Holdet 2023 en/enAlanH3* - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Birkerød Gymnasium og HF
Fag og niveau Engelsk -
Lærer(e) Katrine Rømhild
Hold 2023 en/enAlanH3* (2uenAlanH3*, 3uenAlanH3*)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Introduction to English A Language and Literature
Titel 2 BoW: Dead Poets Society
Titel 3 Literary work: Dickinson's poetry
Titel 4 BoW:Gretha Thunberg speeches
Titel 5 Literary w.: Poe short stories
Titel 6 BoW: Old Spice
Titel 7 BoW: Inside
Titel 8 BoW: Lisa Donnelly Cartoons
Titel 9 Lit. work: Universal Love
Titel 10 BoW: Blade Runner 2049
Titel 11 BoW: WWII propaganda from the UK
Titel 12 Lit. work: Poetry by Wilfred Owen
Titel 13 Non literary text types
Titel 14 Literary work: The Crucible
Titel 15 Literary work: Macbeth
Titel 16 Lit.work: Camus: The Outsider

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Introduction to English A Language and Literature

Focus on tools for analyzing:
prose fiction
images
rhetorics
film
How to write Paper 1 (introduction, PEEL paragraphs)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 Literary work: Dickinson's poetry

Poetry analysis
American romanticism, trancendentalism, gothic literature

Themes: individualism, being an outsider, Nature, Death, the sublime, Women.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 BoW:Gretha Thunberg speeches

Focus on rhetorics, how Thunberg conveys her message. Possible connections and global issues: nature, climate change, political communication, childhood, values, responsibilities, anger.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 Literary w.: Poe short stories

Collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe:
The Tell-tale Heart
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The murders in the Rue Morgues
The fall of the House of Usher

Focus on close text reading, gothic literature.
Themes: insanity, violence, unreliable narrators, dysfunction, family, tragedy, murder, mystery, atmosphere, outsiders, mental health, emotions
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 BoW: Inside

We study Bo Burnham's filmic comedy/musical/documentary from the COvid Lockdown period. Focus on comedic devices, filmic language, mental health, online social behaviour, social critique and commentary. Detailed analysis of selected sequences (saved to "Collaborative space" in OneNote).
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 BoW: Lisa Donnelly Cartoons

We analyze a collection of satirical cartoons by Lisa Donnelly which focus on gender norms and women's role in society. We focus on the techniques employed for this type of text.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Lit. work: Universal Love

We study the short story collection by Alexander Weinstein (Free choice). Central themes are: technology and humanity, family relations. grief, parents, identity. Close reading. Reader, writers, texts.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 14 Literary work: The Crucible

Analysis of Arthur Miller's play.
Focus on Drama specific techniques.
"TIme and place": The importance of context of composition: Miller's experience with McCarthyism inspired his writing about the 1692 Salem witch hunt.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 15 Literary work: Macbeth

We study William Shakespeare's tragedy with a focus on:
Character development
Themes
Composition - the 5 act structure
What is a tragedy?
The "tragic hero"
Motifs
Shakespeare's language
The Elizabethan World Picture
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 16 Lit.work: Camus: The Outsider

Study of the novel with a focus on:
Existentialism
Absurdity, the absurd hero
The main themes
The writing style
intertextual links to the myth of Sisyphus
a postcolonial reading
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer