spare a Dime", Newsweek, Sep 29th, 1991 (written assignment)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde
  • Projektarbejde

Titel 4 The Hate U Give

OPGIVES TIL EKSAMEN.

Purpose:
To look into the contemporary race issue in the United States relating to police violence and racism. The focal point of the topic is the novel "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas. The novel is placed in a historical as well as a contemporary context.

Kernestof:
Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" (1963)
Martin Luther King Jr, Sermon delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, July 4th, 1965
James Baldwin, "A Letter to My Nephew" (1963)
Angie Thomas, "The Hate U Give", 2017



Supplerende stof:
John Greene, "Slavery - Crash Course US History no. 13". Retrived at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajn9g5Gsv98
Background text on AAVE
Statistics on differences in income, wealth and education between ethnic groups in the USA.
Chandra Arthur, "The Cost of Code- Switching", TedX, retrieved at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3hRq2RnNI (0-8:16), 2017.
Al Sharpton, “We demanded justice after George Floyd’s death. Donald Trump made things worse, but we fight on”, The Guardian, May 26th, 2025. (written assignment)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvtillid
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • IT
  • Præsentationsgrafik
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Dystopia

OPGIVES TIL EKSAMEN.

Purpose:
- to become acquainted with the concepts of utopia and dystopia.
- to consider different types of dystopia, but with a special focus on contemporary dystopian literature and on the threat from interference with nature.
- to place the dystopias in the context of contemporary society.
- to work more closely with analysis of fiction and film.

Kernestof:
George Orwell, "Nineteen-Eighty Four", 1948, chapter 1, (novel)
Ray Bradbury, "The Veldt", 1950 (short story)
Suzanne Collins, "The Hunger Games" (novel), 2008 - extract from ch. 1.
Lana and Lilly Wachowski "The Matrix" (film), 1999
Helen Simpson, "Diary of an Interesting Year" (short story), 2009.
A.L. Kennedy, "Meat" (short story), 2013.


Supplerende stof:
"Dystopia: Definition and characteristics", www.readwritethink.org
"Climate fiction" - definition, www.wikipedia.org
Aaron Blake, "The Trump Adminstration Takes a very Orwellian Turn", cnn.com (written assignment).
Emma Pattee, "On the False Promise of Climate Fiction", Literary Hub. Nov 14th, 2023 (written assignment)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Kreativitet
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Forelæsninger
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 6 British Colonialism and India

OPGIVES TIL EKSAMEN

Purpose:

The main purpose has been to reach an understanding of some of the basic characteristics of the nature of colonialism, exemplified by looking at Britain's rule in India. Special focus has been placed on different British attitudes to the role of the British in their colonies.

In relation to the topic, we have looked at English as a lingua franca.


Kernestof:
"British Colonialism as illustrated through contemporary cartoons" (around 1900). Illustrations from various sources..
Benjamin Kidd. From The Control of the Tropics, 1898 (non-fiction)
Rudyard Kipling. 'The White Man's Burden', 1899 (poem)
Excerpts from Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness" (novella)
George Orwell, ´Shooting an Elephant´, 1936, from Dahlmann et al., Facts & Fiction: Empire, Commonwealth, Little England, gad, 1979. (essay)
Excerpt from George Orwell, "Burmese Days", 1934 (novel)
Excerpts from "The Day of the Scorpion" (1966), Book 2 in Paul Scott, The Raj Quartet, Heinemann, London, 1984, p. 212-216 (novel)
Excerpts from "A Division of the Spoils" (1975), Book 4 in Paul Scott, The Raj Quartet, Heinemann, London, 1984, p. 573-579 (novel)
"The Jewel in the Crown", 1984, episode 1 (TV series)
Christine Ro, "The pervasive problem of "linguistic racism"", 3 June, 2021 (article)

Supplerende stof:

"British Colonialism and India".  Introductory powerpoint based on the following sources: Life and Literature, Gyldendal, 1991 and Wikipedia entries, including  “British East India Company”, and “India”.

"India's Colonial History".  An introductory text comprised of passages from Christopher O'Reilly. Post-Colonial Literature. CUP, 2001 and http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/salt-march1.htm

"World Englishes" (extract), retrieved from  http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/changing-englishes/changing-englishes/unit-2-using-english/world-englishes.aspx
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Diskutere
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Links til eksamen

MÅ ANVENDES TIL SKRIFTLIG EKSAMEN:

Dansk-engelsk/engelsk-dansk:
- ordbogen.com

English-English dictionaries:
- Oxford Learner's Dictionaries: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
- Cambridge Dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org

Synonymordbog:
- thesaurus.com

Grammatik:
- Min Læring
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer