Holdet 2024 3g EN - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25
Institution Høje-Taastrup Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Vibeke Tang
Hold 2024 3g EN (3g EN)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Love
Titel 2 Rhetorics and the American Election 2024
Titel 3 Postmodernism
Titel 4 Vietnam War
Titel 5 Ireland Past into Present

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

In this theme we have read a variety of texts about very different kinds and aspects of love.


From Wider Contexts Basisbog til engelsk A (Engberg-Pedersen, Grønvold og Ohland-Andersen, Gyldendal 2012):

Margaret Atwood, "Happy Endings" (short story, 1983)
Christopher Marlowe, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (Pastoral poem, 1599)
Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" (Carpe Diem poem, 1681)
Roger McGough, "At Lunchtime: A Story of Love" (poem, 1967)

William Shakespeare:
Sonnet 18 (1609)
Romeo and Juliet (play 1597), Act I, scene 5 + Act II, scene 1 (The Balcony Scene)

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, (excerpt from novel, chapter 1, 1801)
Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (excerpt form novel, 2009)

Movie: Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998)

Læste sider: 40

Værklæsning relateret til forløbet:
Amalie: Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847)
Lucas Benjamin, Loke, Johan: Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 Rhetorics and the American Election 2024

In connection with the American Election on the 5th of November we have focused primarily on rhetorical analysis but also looked into how the US Election system works, and the main differences between the two candidates.

From Mette Holm, Being American  (Ibog, chapter 3, Systime 2024):
Core Values of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party

What is the electoral college? How does the electoral college work?
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53558176)

The Seven Swing States
(https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511pyn3xw3o)

Candidate Key Issues
Trump: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l1qd1nwnjo
Harris: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx924r4d5yno

Television Advertisement Analysis:
Trump:
https://x.com/MediumBuying/status/1824765625438228936 Bidenomics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ttxFJ9hnU Here’s a Tip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJwnRjkE9g Our Best Days Are Yet to Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l46PUAQu90 Day One
Harris:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6oQXN2WNtU The Best People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9jGS_zjhI All Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2UIo_iiIrI Fearless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkuOOfpDyWg Contr

Rhetorical analysis:
Trump Rally in Indiana Pennsylvania, Sep 24 2024
Remarks by Vice President Harris to Kick Off Nationwide "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" Tour Jan 22, 2024
Kamala Harris' Concession Speech, Nov 6 2024
Trump's Inaugural Speech, January 2025

Taastrup Bio: The Apprentice (Ali Abbasi, 2024)
Review of the movie

The Daily Show - Jon Stewart on Trump's Inauguration and Elon Musk's Nazi Salute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMG-ZEG_VU4

antal sider: 40
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 Postmodernism

What is characteristic of Post-modernism in  fiction as to themes and techniques?


Introduction:
Barkholt and Jepsen, "Post-Modernism" from A Short History of Literature in English, chapter 6 (Systime, 2010)

Susan Hamlyn, "Interflora" (poem, 2002)

From René Bühlmann, Now and Zen (Systime, 1995):
Charles Higson, "The Red Line" (short story, 1993)
Anne Bilson, "Born Again" (short story, 1993)

From Helle Birk, British PreMillennium Literature (Systime, 2001):
Hanif Kureishi, "The Penis" (short story, 1999)

Movie: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino,1994)

Læste sider: 42

Værklæsning relateret til forløbet:
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club (1996) - Marcus, Noah, Celina, Tania, Niclas




Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Vietnam War

In our Vietnam theme we have focused on the background to the war, the soldiers' experience in and after the war, the war as the first television war, New Journalism.

Bob Dylan, "With God on Our Side" (song lyrics, 1963)

Background reading:
Lars Stæhr Jensen, "Den amerikanske krig i Vietnam" (2001)

Rhetorical analysis of:
John F. Kennedy, "America's Stake in Vietnam" (speech, 1956)

New Journalism:
Nicholas Tomalin, "The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong" (1966)

Tim O'Brien (from The Things They Carried, Flamingo 1991):
"On the Rainy River" (short story)
"How to Tell a True War Story" (short story)

Ron Ridenhour, "The Massacre at Mylai" (article in LIFE Magazine, 1970)

Analysis of photo:
"The Terror of War" (the iconic Vietnam photo by Nick Ut, 1972)

Movie: Born on the 4th of July (Oliver Stone, 1989)

Læste sider: 75

Værklæsning: The Things They Carried - Selma og Villi

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 Ireland Past into Present

Irish history (with focus on the War of Independence, The Civil War, The Troubles, The Good Friday Agreement), national symbols and  the relationship between ireland and UK today.


Geoff Sammon, "Factfiles 1,2,3,4 "(A Green and Orange Land, Systime 1999)
Updated and presented in class (working in groups) -fælles noter på drev

"Every Sperm is Sacred" (Monty Python, YouTube)

A traditional poetic image of Ireland as a woman:
W.B.Yeats, Cathleen Ni Houlihan (play, 1902)

War of Independence +  Civil War
Frank O'Connor, "Guests of the Nation" (short story, 1931)
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (movie, Ken Loach, 2006)

The Troubles:
U2: Sunday Bloody Sunday (song lyrics, 1983)
Fiona Barr, "The Wall Reader" (short story, 1979)
Murals in Northern Ireland:
https://alphahistory.com/northernireland/northern-ireland-murals/#Ideas_through_imagery

The Good Friday agreement https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-61968177

Discourse analysis of The Declaration of Support (Good Friday Agreement)
The Irish Economy
(From Rosanne McCollum, The Island of Ireland, Systime, 2021)

Lisa O'Carroll, "Strong UK-Ireland relations needed now more than ever" (article, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/strong-uk-ireland-relations-needed-starmer-tells-summit)

Læste sider: 55

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer