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Holdet 2y En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser

Termin(er)	2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution	Virum Gymnasium
Fag og niveau	Engelsk B
Lærer(e)	Hilde Eslau Blinkenberg
Hold	2024 En/y (1y En, 2y En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb

Titel 1	The divided US and Trump retorics
Titel 2	Travellers and Journeys
Titel 3	Divided Kingdom/UK Now
Titel 4	Normal People
Titel 5	American Identity - opgives til eksamen
Titel 6	Ireland - opgives til eks.
Titel 7	Gender Under Pressure - Opgives til eksamen
Titel 8	Linguistics & Lingua Francas
Titel 9	Travellers and Journeys II

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Titel 1	The divided US and Trump retorics
Indhold	Kernestof: US election polls tracker 2024: Who is ahead - Harris or Trump? US election polls BBC news.docx description DRTV - Horisont: Håb for Amerika? En korrespondents fortælling Homework: Whose famous words are quoted in my welcome lines above? When did he/she say it and on what occasion? Makkerpar og grupper i 1.y Homework: Check the results of the American election on BBC News in: The Divided States of America.pdf description Getting Started Verber 1 s.8-37.pdf description Homework: Please read the section about rhetorics in the compendium "The Divided States of America" pp. 7-9. We'll do the tasks in class. Nye makkerpar/grupper: Se Onenote Homework: complete exercise 3 to 5 in the Verb compendium (pp. 5-6).
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 5 moduler
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Titel 2	Travellers and Journeys Forløbet dækker forskellige rejseformer fra backpackers, rejser som livslæring, turisme på bekostning af små lokale samfund, økoturisme og 'flight shame', kvinder, der rejser alene og det mere eksistentielle spørgsmål om valget mellem 'home and away' som i Simon Armitages digt om at opleve eventyret i hverdagen. Emnet opgives til eksamen Materiale: The Guardian view on ‘flight shame’: face it – life must change (Editorial, The Guardian, 2020) Ryan O'Neill; The Traveller (2013) Marc Moxon; Why I Travel Don George; Wanderlust Sarah Hall; Backpackers Hit The Tourist Trail Simon Armitage; It Ain't What You Do, It's What It Does To You Jamaica Kincaid; A Small Place Mary Morris; Women and Journeys (1992) Tracks (film af John Curran, 2013)
Indhold	Kernestof: Homework: Print out a photo of a typical family holiday from your childhood and bring it in class. Write down in English 4-5 lines in Onenote describing the photo. Homework: See Onenote Skærmbillede 2024-11-29 kl. 12.02.55.png Homework: See Onenote 'Grammar' as well as "Travellers and Journeys" on December 9th Homework; see Onenote Grupper 1.y (gælder fra mandag d. 6 jan 2025).docx description Check Onenote for more info Please read Mary Morris' text "Women and Journeys" in the compendium p. 10. But before reading her text, consider your position on the pre-reading questions on top of page 11.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 7,5 moduler
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Titel 3	Divided Kingdom/UK Now Dette forløb giver et kort historisk overblik over Storbritannien i kølvandet på Brexit med særligt fokus på det multikulturelle UK og the Windrush generation (ca. 1948) samt den politiske situation op igennem 0'erne og de skiftende regeringsledere siden 2016.
Indhold	Kernestof: I skal hver især læse indledningen om Brexit i det nye kompendium og se dokumentaren "Skål for Europa - Bobler og Brexit (DR.DR 2019) i linket hér: DRTV - Skål for Europa: Bobler og Brexit Gældende fra mandag d. 24/3 2025, 1.y. Homework. Do the 'hidden words' task (compendium p. 5). Homework: Check Onenote March 31st Homework: Please bring your UK Now compendium + notebook for class. No homework. See Onenote Homework: Find information on the Internet about Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to get en overview of his CV (curriculum vitae). Then give each picture in the compendium a headline that reflects different aspects of his professional life (cf. pp. 9-10
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 9 moduler
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Titel 4	Normal People Forløbet "Normal People & normality" tager udgangspunkt i værklæsning af Sally Rooneys roman "Normal People" og undersøger begreber som 'normalitet', 'stereotypier' og 'diversitet' i en litterær og samfundsmæssig kontekst.
Indhold	Kernestof: Cf. Onenote (Section Normal People, reading plan) Se onenote :-) Homework: Read pp. 29-57. In your individual notes in Onenote note down a passage or a line that you find particularly interesting. Explain how and why? See Onenote See onenote for homework See onenote about homework and remember to also consider my questions for you about American politics (see onenote for more). Homework: Minlæring Udvidet tid Se Onenote (d. 26. sept.) Bring Normal People, please. Se onenote
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 12 moduler
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Titel 5	American Identity - opgives til eksamen Forløbet har til formål at give eleverne et historisk og kulturelt indblik i amerikansk identitet. Derudover fokuseres på begrebet 'the American Dream', samt dennes afspejling i litteratur, taler og film. Der arbejdes desuden med fremlæggelser om amerikansk historie og skriveøvelser. Tekster: Thomas Jefferson: ‘Declaration of Independence’ (uddrag) 4/7 1776 Abraham Lincoln: ‘The Gettysburg Address’ 19/7 1863 D. J. Trump's inaugural speech, Januar 2017 Martin Luther King: ’I Have a Dream’ speech, 28/8 1963 Bob Hamilton: ’A Father Tells His Son about the Statue of Liberty’ 1971 George W. Bush: ‘Address to the Nation’, 11/9 2001 Barack Obama: ‘The American Promise’ (uddrag), 29/8 2008 Audra D. S. Burch: ‘What Has Happened to the American Dream?’ 3/5 2025 Film: The Neutral Ground (C. J. Hunt, 2021) Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) Supplerende materiale: Mordet der rystede USA (Horisont 27/9 2025) Trying to define the American Dream (background article) Følgende tekster er ikke gennemgået men kun anvendt i forbindelse med elevernes egne oplæg om amerikansk historie: Emma Lazarus: ‘The New Colossus’ 1883 (sonnet) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus Frederick Jackson Turner: ‘The Significance of the Frontier in American History’ (excerpt) 1893 (essay) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the-significance-of-the-frontier-in-american-history-2/ John Winthrop: ‘A Model of Christian Charity’ (excerpt) 1630 (sermon) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/a-model-of-christian-charity-2/ Aaron Rupar: ‘Trump official suggests famous Statue of Liberty sonnet is too nice to immigrants’, 13. August 2019 (article) https://www.vox.com/2019/8/13/20803621/ken-cuccinelli-statue-of-liberty-public-charge-trump?fbclid=IwAR2sdk561lY52PoWMtMYbtmF6ePrv76IMJtt4yWUYR869dOCQnspMKQyZN4
Indhold	Kernestof: No homework, but please check onenote for detailed information. Se onenote See Onenote, section 'How to Analyse ✍️' Make sure that you are well prepared for your presentations. See onenote for details. Se Onenote :-) Homework: see Onenote VIGTIGT: se lektie i Onenote. Grupper 2.y (fra d. 17. nov. 2025).docx description Se Onenote Lektie: Please complete the 'before watching' tasks A1, B2, and C1 in the enclosed pdf-file orally + read the 'while watching' focus points. The Neutral Ground - UVM Engelsk - UNG-DOX.pdf description No homework Se lektie om M. L. Kings tale inde på Onenote. Se Onenote! WATCH: President George W. Bush's address to the nation after September 11, 2001 attacks Homework; See Onenote description Please finish the SOAPSTONE analysis of Obama's speech. See Onenote for homework ('American Identity' + date) Gældende i 2.y fra fredag d. 12/12 2025.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 17,5 moduler
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Titel 6	Ireland - opgives til eks. Forløbet gennemgår Irlands kamp for selvstændighed fra Home Rule (ca. 1914), the Easter Rising (1916) og Uafhængighedskrigen (1916-1921), borgerkrigen (1922-1923) frem til the Free State. Filmen "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" er anvendt til et historisk overblik og er analyseret med fokus på de politiske dilemmaer i frihedskampen. Der indgår ligeledes to digte til belysning af frihedens pris og novellen 'Field of Tears' af Declan J. Connaughton. Endelig springer forløbet op til vor tid med fokus på The Celtic Tiger (ca. 1995-2007) og immigration til Irland i 2010'erne. Forløbet opgives til eksamen. Materiale: Sally Rooney; Normal People (roman, 2018) William B. Yeats; "16 Dead Men" (digt, 1917) & "The Stare's Nest By My Window " (digt 1923) Declan J. Connaughton; Field of Tears (novelle, 2011) "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (Ken Loach, 2006) Systime.com
Indhold	Kernestof: Se mail fra mig 📭 Homework: Do the 20 minutes exercises in Minlæring in the link: Staveregler på engelsk (NB! Deadline 19 January at 10.30 pm) NB! De 11 elever, som ikke fik gennemført øvelserne om staveregler i Minlæring, skal have færdiggjort det til i dag. Homework: 1) Reread McConaughey's White House speech noting passages in which he proposes solutions to the issues concerning gun violence/school shootings.white_house_speech_20578_v2-13900-kopi.pdf Lav øvelserne i lektien fra Minlæring; Minlæring False friends og drilske ord Homework: Please read and understand the two poems by William Butler Yeats in the link: William Butler Yeats: Sixteen Dead Men (1917) and The Stare’s Nest by My Window (1923) *** \| The Island of Ireland VIRTUELT MODUL: Homework: The Celtic Tiger Open the link below and listen to the interview assigned to you. After having listened to the speaker, answer the "Questions for Dublin immigrant voices" (below the films) relevant for your assigned voice. Write your answers in your note books: I Modulet: Minlæring Homework: Follow the MINLÆRING link below. Minlæring Motions 2026 statues and conspiracy theories.pptx description
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 14 moduler
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Titel 7	Gender Under Pressure - Opgives til eksamen Forløbet "Gender Under Pressure - How misogyny shapes society and how feminism responds" undersøger tidens spændinger mellem kønnene i det offentlige rum på baggrund af 2010'ernes MeToo bølge, Epstein-sagen og influencere som Andrew Tate. Forløbet undersøger bl.a. stereotype fremstillinger af mænd og kvinder, begreber som 'manosphere', 'incels' og 'tradwives' og en analyse af TV-serien "Adolescence" afsnit 1 (2025). Primær litteratur: What are the Gender Roles and Stereotypes? (www.plannedparenthood.org) Claire Cain Miller:” Why Women, But Not Men, Are Judged for a Messy House” (New York Times, 2019) Sadie Nichols;” Darling, I ’ll do anything to make you happy! How the Tradwives sacrifice their own careers to satisfy their husbands’ every whim… and insist it’s the secret of marital bliss” (The Daily Mail, 2020) Claire Cain Miller; Many Ways to Be a Girl, But One Way to Be a Boy: The New Gender Rules (New York Times, 2018) Emma Watson: Gender Equality Is Your Issue, Too (HeForShe Campaign, UN, New York, 20 September 2014) Raymond Carver; What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (novelle, 1981) Chad Kultgen; The Average American Male (romanuddrag, kap. 4, 2007) Sally Rooney; Normal People (2018) Adolescence (TV-serie af Jack Thorne og Stephen Graham, 2025) I Am Andrew Tate (Dokumentar af Marguerite Gaudin, 2024)
Indhold	Kernestof: Grupper 2.y (fra d. 9. marts 2026).docx description Homework: Please read and learn the definitions of the vocabulary in the compendium p. 2. Then read the text "What are gender roles and stereotypes?" (pp. 2-3) and answer the following questions in writing in your notebooks: No homework - but please bring the new compendium + notebooks and join your group from the beginning of the lesson. Homework: Please read the article "Darling I'll Do Anything to Make You Happy..." by Sadie Nicholas (compendium pp. 10-16). Note down one point about each of the women (Alena, Stacey, Laura and Sarah) in your notebooks. Homework: Please read the article "Many ways to be a girl..." by Claire C. Miller (compendium pp. 17-20). Write a brief summary of the article in your notebooks. Vi mødes kl. 8.45 foran/inde i Bremen Teater, Nyropsgade 39-41. Vi skal se dokumentarfilmen "The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist". Filmen starter kl. 09:00 Lav Grammatiklektie i MinlæringTricky verb patterns I skal se første afsnit af miniserien "Adolescence" i dagens modul. Afsnittet varer 60 min., så I har 30 minutter bagefter til at gå i gang med at tilrettelægge jeres podcast. Gruppeaflevering podcast.docx description Lektie: Se dokumentaren DRTV - Sandheden om Andrew Tate færdig inden modulet, da den er relevant for dagens arbejde. Vi manglede at se de sidste ca. 15 minutter. Homework: You are expected to spend at least one hour preparing your podcast content individually before meeting up at school to record your podcast. Make sure that every group member knows exactly what to prepare.Gruppeaflevering podcast.docx description Please read the short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver (1981) Grupper 2.y (fra d. 20.april 2026).docx description Minlæring Verbalkongruens Ingen lektier
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 13 moduler
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Titel 8	Linguistics & Lingua Francas Dette forløb beskæftiger sig med de mange komplekse faktorer, der konstant påvirker sprogets udvikling i en global kontekst, hvor individualitet, identitet, diversitet og sterotypificering præger den måde vi omgås hinanden på og opfatter os selv. Global English og betydningen af sprog som 'Lingua Franca' er en del af forløbets forskellige aspekter.
Indhold	Kernestof: Homework: Please read the enclosed pdf-file about sociolinguisticsIntroduction to Sociolinguistics.docx. Write down the answers to the questions below in your notebooks: Lingua Franca experiences group work.docx description Grupper 2.y (fra d. 4. maj 2026).docx description At the oral exam, B (2).docx description Homework: Please scroll through the material as well as your personal notes on the topic of Travellers and Journeys (cf. Onenote) to prepare for exam revision.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 3 moduler
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Titel 9	Travellers and Journeys II Se nærmere beskrivelse under 1g-emne. Opgives til eksamen.
Indhold	Kernestof: At the oral exam, B (2).docx description Homework: Please scroll through the material as well as your personal notes on the topic of Travellers and Journeys (cf. Onenote) to prepare for exam revision.
Omfang	Estimeret: Ikke angivet Dækker over: 1 moduler
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