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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Egedal Gymnasium & HF
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Kristoffer Nilaus Larsen
Hold 2023 En/y (1y En, 2y En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Comics/graphic novels
Titel 2 Horror - EKSAMEN
Titel 3 Lyrics - Hip hop and other songs
Titel 4 Science Fiction and AI - EKSAMEN
Titel 5 US Election and great speeches - EKSAMEN
Titel 6 Ireland and Northern Ireland - EKSAMEN
Titel 7 Modern Myths - EKSAMEN
Titel 8 Lingua Franca (mini theme) EKSAMEN

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Comics/graphic novels

Focus on visual narratives and visual aspects of storytelling.
And on basic analysis - setting, character, narrative point of view, etc.

Materials:
- Killing and Dying
- Asterios Polyp
- Blankets
- Understanding Comics
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
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Titel 2 Horror - EKSAMEN

The theme "Horror" has been a look at the horror genre from the Gothic Horror of the 1800's to King and the relatively recent movie Get Out by Jordan Peele (2017).
We have also worked with a theoretical/analytical framework consisting of Freud's personality model, theories around suspense, the uncanny, etc. (see list below).

Horror theory:

- Suspense
- The other in horror
- Freud's personality model
- Horror as mirror of human psyche, human biology and human society (taken from "Horror" by Johanne Riktrup Hansen and Rasmus Drisdal Hansen (Systime, 2017)
- Das Unheimliche (The uncanny)

Material/texts:

- Frankenstein (excerpt) Mary Shelley (1818)
- Making cabinets by R.C Matheson (2006), from Horror, Systime 2017.
- Get out by Jordan Peele (movie)
- The Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
- Children of the Corn (excerpt) by Stephen King (1977)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
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Titel 4 Science Fiction and AI - EKSAMEN

This topic had a particular focus on AI. Both in relation to the texts we read (apart from Escape From Spiderhead), but also in relation to the didactic work in the classroom, where we tried to incorporate generative AI as much as possible.

Theory:
- Dystopian and Utopian sci-fi
- Novum (and Datum)
- Hard and soft sci-fi
- a little bit about the history and subgenres of sci-fi

Material/texts:
- Supertoys last all summer long by Brian Aldiss, 1969
- A Boy's Best Friend by Isaac Asimov, 1975
- Preserving Humanity in the age of robots, Short Wave (podcast), 2024 https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1198916199/ai-robots-humanity-loneliness
- Be Right Back (Black Mirror, season 2, episode 1 on Netflix)
- Escape From Spiderhead (ed.) by George Saunders in The New Yorker, 2010:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/escape-from-spiderhead
- Can AI cure grief? from The Guardian, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5udOx8-QxtE
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 US Election and great speeches - EKSAMEN

This topic was, not surprisingly, in relation to the 2024 presidential election in the US. We focused on the American political system, including:
- Republicans and Democrats and the two party structure
- Election system: primaries, winner-takes-all, swing states, Electoral College and electors, etc.
- Government: House of Representatives and Senate. Three branches of government and checks and balances.

Also we worked with the actual election. The candidates, their background, policies and rhetoric. We analysed the convention speeches of both candidates.

In addition to the election, the theme also focused on rhetorical analysis and we worked with great speeches out of the context of the (at the time) ongoing election.

Material/texts:

- Donald Trump RNC Acceptence speech (2024)
- Kamela Harris DNC speech (2024)
- Being American Chapter 2 and 3 by Mette Holm, Systime (2020).
Group work (1 group, 1 speech)
- Emmeline Pankhurst, Freedom or Death, 1913
- Malcolm X, The Ballot or the bullet (excerpt) 1964
- Martin Luther King, I have a Dream (excerpt) 1963
- Jimmy Reid, Inauguration as rector of Glasgow University, 1972
- Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prizre acceptamce speech, 2014
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Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
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Titel 6 Ireland and Northern Ireland - EKSAMEN

This topic dealt with the history of Ireland (focusing on the fraught relationship with the English), contemporary Irish life and The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Part of the topic was centered around work reading of the novel "Normal People" by Sally Rooney.

Materials/texts:

- Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018) Novel
- Oplæg om Irlands historie ved Irlandsekspert Claus Hebor
- Sixteen Dead Men (1917) and Stare's nest at My Window (1922) by W.B. Yeats

- Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech by David Trimble (1998)
- Derry Girls, season 1, episode 1: directed and written by Lisa McGee (2018)
- The real Derry Girls - BBC Newsnight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdzbQkUX2I
- Say Nothing, season 1 episode, episode 5: directed by Joshua Zetumer, 2024 (based on the book by the same name, by Patrick Radden Keefe)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 15,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
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Titel 7 Modern Myths - EKSAMEN

In this theme, we started by establishing what a myth is, what its function is, which elements it usually consists of and how it is structured. Afterwards we read and watched modern works of fiction based on classical myths (mostly greek mythology). We compared and contrasted the modern retelling or adaption with the original story and discussed the meaning of the myth in a contemporary context.

Theory:
- Definition and function (cosmological. pedagogical, social, etc.)
- Archetypes (antagonist, helper, ruler, hero, sidekick, magician, seer, etc.)
- The structure of a myth (home-away-home, the portal, the tests, the quest, etc.

Texts:
- Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver (1977) - based on Kong Solomon Myth
- O Brother, Where Art Thou by the Coen Brothers (2000) - based on  Homer's The Odyssey
- Minotaur by Peter Ho Davies (2005) - based on the Minotaur myth
- The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005) - also based on The odyssey, but from Penelope's perspective.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
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Titel 8 Lingua Franca (mini theme) EKSAMEN

A very short topic on English as the world's Lingua Franca.
We looked at:
- the role and history of English in the European Union
- a proejct called "dialectsarchive", that has documented English accents and dialects in countries around the world by having people read aloud from the same text.
- Malala Yousafzai's nobel peace prize acceptance speech - again.

We talked about:
- What the consequences of having English as global Lingua Franca are
- Difference between dialect and accent
- The Danish accent and what is particularly hard for Danish speakers of English.
- The difference between expressing yourself in your native language and in your second language.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 3,00 moduler
Dækker over: 3 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer