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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2025/26
Institution NEXT
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Rikke Birkedal Hansen
Hold E2025 En/b GIF (E1b En GIF)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Minimalism (Family relations)
Titel 2 Short films
Titel 3 The English Language
Titel 4 Multicultural Britain
Titel 5 Civil Rights in the USA in the 1960s
Titel 6 Exam

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Minimalism (Family relations)

In this course we will be working with the literary genre minimalism. We read short stories and we read about Raymond Carver and Ernest Hemingway and look at the way their lives are reflected in the short stories.

The students are introduced to literary terms such as characterisation, setting, atmosphere, simile, theme and message and they learn to write a summary and PEE paragraphs.

We also work with idioms.


By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- explain the term minimalism:  focus plot, action and dialogue, show - don't tell technique (through dialogue and action), fill in the gaps (the reader must be active in the interpretation of the story),
- explain Hemingway's term Iceberg Technique
- make a character study and describe the setting in the short stories
- write a summary
- write a PEE paragraph

Texts (primær litteratur):
Raymond Carver "Popular Mechanics", 1981 (1,5 ns)
Raymond Carver "One More Thing", 1981, (3 ns)
Raymond Carver "Chef's House" 1983 (4 ns)
Ernest Hemingway "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" (3 ns)
Richard Brautigan "Greyhound Tragedy", 1976 (2,5 ns)

All texts are taken from Mette Herman og Stine Karlsen, "Less is More", Gyldendal, 2019. Pånær "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" which is from https://americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/short-story/mr-and-mrs-elliott

Sekundær litteratur
Introducing Ernest Hemingway http://www.literature-study-online.com/essays/hemingway.html (3 ns)


I alt antal sider: 25 ns

Tilladte hjælpemidler
Getting Started (blå grammatikbog)
Min Læring https://minlaering.dk/
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/ (English-Danish / Danish-English dictionary)
https://www.thesaurus.com/ (synonym dictionary)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/ (slang dictionary)
All your notes from the lessons
Everything you can find on Lection in your folder 1bEN GIF (look under documents)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Portrait 13-08-2025
Grammar test 14-08-2025
Summary and character study 24-08-2025
Grammatik 1 31-08-2025
Grammatik 2: kongruens (nutid til datid) 09-09-2025
PEE paragraphs about Chef's House 13-09-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 32,00 moduler
Dækker over: 34 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Short films

In this course, we will be working with short films (mostly), and we will discuss how films can be approached like literary texts (e.g. by looking at characters, relationships, conflicts, setting, themes and message) and how to analyze cinematic techniques (such as framing, editing, lighting, angles and sound). In all the films we work with, one of the main characters undergo significant development; thus, character development is a key theme in the course.

By the end of the course, you should be able to:
• analyse characters in film using the STEAL model of characterization, and comment on their development
• analyse other elements that we know from fiction analysis (character, relationships, conflict, setting, themes, message)
• use knowledge of cinematic techniques (framing, colours, sound, editing, angles) to analyse a short film
• comment on the development in characters. What causes the main characters to change?

Keywords: STEAL, cinematic techniques such as framing, editing, lighting, angles, and sound, development, main character, relationships, conflict, setting, structure, symbols, theme, message.

Films:
Todd Philips, "Joker", 2019 (introduction scene - the first 5 minutes)
Black Ridder, "The English Teacher", 2021 (12 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpjENF1VDc
Benedict Webb, “Toast”, a short film, 2022 (14 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY-JlEfoo9c
Franklin Jin Rho, “Marriage of Inconvenience”. 2013 (9 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tabHIhHhRk&t=145s
Law Chen. “I Don’t Make the Rules”. 2017 (13 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AvDTIvF6rY&t=5s
Bobb Barito, “Light My Fire”, 2017 (9 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b79R839YfZg
Shimon Machida, “Ambitions”, 2018 (12 minutes)

In total 74 minutes = approximately 25 pages

Tilladte hjælpemidler

Getting Started (blå grammatikbog)
Min Læring https://minlaering.dk/
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/ (English-Danish / Danish-English dictionary)
https://www.thesaurus.com/ (synonym dictionary)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/ (slang dictionary)
All your notes from the lessons
Everything you can find on Lection in your folder 1bEN GIF (look under documents)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
STEAL analysis favourite character 28-09-2025
Grammatik 3 05-10-2025
Assignment short film 26-10-2025
Genaflevering "Marriage of Inconvenience" 06-11-2025
Grammar 4: prøve 5.11 07-11-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 32,00 moduler
Dækker over: 33 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 The English Language

This course will focus on different aspect of the English Language. The course leads up to our next course about Multicultural Britain in which some of texts will contain different variations of English.

The main goal of the course is for the students to obtain knowledge about the differences between American English and British English regarding vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation as well as learning about English as Lingua Franca.

The students will also work with standard language and variations, in particular sociolect  by watching an episode of the TVseries "The Wire" and read an excerpt from the novel "Push". In connection to this, the students will work with the differences between formal and informal language by looking at grammar and spelling as well as the use of slang, swear words and how code-switching can sometimes be necessary.

Finally, we look at different accents and dialects from various English speaking countries (covered on Oct )

The students should be abe to explain these terms: Lingua Franca, standard language, sociolect, and code-switching.

Material:
"Room Service" (1 page)
"Push" (excerpt) by Sapphire in Tine Vedel Eriksen, "Language and Power", Forlaget Columbus, 2013, pp. 111-114 (4 pages)
"The Wire" (the episode How to play chess), HBO, dec. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfvtP0qlUt0 (3 minutes = 1 page)

In total 6 pages

Tilladte hjælpemidler

Getting Started (blå grammatikbog)
Min Læring https://minlaering.dk/
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/ (English-Danish / Danish-English dictionary)
https://www.thesaurus.com/ (synonym dictionary)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/ (slang dictionary)
All your notes from the lessons
Everything you can find on Lection in your folder 1bEN GIF (look under documents)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Assignment The English Language (Push/Precious) 23-11-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Multicultural Britain

How and why did the U.K. become a multicultural society? We look briefly at Britain’s colonization and the spread of English cultures, traditions and the English language to all over the world.

In particular, we look at The Windrush Generation. How Caribbeans were invited to help rebuild Britain and in that way contributed to Britain’s modernity and prosperity. Who were they, why were they invited to Britain, and how were they received by the British people? We talk the fear of immigrants that the Caribbean people presented to the Brits.
We also look at other immigrant groups (mainly from Asian and Arabian countries and with a starting point in the film “Ae fond Kiss” and the short story “Dusk Over Atlantic Wharf” we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of arranged marriage as well as the potential problems in cross-cultural relationships.

Furthermore we read articles about multiculturalism and discuss the pros and cons of multiculturalism. Finally we look at whether first- and second-generation immigrants have the same integration goals.


Important terms:
diversity, integration, assimilation, prejudice, stereotypes, xenophobia, discrimination, inclusion, tolerance, bias, minority, majority, marginalisation


Texts:
BBC Newsround, What is the Windrush Generation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si3IRAPJkkU  (2 minutes = 1 page)
The Black Nurses that saved the NHS  https://www.facebook.com/BBCRadio4/videos/371616020055640/ (2 minutes = 1 page)
Diane Abbott, The Windrush generations were proudly British, 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/windrush-day-caribbean-immigrants-uk-diane-abbott (2 pages)
Susmita Bhattacharya, Dusk over Atlantic Wharf, 2006 (4 pages)
National Public Radio (NPR). “Anthony Christian Ocampo’s latest book is Brown and Gay in LA”. NPR website, September 29, 2022 (1 page)
Christy DeGallerie. “Out of the Closet and Into the Garden”. The New York Times website, August 18, 2023 (4 pages)
Kieran Connell, Ignore the sham debate over multiculturalism – Britain is already diverse, Hyphen Online, 14 October 2024, https://hyphenonline.com/2024/10/14/multiculturalism-uk-britain-ethnic-diversity-debate-kieran-connell/ (3 pages)
Imran J. Khan. Prom, YouTube website, 2016, viewed October 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gRV9zetehI (12 minutes = 4 pages)
Ken Loach, Ae Fond Kiss, 2004 (film) 1 hour, 44 minutes (= 35 pages)

In total 60 pages

Tilladte hjælpemidler

Getting Started (blå grammatikbog)
Min Læring https://minlaering.dk/
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/ (English-Danish / Danish-English dictionary)
https://www.thesaurus.com/ (synonym dictionary)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/ (slang dictionary)
All your notes from the lessons
Everything you can find on Lection in your folder 1bEN GIF (look under documents)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Summary + rhetorical pentagram Windrush Generation 18-12-2025
Mini terminsprøve Multiculturalism 13-01-2026
Analysis of an article 22-01-2026
Grammar 5 26-01-2026
Analysis of article + podcast multiculturalism 29-01-2026
Omfang Estimeret: 30,00 moduler
Dækker over: 40 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Civil Rights in the USA in the 1960s


This course focuses on the historical fight for equal rights in the U.S.A. with a focus on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. We begin by looking briefly at The Declaration of Independence and The Emancipation Proclamation and then move on to the Jim Crow Laws. The students will obtain knowledge about the different ways of separating whites and blacks in society, and this knowledge will serve as an understanding of the rights black people fought for. The film “The Help” will be used to illustrate this fight and the ways in which segregation and the Jim Crow Laws were enforced.

We also analyse excerpts of speeches by George Wallace, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King with a focus on how (or if) they each wanted black and white people to co-exist and how they pictured the future for the American society. Finally, we look at which rights the black people obtained.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Explain why the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation are important in the fight for civil rights
Explain the Jim Crow Laws and the consequences of these for black people
Explain which rights the black people obtained through the Civil Rights Movement
Analyse a speech with a focus on modes of appeal and rhetorical devices.

Material
The Declaration of Independence https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript (excerpt) (1 page)
The Emancipation Proclamation https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation  (excerpt) (1 page)
Tate Taylor, The Help, 2011 (2 hours, 26 minutes = 60 pages)
Jim Crow Laws https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/what.htm (2 pages)
George Wallace, Inaugural Address, 1963 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Wallace%20Excerpts.pdf  (excerpt) (2 pages)
Martin Luther King, I have a dream, 1963 (5 pages)
Malcolm X, Message to Grassroots, 1965 (excerpt) (2 pages)
Biography, The life of Malcolm X, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFh4OloaJMo (1 page) (1 page)

In total: 74 pages

Sekundært materiale
Følgende links er blevet brug til gruppearbejde

MLK: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jr  + https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/martin-luther-king-jr/
Malcolm X: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-X  +  https://www.malcolmx.com/biography/
Emmett Till: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/emmett-till  + https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emmett-Till
Rosa Parks + The Freedom Rides: https://www.britannica.com/event/Freedom-Rides + https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rosa-parks +
Alabama Governor George Wallace: https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-C-Wallace + https://www.nga.org/governor/george-corley-wallace/


Tilladte hjælpemidler

Getting Started (blå grammatikbog)
Min Læring https://minlaering.dk/
https://www.ordbogen.com/da/ (English-Danish / Danish-English dictionary)
https://www.thesaurus.com/ (synonym dictionary)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (English-English dictionary)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/ (slang dictionary)
All your notes from the lessons
Everything you can find on Lection in your folder 1bEN GIF (look under documents)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 28,00 moduler
Dækker over: 28 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Exam

List of dictionaries and webpages you can use:

https://www.ordbogen.com/da/ (Danish-English + English-Danish)
https://www.thesaurus.com/ (synonym dictionary)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/ (slang dictionary)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ (English-English)
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/  (English-English)

https://www.minlaering.dk/ (online grammar)

Poul Thornøe og Mette Hermann, Getting Started (grammatikbog)

Your folder on Lectio CANNOT must accessed during the exam. You must download everything before the exam.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer