Holdet 2r En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Vestjysk Gymnasium Tarm
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Christina Færge-Broberg
Hold 2024 1r En (1r En, 2r En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 1. Artificial Intelligence
Titel 2 2. Being British EKSAMEN
Titel 3 3. Fairy tales and fantasy
Titel 4 4. The Americans EKSAMEN
Titel 5 5. Speeches
Titel 6 6. Graphic novels EKSAMEN
Titel 7 7. Mini-skriftlighedsforløb
Titel 8 8. Curious Incident of the Dog EKSAMEN

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 1. Artificial Intelligence

This theme investigates the different aspects of artificial intelligence both via fiction and non-fiction. The aim is to introduce the students to the methods and models of analysis and interpretation - here 'How to analyse fiction' (including science fiction as a literary genre) and the rhetorical pentagram.

Primary texts:
1. Short story: "Grandma's Sex Robot", William Hawkins (2016)
2. Netflix, Black Mirror episode 1, season 2 "Be Right Back" (2013)
3. News story "Breaking down the climate impact of AI”, CBC News (2024)


Secondary texts:
1. Non-fiction, excerpt of "The Glass Cage - Who needs humans anyway?", Nicholas Carr (2016).
2. Film: "The Terminator", James Cameron (1984)

The grammar focus has been SV and verb tenses.

App. 20 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 21 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 2. Being British EKSAMEN

In this theme we investigate what it is to be British, what Britishness is, the British empire,  English as lingua franca , British humour and pub culture. The written focus has been introducing the basics of the written assngment (summary, discussion and analysis).

Primary texts:
The English and the World: A Rough Timeline' - Angles extract pp. 170-172

'The Gentlemen and the Jungle', Jomo Kenyatta, Angles extract pp. 173-176

'The Happiest Days of your Life', Penelopy Lively (1978)

Extract of 'World of Englishes' - 'Global English' pp. 22-23

Video, David Crystal - "World Englishes", YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY

Video, David Crystal - "Will English always be the Global Language?", YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc

The Philosophy of Humour (Extract from Serious Business), Bo Clausen and Jesper Kaalund, pp. 10-13

'The Germans', Fawlty Towers, season 1, episode 6

'Passport to the Pub, Kate Fox (1996), Chapter 1

Film: This Is England, Shane Meadows, (2006)

App. 45 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 37,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 3. Fairy tales and fantasy

This theme investigates the genres fairy tales and fantasy with special focus on genre characteristics:

Primary texts:
1. "About Folk Tales" from Once Upon a Timeb y Jeremy Watts, 2004 (pp. 6-14)
2."Little Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perreault
3. "Little Red Cap" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
4. "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde
5. "A Room Of His Own" by Suniti Namjoshi
6. "Shrek", Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, 2001
7. "Entering Worlds Of Fantasy" (article) by unknown author
8. "Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe" (excerpt) by CS Lewis
9. "Lyra's Jordan", episode 1 of season 1 of His Dark Materials, HBO, 2019
10. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, Chapter 1, 2001

App. pages: 55
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 28,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 4. The Americans EKSAMEN

This theme focuses on the short story genre with specific focus on the American culture.  The theme investigates the American identity, the main historical events and history.

Primary texts:
1. Film: Dances with Wolves (1990), Kevin Costner
2. Article: The Idea of America by Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2019
3. Short story: Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway, 1924
4. Short story: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, 1950
5. Short story;: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, 1948
6. Podcast: Moon Graffiti by The Truth, 2012
7. Film: The Wrestler, (2008), Darren Aronofsky
8. Article: American Dream: The History, Evolution, and Definition by The Investopedia Team, 2025

Secondary texts:
1. HBO, "In the Shadow of the Towers. Stuvesant High on 9/11"
2. Article: "Ten Things You Need to Know About ‘The Wrestler’" by Will Leitch, The Vulture, 2008

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 36 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 5. Speeches

This theme briefly investigates the speech as a general genre with special focus on rhetorics - both analytically but also creatively.

Primary texts:
1. 'Freedom or Death' by Emmeline Pankhurst (1913)
2.'A New Frontier' by JFK (1960)
3. 'Yes We Can' by Barack Obama (2008)
4. Acceptance speech' by Donald Trump (2016)- group work
5. 'A Whisper of AIDS' by Mary Fisher (1992)

Additionally, the students have produced s speech on a topic of own choice + rewritten it to reflect the opposite view of the original speech.

App. 20 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 22,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 6. Graphic novels EKSAMEN

The theme investigates the genre of the graphic novel and how it uses its genre specific concepts in conveying art:

Primary sources:

1. Watchmen tv series season 1, episode 1: 'It is summer and we are running out of ice', HBO Max, 2019

'Getting Graphic' by Bo Høpfner Clausen og Jesper Kaalund (2015):
2. ‘What is a graphic novel?’
3. ‘Graphic devices and concepts’
4. 'Ghost World' by Daniel Clowes
5. 'Maus' extract 1 and 2 by Art Spiegelman
6. Matrix group exercise - 1 group per text:
- 'Blankets'
- 'Stiches'
- 'Trauma on Loan'
- 'Things to do...'
7. V for Vendetta (Alan Moore), 1986, chapter 1
8. Film: V for Vendetta, James McTeigue, 2005


Additional primary sources:
x: Alma, short film, Rodrigo Blaas, 2009

Websites:
ordbogen.com
Gyldendals Røde Ordbøger
The Online Oxford Dictionary
minlaering.dk
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 34,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 8 8. Curious Incident of the Dog EKSAMEN

The purpose of this theme is to focus on reading an entire novel AND at the same time focus on the themes of growing up and/or having a diagnosis in the novel as expressed in parallel texts.

Primary texts:
1. 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' by Mark Haddon, 2003 - the entire novel
2. Poem:  'This Be the Verse' by Philip Larkin, 1971
3. Song: 'Marz' by John Grant, 2010
4. Article: 'An interview with John Grant (2010) http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/12-21-2010/an-interview-with-john-grant.html
5. Film: 'The Imitation Game', Morten Tyldum (2914)


App. 250 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 25,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer