Holdet 2023 En/f - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Solrød Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Esben Fiskaali Elkjær
Hold 2023 En/f (1f En, 2f En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 India ÅRSPRØVE
Titel 2 Speeches ÅRSPRØVE
Titel 3 Twisted Tales ÅRSPRØVE
Titel 4 True Crime (EKSAMEN)
Titel 5 Divided States of America (EKSAMEN)
Titel 6 South Africa & Born a Crime (EKSAMEN)
Titel 7 Repetition og eksamensøvelser
Titel 8 Superheroes (EKSAMEN)

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 India ÅRSPRØVE

In this course we take a look at India, the crown jewel in the British Empire.

We look at short stories, articles, and documentaries that teach us about Indian experiences, culture, traditions and history. The relationship between India and Britain/"the West" is also a running theme.

Texts:
-Karma by Khuswant Singh (short story)
-India's attitude to arranged marriage is changing. But some say not fast enough (BBC article)
-A Taste of Power (BBC documentary, first 25 minutes)
-Slumdog Millionaire (movie, 2008)
-The Cord by Cheryl Rao (short story)

Focus:
-literary analysis, particularly characterization and narration

Grammatik:
-ordklasser, adjektiver, kongruens
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 28 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Speeches ÅRSPRØVE

This course focuses on non-fiction analysis and speeches in particular.

We look at speeches using the rhetorical pentagram that lets us look at Topic, Sender, Receiver, Language, Context, and Intention.

We look at different speech types but focus on great political speeches.

Rhetorical devices: metaphor, personification, antithesis/contrast, alliteration, historical reference, Presidential I, American We, kairos, modes of persuasion (pathos, logos, ethos), and more..

Texts:

Ronald Reagan - Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
Ronald Reagan - Tear Down This Wall
Barack Obama - Victory Speech 2008
Barak Obama - Victory Speech 2012 (written assignment)
Ellen Degeneres - Commencement Speech at Tulane University
Barbara F. Walter - Is the US headed towards another civil war?

Documentary: Amerikanske taler, der ændrede verden (on speeches by Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump with an emphasis on context and speakers)


Grammar:
Adjektiver vs adverbier
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 20 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Twisted Tales ÅRSPRØVE

In this course we deal with texts (short films and short stories) that revolve around twists and/or twisted characters. Here twisted means evil, corrupt, depraved.
We focus on plot structure and elements of suspense.

Important terms: dramatic irony, suspense and surprise, film techniques, plot twist, cliffhanger, relatable characters..

Freytag’s pyramid (plot structure)

Texts (short story, short films):

December (short film)
https://vimeo.com/19140096

Matieu Ratthe - Lovefield (short film, 2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4meeZifCVro

Filipe Melo - Sleepwalk (short film, 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLJR7xLNdKk

Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho

Roald Dahl - Genesis and Catastrophe: a true story (1962)
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Short short film 13-03-2024
Twisted Tales Presentation 11-04-2024
True Crime Podcast 18-04-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 True Crime (EKSAMEN)

True Crime forløb, der hænger sammen med Twisted Tales, da vi ofte her finder samme virkemidler. Forskellen er det større fokus på non-fiction og mere specifikt på narrative non-fiction (/creative non fiction), som benytter facts, men som har fokus på fotællingen.

Tekster:

True Crime - On Real Life Atrocities (Narrating Truth, Brøndsted og Larsen, 2021)

In Cold Blood (uddrag)
In the Dark, Episode 1 (Podcast)
My Friend Dahmer (Prologue + Part 1: The Strange Boy)


TILLADTE HJÆLPEMIDLER TIL SKRIFTLIG ÅRSPRØVE
Følgende hjælpemidler er tilladte:

-downloadede noter, som altså ligger fysisk på jeres computere
-minlaering.dk
-ordbogen.com
-cambridge dictionary
-oxford dictionary
-thesuarus.com (synonymer, bl.a.)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 20,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Divided States of America (EKSAMEN)

PREAMBLE:

The U.S. has been a world leader and superpower since it entered and prevailed in WWII, and it has seen - and overcome, it seems – countless internal conflicts that have threatened to tear the country apart. Now, America seems to be at a defining moment in time, teetering on a knife’s edge that might or might not plunge the country into civil war. How did it come to this?

GUIDING QUESTIONS:
- Has the United states ever been truly United? If so what has held it together? (PAST)

- What historical and contemporary factors have contributed to the cultural and political polarization so obvious in today’s America? (PRESENT)

- Is the US headed toward another civil war? (FUTURE)

- How will this polarization manifest itself in the coming Presidential Election? (PRESENT/FUTURE)

KNOWLEDGE OF
- (literary history and philosophy, particularly American Transcendentalism)
- American identity and values
- American unity/divisiveness
- Knowledge of US political system, electoral college etc.
- Knowledge of US history
- The Declaration of Independence and Intellectual Declaration of Independence (Emerson)
- Political rhetoric


TEXTS:
American Basic Values and Beliefs (background text)
The American Dream - Briefly
Into the Wild - first chapter
Into the Wild - movie
Left vs. Right (figure)
Transcendentalism - an American Philosophy (doc)
Eddie Vedder - Society
The 11 Nations Inside the USA (video clip)
The Second American civil war is already happening (guardian article)
The Underdog vs the Victim (article)
Trump tweets/opslag

Student driven research on polarization
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 30,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 South Africa & Born a Crime (EKSAMEN)

Sawubona, hallo, molo, hi

This course focuses on South Africa and Trevor Noah's memoir 'Born a Crime'.

We'll acquire knowledge of apartheid, the current state of South Africa (SA) and with look at the country through the prism of Rugby - a South African story of division and unity

Texts:

Springboks, Rugby, South Africa
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-10-30-what-the-springboks-real-gift-to-south-africa-is/

Invictus (movie)

Trevor Noah - Born a Crime
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 25,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 8 Superheroes (EKSAMEN)

The students will, in this course familiarise themselves with various texts, including Graphic Novels, that fit within the theme.

The students will be introduced to analysis of Graphic novels/comics with emphasis on drawing contemporary paralels and putting the works into their historical and cultural context.

Texts:

Superman (Excerpt) - Action Comics #1 (1938) 7 pages.

Superman: For Tomorrow (excerpt) (2004-2005) - 8 pages.

Batman: The Killing Joke (graphic novel) 60 pages.



Eleverne har brugt MinLæring og Ordbogen.com
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer