Holdet 3t EN (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2025/26
Institution Frederiksborg Gymnasium og hf
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Mia Esper Schultz
Hold 2023 EN/t (1t EN, 2t EN, 3t EN)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 The American Dream (part 1)
Titel 2 Foster (novel)
Titel 3 USA political campaign
Titel 4 English as a global language
Titel 5 CPH:DOX American prison art
Titel 6 The British Empire (part 1)
Titel 7 Speeches
Titel 8 Exchange visit
Titel 9 The American dream (part 2) US election
Titel 10 Dystopia
Titel 11 Social class in the UK
Titel 12 American narcissism (SRO)
Titel 13 CPH:DOX Exposing the British far right
Titel 14 The British empire (part 2) writes back
Titel 15 Narrating India
Titel 16 Tragic love
Titel 17 War
Titel 18 Repetition og eksamenstræning
Titel 19 Forløb#11

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 The American Dream (part 1)

FOKUSPUNKTER

The American Dream
American independence
American exceptionalism
The frontier man and frontier mentality
Capitalism and consumerism
Immigration and diversity
A stratified society
American fears and values


MATERIALER

‘The Star-spangled banner’ (national anthem by Francis Scott Key)
‘Who are the Americans?’ (textbook)
‘My Was-Mart ’tis of thee’ (essay)
’The American Identity’ (textbook)
‘Monopoly’ (board game)
‘The new Colossus’ (poem)
‘Immigrants’ (poem)
‘Winding West with a mission’ (essay)
‘All Gold Canyon’ (short film)
‘I hear America singing’ (poem by Walt Whitman)
’Something to do with baseball’ (short story)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Foster (novel)

Værklæsning

Reading of novel 'Foster' by Claire Keegan (contemporary Irish writer)

Focus on:
- the novel as a genre
- narration
- character analysis
- setting analysis
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 USA political campaign

Samf-eng studieretningstema og dag med bl.a. besøg af den amerikasnke ambassadør i Danmark og en ekspert i politiske kampagner.
På tværs af årgang laver eleverne deres egne videoer med politiske kampagner. Forskellige samfundsfaglige og engelskfaglige benspænd indgår.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 English as a global language

FOKUSPUNKTER
- The history of the English language
- Why did English become the global language
- Linguistics: dialect, ethnolect, sociolect
- Global miscommunication
- English as Lingua Franca
- Native speaker challenges
- Globish?


MATERIALER
‘History of the English language’ (YouTube video)
‘Global English’ (interview with David Crystal)
‘The story of Babel’ (Bible, Genesis)
‘Babel’ (film by Alejandro González Iñárritu)
‘Everything is illuminated’ excerpt from novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
‘The Korean wave’ from The Guardian (article)
‘A crisis of meaning’ by Elif Shafak (essay)
'A linguistic oddyssey: How many people speak English' by Elly Kim (article from Promova)
'Why native English speakers fail to be understood in English - and lose out in global business' (article from The Conversation)
‘2 billion voices’ (TED talk by Heather Hansen

SUPPLERENDE MATERIALER
‘Interview with Nayoki Oi’ (video clip)
‘Scene from Gamle Mænd I nye biler’’ (video clip)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 CPH:DOX American prison art

Ekskursion til Imperial biografen i København ifm. CPH:DOX.
Dokumentar om forholdene i amerikanske fængsler
Samf-engelsk fagligt.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 The British Empire (part 1)

The British Empire (part 1)
'The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire'

FOKUSPUNKTER
- the history and expanse of the British Empire
- motives for colonisation: economic, political, cultural
- nationalism
- colonial and racist discourse

MATERIALER
'Rule, Britannia!' (song/poem by James Thomson)
'Intro to colonialism and imperialism' (powerpoint presentation by MSC)
'Dido' (short story by Emma Donoghue)
'Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elisabeth Murray' (painting by David Martin)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Speeches

FOKUSPUNKTER
Rhetorical pentagram
Modes of persuasion
Retorica devices
Speech writing - good openings?
Speech analysis
A strong argument (claim, ground, warrant, rebuttal, refutation)

MATERIALER
‘Back to school address’ (speech by Barack Obama)
‘The King’s Speech’ (speech by King George VI of England)
‘Speech for humanity’ (speech by Charlie Chaplin from The Great Dictator)
‘Education is the only solution’ (speech by Malala Yousafzai)
‘I changed the law’ (TED talk by Gina Martin)
‘School shooting speech’ (by Matthew McGonaughey)
‘Endorsement of Harris at the Democratic convention’ (speech by Michelle Obama)
‘How dare you’ (speech by Greta Thunberg)
‘World Press Photo’ (exhibition in Politikens Hus)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 21 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 Exchange visit

Genbesøg fra Spanien
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 9 The American dream (part 2) US election

FOKUSPUNKTER
Political campaigning
American symbols
Democrats vs Republican
Donald Trump
J.D. Vance
America divided

MATERIALER
‘Being American: US election introduction’ (textbook)
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ (excerpt from essay by J.D. Vance)
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ (film)
‘The Apprentice’ (film)
‘What to know about the apprentice’ (NY Times article)
‘Donald Trump’s victory speech’ (on the night of election)
‘What is project 2025’ (The Independent article)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Dystopia

FOKUSPUNKTER
Future scenarios: utopia vs dystopia
Society collapse
Dehumanization
Governmental control
Surveillance
Apocalyptic settings

MATERIALER
‘1984’ (excerpts from novel by George Orwell)
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (excerpts from novel Margaret Atwood)
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (HBO series season 1 episode 1)
‘What is a dystopia’ (textbook + powerpoint presentation)
'The Circle' (excerpt from novel by Dave Eggers) (nb: læst i 3g som en del af repetition af emne)

SUPPLERENDE MATERIALER:
- Diverse artikler der beskriver dystopiske tendenser i vores samfund og vores tid (basis for gruppearbejde og fremlæggelser)
- 'What is a dystopia' (teori- og opgavedokument + powerpoint udarbejdet af kollega LW og tilpasset af MSC)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 Social class in the UK

FOKUSPUNKTER
Class indicators
Class family privilege
Sociolects and dialects
Caricatures
British music
Far Right nationalism
Political activism

MATERIALER
‘Common people’ (lyrics and song by Pulp)
‘How important is social class in Britain today?’ (BBC article)
‘Vicky Pollard’ (Little Britain tv-series)
‘Watching the English - The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour’ (research article by linguistic Kate Fox)
’Sorry we missed you’ (film)
’Six O’clock News’ (poem by Tom Leonard)
‘Voices from the far right’
Different articles related to far-right nationalism (see voices from the far right worksheet)
‘Billy Elliot’ (film - nb: genopfrisket fra grundforløbet)
‘The Sin Bin or Lucy’s Heart’ (short story by Penelope Lively - nb: genopfrisket fra grundforløbet)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 12 American narcissism (SRO)

Optakt til SRO tværfagligt i samfundsfag og engelsk.

Engelsk fagligt har eleverne skrevet SRO om et af følgende fiktionsværker:
1) 'Letters from L.A' novelle af Bret Easton Ellis
2) 'Gone girl' uddrag fra roman af Gillian Flynn
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 14 The British empire (part 2) writes back

FOKUSPUNKTER
- postcolonialism: reading + writing perspectives
- reversing colonial discourse
- rewriting colonial history
- hybridity and multiculturalism
- conflicted identities
- diaspora and migrant identities

MATERIALER
'The Danger of the Single Story' TED-talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
'Colonization in reverse' poem by Louise Bennett
'Waka 46' poem by John Sullivan
'Destroyedmichygen' chapter from novel 'We need new names' by Noviolet Bulawayo

SUPPLERENDE MATERIALE
'The Empire Writes Back' powerpoint by MSC
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 15 Narrating India

Fokuspunkter
- Indian independence & partition
- The Punjab region
- Ambition
- Gendered expectations
- Tradition vs modernity norms and culture
- Countryside and city contrasts
- Indian cinema and bollywood
- Pigmentocracy
- Indian tech industry
- Western prejudges against Indians


