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1 Undervisningsbeskrivelse Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser Termin Institution Uddannelse Fag og niveau Lærer(e) Termin hvori undervisningen afsluttes: maj-juni, 2016 Roskilde Handelsskole HHX Engelsk A Merete Bjørnsen Hold 2B ( ) Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb Titel 1 Titel 2 Titel 3 Titel 4 Titel 5 Titel 6 Titel 7 Titel 8 Titel The USA English Literature: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Horror Fiction: The Cask of Amontillado, The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Man in the Black Suit, The Coffin, by Poe, Bierce, King and Bradbury respectively. Broadway Play: Angels in America Part 1 by Tony Kushner American Trancendentalism: Self Reliance: Emerson. Pop Culture of the 1980 s Presentations. Mini-SRP afsætning/engelsk gruppearbejde med rapport om amerikansk selskab på udenlandsk marked eller udenlandsk selskab på amerikanske marked. Baggrundsmateriale på engelsk samt produkt på engelsk. Consequences of Globalization - Obesity At the back of the throat Title 10 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb Retur til forside Side 1 af 15

2 Titel 1 Indhold The USA Anvendt litteratur og andet undervisningsmateriale fordelt på kernestof og supplerende stof: Kernestof: The American Ways, Maryanne Datesman mfl. American Values and Beliefs + p Government and politics in the United States American Ways p 189"Material Wealth and Hard Work -291 til "The United States in the World" Artikler: Westward Ho, Current The Civil War, Current The American Revolution, Current Sekundære kilder: USA på bunden - Horisont DR Sekundære kilder: De Fattige Amerikanere Horisont DR De Beskidte Byer - New York - DRK august 2014 Links: US Political system President elections US - in plain English Obama Care - in plain English (Politisk farvet) Electing an American President Elevvalgte internetsider som baggrund for gruppearbejde med besøgene i USA. F.eks.,Tenement Museum, Newseum, Verdensbanken,, Nordea NY, osv. Studietur til New York, Washington DC samt skoleophold i 10 uger i Auburn, WA Green River Community College Side 2 af 15

3 Omfang August-september 14 Særlige fokuspunkter Væsentligste arbejdsformer Kompetencer, læreplanens mål, progression Faglige mål: eleven skal kunne anvende viden om historiske, kulturelle og diverse aktuelle samfundsmæssige forhold i USA herunder politik og uddannelse. Progressionen bevæger sig fra kendskab til til viden om. Der kan differentieres i sproglig og indholdsmæssig sværhedsgrad i valg af sekundært stof. Kompetencer: Eleverne skal kunne forstå og anvende terminologi relateret til amerikansk samfundsfag. Eleverne skal kunne forstå og forklare forskelle og ligheder mellem danske og amerikanske forhold Eleverne skal kunne redegøre for specifikke områder indenfor amerikansk samfundsfag og perspektivere til aktuelle forhold i USA. Taksonomisk bevidsthed og metodebevidsthed Indledende dialog i klassen om forhåndsviden om USA. Klasseundervisning lærerstyret introduktion til emnet Grupper Pararbejde/gruppearbejde og PP-præsentationer Afrunding i forhold til aktuelle begivenheder. Optakt til besøg Side 3 af 15

4 Description of subject taught Basic information for use at tests at grammar school /high school level Educations Period Institution Education Subject and level Teacher(s) Class Period in which the instruction was finished September - December 2014 Name of institution/school Green River Community College for Roskilde Handelsskole, Handelsgymnasiet hhx Title of subject cf. Ministry of Education executive order and level A/B/C Name(s) AliceL. Martin, MA, MLA Identification of the class English HH2b14 Outline of subjects studied Title 2 Title 3 Title 4 Title 5 Titel 6 English Literature: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Horror Fiction: The Cask of Amontillado, The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Man in the Black Suit, The Coffin, by Poe, Bierce, King and Bradbury respectively. Broadway Play: Angels in America Part 1 by Tony Kushner American Trancendentalism: Self Reliance: Emerson. Pop Culture of the 1980 s Presentations. Description of the individual subject taught (one form for each subject) Return to front page Side 4 af 15

5 Title 2 The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald book and movie with Leonardo Di Caprio. Contents: Questions relevent to the book and types of literary criticisms that could be considered. The American Dream and Great Gatsby, The role of social class, the ideology of consumerism and capitalism. Race and feminism, love and hate. Extent: Analyzing a novel, characters, time period, author background, plot vs. story, place, tone, themes, rough draft peer edits, thesis analysis, writing conclusions, MLA documentation. Special issues in focus: Discuss varying definitions and views on the American Dream and the American class system Most important methods used: Group discussion, class discussion, film discussion, chapter discussion, essay writing. Return to frontpage Side 5 af 15

6 Description of the individual subject taught (one form for each subject) Return to front page Title 3 Horror Fiction Section: Contents Extent Special issues in focus Most important methods used Return to front page Discussion of the Horror genre and how it has grown and been influenced over a period of time in the United States from EA Poe to Stephen King. There are a number of authors used and we read all the stories, then watched them on video and compared and contrasted the two. We initially read The Cask of Amontillado by Poe and then watched it on youtube. Then we read The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce which was also written at the time of the Civil War. We then read and watched The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, which was a story of a society that goes along with the old ways and does not question them.next was The Coffin by Ray Bradbury which who was a short story writer who was well known for Farenheit 451 and lastly we watched Stephen Kings: The Man in the Black Suit which was written in the modern day. Societial control, the darkness of fear, the uneliable narrator, the altered state before dying, what is important in life, the evil in the world, mistrust, perceptions and misperceptions. Understanding ones motives. Class discussions and small group work to make a group story with regard to changing a narrative together and presenting it to the class. Essay writing with a compare and contrast view of two or more stories or thematic ideas in an essay. Side 6 af 15

7 Description of the individual subject taught (one form for each subject) Return to front page Title 4 : The play: Angels in America, Part 1: Tony Kushner Contents: This section was dedicated to reading and watching the film on Angels in America. In order to understand it there were many themes that needed explanation and many focuses that were explored. AIDS, Prescription Drug use, Homeosexuals, Mormonism, Roy Cohn the US lawyer for the Rosenberg Trial, Karposi sarcoma, and many other things that are mentioned in the movie. Also a bit about its author and the decade of the 1980 s Extent: Read play, watch movie, library research with clips from the 80 s. Special issues in focus: AIDS, Homosexuals, HIV, discrimination, ignorance, Reagan s politics, Gay Plague, movies of the time, people who died from the disease. Most important methods used: Presentations in groups such as: Social and political, fashion, music, advertising, technology, idols, tv and movies, trends, and other groups who must choose something to speak of from the decade of the 1980s and match it up with something in the play. Each group skillfully spoke and used powerpoint presentations to show how one thing may have influenced another even in a small way. Essays were done to pass in and discussion of findings done. Return to front page Side 7 af 15

8 Description of the individual subject taught (one form for each subject) Return to front page Title 5 Self Reliance: Emerson. Contents: This and a few other short pieces were introduced at the end of the term to empower the students to be reliant on their way of thinking and to be willing to challenge them to learn new things and be reliant on their own hard work to be successful in their lives. Extent: Trancendental movement in the past, discussion of other types of empowering behavior and the ability to effect good choices in life. Special issues in focus: Self empowerment and reflection. Most important methods used: reflective discussion and final writing explaining how they felt about their time in the USA and what they felt they learned here and would take back to Denmark and remember when going back. Return to front page Side 8 af 15

9 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb) Retur til forside Titel 6 Indhold Pop Culture of the 1980 s Presentations. Kernestof Sekundært stof Omfang Særlige fokuspunkter Væsentligste arbejdsformer Presentations Side 9 af 15

10 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb Retur til forside Titel 7 Indhold Mini-SRP. Analyse af markedsføring fra USA til udlandet eller fra udlandet til USA Lærergennemgang af fagets metode og faglige mål samt anvendelse af hjælpemidler og informationssøgning herunder kildekritik. Desuden gennemgang af Blooms taksonomi samt kursus i problemformulering. Supplerende stof: Individuelt valgt af grupperne Omfang Anvendt uddannelsestid: medio dec. 12- januar 13 Særlige fokuspunkter Faglige mål: Anvende viden om amerikansk kultur, erhverv, samfund og politik. Herunder anvendelse af relevante kulturteorier. Anvendelse af relevant terminologi i forhold til almindeligt sprog og afsætning. Skriveformen rapport. Væsentligste arbejdsformer Gruppearbejde og udarbejdelse af rapport på engelsk. Side 10 af 15

11 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb Retur til forside Titel 8 Indhold Consequences of Globalization - Obesity Kernestof WHOs hjemmeside: Kompendium indeholdende bl.a. Five financial costs of American Obesity, newsweek Web Exclusive, Aug Obesity epidemic threatens to bankrupt U.S. economy and threaten financial stability of the world, by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor Obesity epidemic costs EU 59 billion a year, by Andrew Rettman, @09:39 Sekundært stof Global Obesity (health) Familiers ugentlige forbrug af mad verden rundt: Teen truth about body images, For beauty s sake Obesity and fast food Ricky Gervais: Fame sufferers of obesity Side 11 af 15

12 Omfang Særlige fokuspunkter Væsentligste arbejdsformer 12 lektioner Kompetencer, læreplanens mål, progression Samfundsmæsige årsager til og konsekvenser af fedme globalt. Forståelse af internationale og nationale forhold socialt og økonomisk Workstations Side 12 af 15

13 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb) Retur til forside Titel 9 Back of the Throat play about 9/11 Indhold Kernestof Back of the Throat by Yussef El Guindi, published by Dramatists Play Service. Sekundært stof Creative Writing, Domenic Macaulay, Systime 2013 Omfang Særlige fokuspunkter Væsentligste arbejdsformer 6 lekt. Fiktionsanalyse (særlig fokus på anvendelse af analytiske redskaber og forankring i tekst vhja. citater) perspektivering til amerikanske samfund og dets værdier, Gruppearbejde, hurtigskrivning om forforståelse, klassesamtale, paneldebat, gruppearbejde ud fra lærerstillede spørgsmål Side 13 af 15

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