Holdet 2l EnB (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Rungsted Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Tine Huus
Hold 2024 EnB/l (1l EnB, 2l EnB)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 1: The USA - from British Colony to Superpower
Titel 2 2: The UK - From Island to Empire and Back
Titel 3 3: Sport - To Win, To Participate, To Develop
Titel 4 4: Humans vs. Robots - Artificial Intelligence
Titel 5 5: Animal Farm
Titel 6 6: English as a Lingua Franca and Globalisation
Titel 7 7: Revision and exam preparation

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 1: The USA - from British Colony to Superpower

We start off with the theme: The USA - from British Colony to Superpower. The learning goals are to (1) gain an insight into the history, development, culture, and diversity of the American society, (2) analyse poems, non-fiction, and short stories, and (3) expand vocabulary related to the theme and improve oral proficiency.

Materials to be used:
US History Quiz, American histrory, The American Dream
Emma Lazarus: The New Colossus (1883) (poem)
Edward Kearny: The Frontier Heritage (1984) (non-fiction)
Walt Whitman: I Hear America Singing (1867) (poem)
Langston Hughes: Let America Be America Again (1935) (poem)
Tom McAfee: This is My Living Room (1966) (short story)
Z. Z. Packer: Gideon (2007) (short story)
Barack Obama: The American Promise (2008) (non-fiction)
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true (2019) (essay in excerpts).

We use US newspapers online and other sources to follow the US presidential election 2024. We may also include episodes from Modern Family, the American television mockumentary.

In terms of writing and written work, we will look at what characterizes written English as opposed to oral English, how to write a summary, and how to use linkers. Grammar focus areas include basic grammar: Ordklasser and sætningsanalyse. We also look at verbs (verber).
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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
A summary of "The Frontier Heritage" 09-12-2024
A summary of "Gideon" 17-01-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18 moduler
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Titel 2 2: The UK - From Island to Empire and Back

We embark on a new theme: The UK - From Island to Empire and Back. The learning goals are to (1) gain an insight into the history, development, culture, and self-perception of the UK in terms of colonisation, class society, and multiculturalism, (2) build analytical skills and critical thinking through reading poems, short stories, and non-fiction, and (3) expand vocabulary related to the theme and improve oral proficiency.

Materials to be used include:
UK History Quiz
Great Britain's national anthem
Rudyard Kipling: The White Man's Burden (1899)
Jilly Cooper: Class (1979)
Khushwant Singh: Karma (1950)
The Crown, Netflix, season 1, episode 5
Penelope Lively: The Happiest Days of Your Life (1978)
Ruperake Petaia: Kidnapped
Addley and McCarthy: The man who fell to earth (2001)
Larry Elliot: Brexit is a rejection of globalisation (2016)

In terms of writing and written work, we will learn how to write an analytical essay for both fiction and non-fiction texts. We broaden our analytical skills by diving into the analysis frameworks for both fiction and non-fiction. Grammar focus areas include: verber, ordstilling og substantiver.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel 3 3: Sport - To Win, To Participate, To Develop

Our next theme is "Sport - To Win, To Participate, To Develop". The learning goals are to (1) gain an insight into how sport plays a prominent role in American as well British society today, (2) analyse TV-commercials, non-fiction, film, and a long short story, and (3) expand vocabulary related to the theme plus improve oral proficiency.

The materials to be used include:
- Super Bowl adds over time (YouTube commercials)
- Clifton B. Parker: Do Super Bowl Ads Really Work? (2015) (non-fiction)
- Beau Dure: Winning Isn’t Everything; It’s the Only Thing, Right? (2015) (non-fiction)
- Elizabeth Kolbert: Have Sports Teams Brought Down America’s Schools? (2013) (non-fiction)
- The Blind Side (2009) (film)
- Alan Sillitoe: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1959) (long short story).

In total, materials (in NS): 66.

In terms of writing and written work, we will continue with the analytical essay writing. Grammar and language focus areas include assignments 1 - 4 of the written exam paper level B. Grammar focus: nouns and the genitive case.
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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Assignments 1 - 4 29-04-2025
Summary and analytical essay 11-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 21 moduler
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Titel 4 4: Humans vs. Robots - Artificial Intelligence

This course focuses on our deep-set and century-old fascination with robots and artificial human beings.

The texts enable the students to consider and discuss various topics and dilemmas regarding robots / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the human beings who have created the technologies or are forced to interact with them. Fiction and non-fiction are both represented, as are TED talks:

- Robots through history: Isaac Asimov: Introduction "The Robot Chronicles" (extract, 1990), non-fiction
- Artificial children: Brian Aldiss: "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" (1968), short story
- Artificial food: Alan Dean Foster: "Seasoning" (2014), short story
- Artificial intelligence: Fei-Fei Li: "How We’re Teaching Computers to Understand Pictures" (2015), TED Talk
- The first science-fiction novel: Mary Shelley: "Frankenstein" (1818), excerpt from chapter III of the novel
- David Cage: Kara (2012), short film.

Grammar focus: adjektiver og adverbier.
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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Fiction assignment 1 14-09-2025
Non-fiction assignment 1 28-10-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
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Titel 5 5: Animal Farm

We are now going to read an entire fictional work, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, published in 1945. Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005), and it also featured at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels.

As an introduction to the author and Animal Farm, we look at Orwell's essay, Why I Write. We apply point-of-view, setting, characters, composition, language and style, and themes and message, as well as the fable as genre, to analyse and interpret the novel. We use the historical approach to reading the text, look at the context in which the literary work was written, and put emphasis on the cultural, societal/political and historical circumstances outside the literary work influencing the way it is written.

Grammar: pronouns (stedord), præpositions (forholdsord), conjunctions (bindeord). Written work: essay writing and analysis of fiction and non-fiction by means of Minlæring > Do it, write!
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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Fiction assignment 2 02-12-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 6: English as a Lingua Franca and Globalisation

The final theme is "English as a Lingua Franca and Globalisation". We look at how the English language and culture come to dominate the world through colonisation, migration, and globalisation. The learning goals are to (1) gain an insight into globalisation and English as a lingua franca, i.e. a shared language of communication used between people whose main languages are different as well as the link between colonisation and globalisation, (2) draw on our previous learning to finetune analytical and critical thinking competencies, and (3) expand vocabulary related to the theme and improve listening and speaking skills.

Materials to be used include:
- Braj Kachru's model, David Crystal on English as a global language, Lars Jensen colonialism and globalisation, Hofstede's cultural dimensions
- John Agard: Reporting from the frontline of the Great Dictionary Disaster (2006) (poem)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story (2009) (TED-Talk)
- Jomo Kenyatta: The Gentlemen of the Jungle (1938) (short story)
- Peter Ho Davies: Minotaur (2005) (short story)
- Tim Piles: Help, I'm suffering from reverse culture chock (2011) (article).

During this course, we will wrap up grammar and language work.
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Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
2l EnB skr. prøve 29-01-2026
Non-fiction assignment 2 02-03-2026
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 7: Revision and exam preparation

For the rest of this semester, we focus on revision and getting fully ready for the written and oral exams, respectively.

The four themes for the oral exam are suggested to be as follows:

Sport - To Win, To Participate, To Develop
Humans vs. Robots - Artificial Intelligence
English as a Lingua Franca and Globalisation
Animal Farm.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 8,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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