Nr.: GÁT-045
Útgáfa: 03
Dags.: 04.01.2007
Höfundur: HAJ
Samþykkt: HJS
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Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri
Enska 503 (ENS 503)
Kennsluáætlun
Um áfangalýsingu vísast í námskrá en hana má einnig finna á http://www.vma.is/namid/ eða í
Gæðahandbók. Um vikudaga og tímasetningu innan hverrar viku vísast til stundatöflu sem
afhendist í byrjun annar.
Nafn kennara:
Erna Gunnarsdóttir & Ómar Kristinsson
Sk.stöfun:
EHG & ÓKR
Um áfangamarkmið
Students
- should be able to write texts that are more or less free of most grammar and spelling mistakes
- will have been introduced to organized writing that can be adapted to all their other work
- will know the difference between styles of writing and appropriateness
- will be able to use basic terms in their literary analyses
Vika
Námsefni (verklegur hluti)
 Introduction to the course. Teacher / student introduction.
2.-5.
8. jan.1. febr.
 The basic analysis of prose and literary terms.
 "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway, written assignment (6%).
 "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald+ video, written assign. (8%).
 “First Confession” by Frank O'Connor + written assignment (group work) (6%)
6.-9.
2. - 29.
febr.
 Students start to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and read and read and ...
Class discussions.
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Parts I, II, III and IV - short tests ( equ. 16%),
during a reading and discussion period.
 Final exam from Cuckoo’s Nest (14%) at the end of the period.
10.-14.
 Introduction to oral presentation.
3. mars
–
4. apríl..
 Presentation preparation
 Oral presentations done in class. (10%)
 A Streetcar Named Desire, start reading; class discussion.
 Short quiz on Streetcar (5%).
15-18.
 Class discussion continues and students watch a cinema version of the play.
7. – 30.
apríl.
 Written assignment on a theme from Streetcar (10%).
 Oral exams in class during last week of term. (15%).
Rekstrarhandbók 09: Kennsluáætlanir
Prent. dags.: 03.03.2016
Nr.: GÁT-045
Útgáfa: 03
Dags.: 04.01.2007
Höfundur: HAJ
Samþykkt: HJS
Síða 2 af 2
Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri
Enska 503 (ENS 503)
Kennsluáætlun
Tegund
Námsgögn (nafn bókar og nánari lýsing á gögnum)
Books
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.
Short stories
/ Play
“Indian Camp” (E. Hemingway), “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” (F.S. Fitzgerald), A
Streetcar Named Desire ( T. Williams) and “First Confession” (Frank O’Connor).
A folder containing the short stories and the play is sold at the VMA-office.
Hand-outs
Other
Various texts and assignments handed out by the teacher.
If possible, visiting lecturers will be introduced to the class.
Annað
Lýsing
Assessment:
Student participation is essential in this course as a great deal of the work
will take place during class discussions and group work. Attendance in
this course must not be below 90% since there is no written final
examination. The same applies to graded assignments.
Námsmat
Lýsing
Vægi
Short stories
Three assignments
20%
Novel
4 quizzes and a written assignment
30%
Play
A quiz and a written assignment
15%
Presentation
Group work presented in class
10%
Oral exam
Individual oral examinations
15%
Participation
Individual participation in class work and discussions
10%
Ef starfsmaður sér tækifæri til umbóta á skólastarfsemi eða nauðsyn á forvörnum lætur hann gæðastjóra vita með tölvupósti
Rekstrarhandbók 09: Kennsluáætlanir
Prent. dags.: 03.03.2016