Holdet 2.A En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution GUX - Sisimiut
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Ole Valentin Mortensen
Hold 2024A En (1.A En, 2.A En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Aspects of America
Titel 2 Aspects of Britain
Titel 3 Fairy tales and related tales of magic
Titel 4 Modern India
Titel 5 Horror
Titel 6 Crime
Titel 7 Native Americans
Titel 8 Forløb#8

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Aspects of America

A look at USA of today with focus on society and culture. The concept of the "American dream" will be examined in some non-fiction texts, but the course also includes a couple of modern American short stories. So textual analysis of both types are included in the course.

Non-fiction:
"That's the Way", Systime 2005:
LA: City of Extremes
New York Underground Homeless
Interview with Police Officer Al Dayes

From "The Sky's the Limit"
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Fiction:
"That's the Way":
Patricia Highsmith: Slowly, slowly in the wind

Raymond Carver: So Much Water so Close to Home
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 46 moduler
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Titel 2 Aspects of Britain

We are going to have a look at the British society of today (britiske samfundsforhold) through both articles (non-fiction) and stories (fiction)

content:
Benedikte Herold Jensen: "That's the Way", Systime 2007
Fiction: About a boy by Nick Hornby
Non-fiction:
Cyber bullies target girl
Head Suspends 40 girls
Football Crazy
Quiz on Britain
Life on the Rails (about India, former colony)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 31 moduler
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Titel 3 Fairy tales and related tales of magic

A look at various related genres that have an element of magic and the supernatural in them. Beginning with the folk tale.
Textual analysis: genre, narrative perspective, point of view

Texts:
1. Little Red Riding Hood.
2. The Origin of the Narwhale (Canada).
3. 2 fables from Aesop
4. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, chapter 5 (1997)
5: Roald Dahl: Little Red Riding Hood

Film:
Nunavut Animation Lab (Youtube): various Inuit myths including The Origin of the Narwhale
Alice in Wonderland
The Wizard of Oz
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 33 moduler
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Titel 4 Modern India

Introduction of a non-British/American - but English speaking world through a new genre (kind of literature)=the novel. We meet modern India through the eyes of "Slumdog Millionaire"

Novel:
Vikas Swarup: ”Slumdog Millionaire,” Macmillan Readers.

Film: Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle-uk)

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 26 moduler
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Titel 5 Horror

Mordern and Classic horror - the chosen texts are related to the concept of the fantastic and the genres of magic and the supernatural that we dealt with earlier. Literary analysis, focus on characterization


Stephen King: "The Shining - chapter 1"
Richard Matheson "Bloodson"

Films:
The Shining
Dracula
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 17 moduler
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Titel 6 Crime

This course focuses on the theme of crime in modern American society. It deals with both cultural and political issues, and will include fiction as well as non-fiction in text and film. Rhetorical analysis will be applied in details.



Rap Lyrics:
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: "The Message"
Coolio "Gangster's Paradise"
Eminem: "Stan"

Other songs:
The Who (UK) "Behind Blue Eyes"
Stevie Wonder "Passtime Paradise"

Crime Fiction

Pors, Bækgaard&Pedersen: "Open Wide - en Grundbog"
James M. Reasoner: "Graveyard Shift"
Film: Dirty Harry, The Dead Pool

Crime Fact
Gunman Kills 12 in Colorado, Reviving Gun Debate (non-fiction)
Obama's Remarks in Aurora, Colorado (non-fiction)



Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 64 moduler
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Titel 7 Native Americans

A course on the histoy of Native Americans from the time of the Civil War (1863) to now seen through various genres: fiction (novel, song, short story) and non-fiction  (speech, interview, historybook text - rhetorial analysis continued)

Michael Blake:
Dances with Wolves, Penguin Books 1988

Film: Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner)

From "The Sky is the Limit", ed. Bitten Arildsen & Chris Plougheld:
Black Elk Speaks
Black Elk Speaks: High Horse's Courting
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Now that the Buffalo's Gone
Trail of Tears

Buffy Sainte-Marie: You got to run (Spirit of the Wind)

From Sherman Alexie: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven:
"This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona",
Vintage:1997

Interview with Sherman Alexie

Oversættelse Engelsk med Synonymer:
1.Sitting Bull
2.Wounded Knee
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 31 moduler
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Titel 8 Forløb#8

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
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