Materialer (alle tekster fra Narrating India):

- ‘A tryst with Destiny’ speech by Jawarharial Nehru’
- How to get filthy rich in rising Asia’ excerpt from novel by Mohsin Hamid
- ‘Cold calling’ short story by Chuck Palahniuk
- ‘The Dark Room’ excerpt from novel by R.K. Narayan
- Bollywood film genre og clips (se powerpoint d. 26/9)
- ’The boss came to dinner’ short story by Bhisham Sahni

Supplerende materialer (sidehenvisninger er til Narrating India text book):

- ‘Delhi on chai’ YouTube video
- Masala chai recipe https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/masala-tea-chai/
- ‘Independence and partition’ textbook text (p.17-19)
- 'How this border transformed a subcontinent’ Vox borders documentary (uddrag)
- Pakistan and India travel blog posts meeptheworld.wordpress.com
- Forskellige videoer og artikler om pigmentocracy (se modul d. 11/9)
- ‘India is becoming its own Silicon valley’ documentary video
- Anushree Fadnavis photo diaries from the women's compartment in the Mumbai trains (instagram account)
- ‘India and cinema - an introduction’ textbook text (pp. 200-202)

Gruppearbejde og fremlæggelser bla. pga. følgende materialer (sidehenvisninger er til Narrating India text book)

- Political cartoons (pp. 42-45) + mother India Bharat Mata
- Partition and mass migration incl. video clips from the BBC documentary ‘The Day India Burned’
- Jinnah and the Muslim minority with ‘Two nation theory’ (p. 30) and ‘First address to the constituent Assembly of Pakistan’ (pp. 33-34)
- Satish Gujral’s paintings (p. 57-61)
- Punjab region, culture and nationalism
- Pakistan-India conflict today based on news articles + analysis and discussion of Coca-cola ‘Small world machines’ campaign (2013)


Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 16 Tragic love

FOKUSPUNKTER
- tragedy & drama in words and on stage
- poetic devices and dramatic irony
- the sonnet
- Early Modern English
- cinematic techniques
- the life and times of Shakespeare
- Shakespeare's words in our time

MATERIALER
'OCD' poem and performance by Neil Hilborn
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' sonnet 18 by Shakespeare
'My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun' sonnet 130 by Shakespeare
'Romeo and Juliet' selected scenes by Shakespeare
      - Act 1: prologue + scene 1 (første del) + scene 5
      - Act 2: scene 2
      - Act 5: scene 3 (sidste del)
'Romeo + Juliet' film directed by Baz Luhrmann (med dybdegående analyse af festscenen i Capulets hus og første møde + balkon/swimmingspool scenen + dødsleje scenen)

SUPPLERENDE MATERIALER
'Romeo og Julie' teaterforestilling på Betty Nansen teatret instrueret af Ewelina Marciniak
Shakespeare workshop afholdt på gymnasiet for alle 3.g hold A-hold
BBC dokumentar 'Shakespeare - The rise of a genius' episode 1
'Into my arms' sang og lyrik af Nick Cave
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 17 War

FOKUSPUNKTER
- WW1 British poetry
- the cold war anxiety
- the Vietnam war
- shifting war mentalities
- soldier's perspectives
- civilian perspectives
- speculative fiction
- nationalist and anti-warfare voices
- trauma and narrative implications

MATERIALER
'Rule Britannia' national anthem 1740 by Thomas Augustine Arne
'The soldier' poem by Rubert Brook 1914
'The Hero' Siegfried Sasson 1917
'Dulce et decorum est' Wilfred Owen 1917? 1920
'When the wind blows' graphic novel by Raymond Briggs 1982
'Ambush' from 'The Things They Carried' by Tim O'Brien 1990
'Good form' from 'The Things They Carried' by Tim O'Brien 1990
'Apocalypse now' film directed by Francis Ford Coppola 1979
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 18 Repetition og eksamenstræning

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 19 Forløb#11

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer