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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) Mette Bahnson
Hold 2023 en/enBH* (2uenBH*, 3uenBH*)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Intro: The English Language
Titel 2 Theme 1: Identities
Titel 3 Theme 3: Human Ingenuity
Titel 4 Novel 1: The Color Purple
Titel 5 Theme 2: Experiences
Titel 6 Theme 4: Social organisation
Titel 7 Theme 5: Sharing the Planet
Titel 8 Novel 2: Kite Runner
Titel 9 Mocks and Orals
Titel 10 May 2025 exam preparation - P1 and P2

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Titel 1 Intro: The English Language

The origins of the English language
The influence of the English language on other cultures and languages
The dominance of the English language in a globalizing world
The future of English
Variations of English - Singlish, Chinglish, Hinglish, West African Pidgin

Incl. three BBC radio programmes (Compass) on the future of English
Incl. group presentations on variations.
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Intro writing exercise 17-08-2023
Intro writing exercise 17-08-2023
Varieties of English 08-09-2023
Varieties of English 08-09-2023
Dictation - apostrophes 14-09-2023
Dictation - apostrophes 14-09-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
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Titel 2 Theme 1: Identities

Exploring the nature of self and what it is to be human:

Topic 1: Citizens of the world, Unit. 1.1  
- What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?
- How do you develop your sense of identity in a globalised world?

Ted Talks:
- "Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm local" - Taiye Selasi
- "Dangers of a Single Story" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topic 2: Beauty and appearances, Unit 1.3
- To what extent is your definition of 'beauty' shaped by the media, including advertisements, movies and TV commercials?
- What are the effects of the media's narrow definition of 'beauty' on people's mental and physical health?
- How do adverts target men and women differently? (focus on Dove, Gilette, high fashion)
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Word of the day 13-10-2023
Test: Listening comprehension 26-10-2023
Test: Listening comprehension 26-10-2023
Text type: Book review 08-11-2023
Text type: Book review 08-11-2023
Word of the day 22-11-2023
Adverts 23-11-2023
Adverts 23-11-2023
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 21 moduler
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Titel 3 Theme 3: Human Ingenuity

Exploring the ways in which human creativity and innovation affect our world:

Topic 1: Technology & Robots - the focus of this overall theme
- What is technology and which technological innovations have we seen throughout time?
- What are robots? - nano, micro, macro
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of depending more and more on robots? (will we lose the human touch?)
- AI, digital assistants, self-driving cars
- The fear and fascination of technology in literature (Gothic lit., fx Frankenstein)

Topic 2: Cloning, IVF, GMOs
- What is cloning?
- What IVF? - the concept of designer babies
- What are GMOs?
- Advantages and disadvantages to them all?
- Do humans play God?

- Film: Wall-E
- Documentary: Artificial intelligence and Human Identity (DW)
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AI or Vehicles or Siri 15-12-2023
Text type: Report : AI or Vehicles or Siri 15-12-2023
Text type: Pamphlet - robots & the elderly 09-01-2024
Text type: Pamphlet - robots & the elderly 09-01-2024
Science fiction as a genre - in Elevfeedback 09-01-2024
Science fiction as a genre - in Elevfeedback 09-01-2024
Coursebook tasks - Cloning 29-01-2024
Coursebook tasks - Cloning 29-01-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 22 moduler
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Titel 4 Novel 1: The Color Purple

Reading literature: The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)
- American
- Epistolary
- Setting, character traits and character development, quotes, themes, plot structure, language and grammar.

Film: The Color Purple (1985 version - Steven Spielberg)
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Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
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Titel 5 Theme 2: Experiences

Exploring and telling the stories of the events, experiences and journeys that shape our lives.

Topic 1: Extreme Sports, Unit 2.2:
- Why do (some) people take unnecessary risks in extreme sports?
- How does sport help shape identity?

Topic 2: Migration, Unit 2.3:
- Why do people migrate? - push and pull factors
- How is migration changing the world?
- What's the difference between migrants and refugees?
- Can migration create problems?
- Can migrants solve problems?
- Migration in different English-speaking countries

- Film: Touching the Void (extreme sports)
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Text type: News report on extreme sports 10-05-2024
Test - Paper 2: Reading comprehension 14-05-2024
Test - Paper 2: Reading comprehension 14-05-2024
Text type: News report on extreme sports 14-05-2024
Association task: Spider diagram 19-08-2024
Migration presentations 22-08-2024
Tasks 3.16 + 3.17 03-09-2024
Text type: Blog entry - Migration 13-09-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
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Titel 6 Theme 4: Social organisation

Using Kognity:

Topic 1: Social Relationships (also connects to Identities)

-How do you learn how to create relationships?
-What makes a group of people a community?
-What is the difference between a society and a community?
-How does the social group you belong to affect you?
-To what extent does an individual make an impact on society?


Topic 2: The Working World

- What is a white-collar job? What is a blue-collar job?
- How has the workplace changed in the past 80–90 years?
- Does age matter in the workplace?
- How have globalisation and technology changed the way we work?
- Why are Millennials a driving force of change?
- To what extent is it important that people are happy in their jobs?
- What makes people happy in their jobs?
- How do you think jobs will look for the next generation?
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Titel Afleveringsdato
P1 task - text types 09-09-2024
Test - Listening comprehension 20-09-2024
Working World presentation - week 43 30-10-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
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Titel 7 Theme 5: Sharing the Planet

Exploring the theme of living in a globalised world - international cooperation

Topic 1: Eradicating poverty, unit 5.1
- Can poverty be eradicated?
- What is poverty? - absolute vs. relative.
- Poverty on a global scale
- What can be done to make the world a more equitable place?

Topic 2: Power to the people, unit. 5.3
- How are individuals fighting for a safer and fairer world?
- What is the importance of democracy in solving social injustices?
- Occupy Wall Street Movement, climate activists, Black Lives Matter - does activism work?

Documentary: Poverty in USA: Being Poor in the World's Richest Country (ENDEVR)
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Text type: Diary/Journal entry 19-11-2024
Text type: Speech 15-12-2024
Idiom of the week 1 20-12-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
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Titel 8 Novel 2: Kite Runner

Literature: Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003)
- American author (with Afghani roots)
- Bildungsroman - coming of age
- Setting, character traits and character development, quotes, themes, plot structure, language, narration through storytelling.


- Film: Kite Runner (2007)

- Preparation for Individual Oral exam (= IO) - Eng.B IA.
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Titel Afleveringsdato
Test - reading comprehension 17-12-2024
Kite Runner presentations 31-01-2025
Text type: Letter to the editor 03-02-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
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Titel 9 Mocks and Orals

- Preparing for the mock exams (week 10 - March 3-11)
- Preparing for the oral exams (recordings in week 12, March 17-21 ) including practising the actual oral exam.
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Mocks - P1 06-03-2025
Mocks - P2 LC 06-03-2025
Mocks - P2 RC 06-03-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
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