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Identity
The theme has an introductory purpose regarding reading and analysis of the genres short stories and poetry, focusing on narration, characterization, main character/protagonist, setting, symbolism, intertextuality and vocabulary work tied to the theme 'identity'. Dictionaries and AI have been introduced as generative tools of process for understanding and presentation.
Introduced teory for analyses includes 'The Iceberg Model' with reference to 'minimalism' as a literary genre.
The theme was concluded with some work on and understanding of the US presidential election: the Demcratic and Republican parties, policies on abortion (prolife vs. pro-choice), the political (the branches of government) and electoral systems of The USA.
Concerning the analysis of pictures the importance of vertical, horizontal and dialogal lines as well as the importance of perspective (bird's eye, worm's eye and normal perspective) was introduced.
With respect to grammar, the class have worked with word class and an introduction to their purpose (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs), verbs and their tense (the present, past, present, perfect and past perfect), the forms of regular and irregular verbs, the genitive and the use of apostrophes with the genitive and contractions and capitalization.
The work with texts and grammar alternates among the following didactics and styles of learning: individual, pair and group work; written and oral presentations in groups as well as individual work.
The written work has introduced summary and analysis of Swift's and West's political songs with the concepts related to the theme 'identity': syntax, formal and informal language, rhyme, methaphor and simile.
Texts, film and pictures:
'Indian Camp': a short story by Ernest Hemingway (1924)
'Wild Geese' : a poem by Mary Oliver (1986)
'The View From Half-Way Down: a poem by Alison Tafal (2020)
'The presidential debate between Trump and Harris - on abortion': ABC News on YouTube, Sep. 10 2024, 19.25-19.38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdSDngmDLmY
'Real Clear Politics - map on the electoral college' (2024): https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/president/2024/toss-up/electoral-college
'How does the electoral college work: in Being American by Mette Holm, https://beingamerican.systime.dk/?id=154
'Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1776': painting by Leutze, 1851.
'Reagan for President': poster for the US election in 1980.
'Only The Young', song by Taylor Swift, 2018.
'Ye versus The People': song by Kanye West, 2020.
Grammar:
'Fejlstøvsugeren' (the above-mentioned grammatical focus points)
'minlæring.dk: the digital screening at the start of the year.
Introduced dictionaries:
Ordbogen.com
Ordbog.gl
Oxford Learners' Dictionary: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
DAKA: https://iserasuaat.gl/daka/
Introduced online evaluation platforms:
Kahoot
Quizlet
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