Holdet 2025 EN A2 - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2025/26
Institution Køge Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Stefan Flensmark
Hold 2025 EN A2 (3g EN A2)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Couples with Troubles (Acing Analysis)
Titel 2 Wars and Wounds
Titel 3 The Roaring 20s and Gatsby
Titel 4 Macbeth and the Elizabethan World View
Titel 5 India: Colonization and its Consequences

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Couples with Troubles (Acing Analysis)

During this introductory topic, we will explore how to analyze fiction texts, songs, poetry and films.
A fresh start for those who may feel a bit lost when confronted with fiction texts and teachers with a not-so-hidden love for (over)interpretation ;-)
The point of departure will be an analytical model called 'C-style Analysis'.
Here we will revisit the basics:
characterization and character development, conflicts, crises, climax, conclusion etc.
Of course, we will also cover areas such as style of language, symbolism etc. and we will look at Hemingway's writing style compared to other writers (The Iceberg Method)
We have also analyzed music videos + a poem.

Texts read (short stories):
Ernest Hemingway: Hills Like White Elephants (1927)
Ernest Hemingway: The Sea Change (1931)
Nick Hornby: Faith (1997)
Anna Davis: Hiding in Cheesy's Bedroom (2004)
Kate Vine: Beautiful Things (2019)

Music video analysis:
Olivia Rodrigo: Drivers License
Ed Sheeran: The A-team
Pink: Family Portrait
J. Cole: Love Yorz
Nb! at the exam, you are only expected to be able to relate the exam text to the song that your group worked with


Poem:
Carol Ann Duffy: Valentine (1993)
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Titel 2 Wars and Wounds

During this short topic, we will focus on how war affects body and soul of the young people going to war - not just during the war, but also afterwards (PTSD).
Our main focus will be veterans from various wars. We will start with World War 1, but we will also focus on veterans from the Vietnam War. (and other wars in the mini project)
We are going to analyze short stories, films and non-fiction articles and Youtube documentaries, mainly about PTSD.

Short stories:
Ernest Hemingway: 'Soldier's Home' (1925)

Poetry from WW1:

Rupert Brooke: The Soldier (1915)
Wilfred Owen: Anthem for Doomed Youth (1917)
Siegfried Sassoon: The Death Bed (1917)
Siegfried Sassoon: Counter Attack (1918)
Note! The students analyzed the poems in groups, so they are only expected to be able to comment on one of the poems at the exams.

Nonfiction materials:
Stories from the Somme: Letters from a Canadian Soldier (1917)
Webquest about WW1
Miniproject about PTSD (individual sources found by the students)

Lecture: The War in Vietnam (Background knowledge)

Movies:
Born on the 4th of July (a movie about the war in Vietnam from 1989)

(70ns)

Keywords: Patriotism, paralyzed, traumatized, injuries, psychological consequences, war crimes, napalm, feeling disillusioned, PTSD, Veterans, Alcoholism, alienation, protesters, coping mechanisms, shell shock.
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Titel 3 The Roaring 20s and Gatsby

We will investigate the so-called 'Roaring Twenties'. An era of incredible contrasts and wild cultural innovation!
An age of affluence and decadence for those who had the means, but also an era that highlighted the stark class differences and racial borders being challenged through art and music.
In the process we'll be reading the novel ' The Great Gatsby'

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, 1925

Focus points (among others):
Basic knowledge about the roaring twenties:
Societal development, prohibition, consumerism, urbanization, mass media, entertainment, class differences, the stock market boom and crash etc.

In our study of the novel, we will focus on areas such as:
- Nick Carraway and his role as an elusive and unreliable narrator
- Gatsby's ostentatious and lavish parties and façade (appearance vs. reality)
- Class differences: Newly rich vs. Old money (West Egg and East Egg) and The affluence of 'The Eggs compared to 'the Valley of Ashes'.
- The unattainable American Dream (for those without means)
- Gatsby's ambiguity and complexity
- Symbolism! (Green light, TJ Eckleburg, The Valley of Ashes etc.)

In order to understand 'the Roaring Twenties' we will watch ABC's:
The Century: America's Time - 1920-1929: Boom To Bust

Finally, we are going to watch Baz Luhrman's 2013 adaption of the Great Gatsby and compare its wild postmodern style to the novel


(omfang ca. 150 sider)
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Titel 4 Macbeth and the Elizabethan World View

During this topic, we will explore the Elizabethan World View and how it is reflected in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Some of the areas we have focused on are:
- The chain of being (social hierarchy)
- Cosmic, divine order in the universe (cosmos vs. chaos)
- Free will vs. fate (and temptation)
- Witchcraft as a real threat for Elizabethans
- Power struggles and unhinged ambition
- Loyalty vs. betrayal
- Gender roles (including the dynamics and development of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth)
- Shakespeare's language (prose vs. verse, blank verse of iambic pentameter etc.)
- Symbolism and metaphorical language (imagery)
- Different stage and film versions of the play (Judy Dench etc.)

Some of the themes we have discussed: Ambition, greed, gender norms and roles, supernatural forces, Societal structure (hierarchy), the downfall of the tragic hero, depression/insanity, revenge etc. etc.


We have done in-depth analysis of the following parts of the play:
Act 1, scene 5 (Lady Macbeth's Unsex Me soliloquy)
Act 1, scene 7 (Lady Macbeth scolding Macbeth for his lack of courage and manliness)
Act 3, scenes 1 + 4 (Macbeth soliloquy + raving madness in front of the noblemen)
Act 4, scene 1 (The witches' brew...Double, double toil and trouble'.)
Act 5, scene 1 (Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene)
Act 5, scene 5 (Macbeth's final soliloquy...Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow)

Note! The Presentation called 'Shakespeare’s world and Macbeth - a completely different universe!' contains crucial knowledge about the Elizabethan World View.

The plot of the rest of the play has been covered via summaries from 'The Royal Shakespeare company + various youtube guides.

We have also watched most of the Globe's performance of the play filmed in 2013


(omfang ca. 80 sider)
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Titel 5 India: Colonization and its Consequences

This topic briefly introduces the Imperial period with focus on how it affected the mindset of the colonizers and the colonized. In this context, we have read Kushwant Singh's short story: Karma.
We have also looked into India's rather violent and chaotic partition ant the blodshed that followed.
In this connection, we have read Nehru's famous Tryst with Destiny-speech, focusing on how he needs to walk a tightrope in a very delicate political climate. We have focused on non-fiction analysis and the brilliant use of numerous rhetorical devices.

We have also investigated some of the consequences of Colonialism by looking into the Kashmir conflict and its global consequences. In this context, we have mostly watched news-clips with Indian and Pakistani perspectives on the conflict.
Finally, we have looked at beauty ideals and how they are also shaped by the country's colonial past. We have read a text about Edward Said's 'Orientalism' and the performance poem: 'A Brown Girl's Guide to Beauty'.

Materials used:

nonfiction:
Narrating India, pages 66-71 (about the colonial rule and the Raj)

Narrating India, pages 16-19 (About independence and partition)

Jawaharlal Nehru: Tryst with Destiny (speech, 1947 about indepence)

TedEd: Why Was India split into two countries

Various news clips about the Kashmir Conflict today (From an Indian, a Pakistani and a more balanced perspective)

Narrating India, pages 315-317 (Edward Said's theory about Orientalism and 'the other')

India and its Unfair Beauty Standards (Documentary)

Fiction:
Khushwant Singh: Karma (1950)

Performance poetry:
Aranya Johar: A Brown Girl's Guide to Beauty (2017)


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Dækker over: 8 moduler
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