English for Comprehensive School, Grades 5 to 13 on EFL

Acknowledgements

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This site stands on a long lineage of teachers, writers, and tool- builders. The list below is incomplete by design — it names the direct influences that shape the materials, not every book read along the way.

Didactics and pedagogy Link to heading

Penny Ur — for the discipline of staged tasks and classroom-tested rationale. https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/a-course-in-english-language-teaching/
Jim Scrivener — for the teacher’s-eye view of what really happens in the room. https://www.macmillaneducation.com
Scott Thornbury — for vocabulary, lexical approach, and the habit of starting from learner language. https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/
Paul Nation — for the data behind vocabulary teaching. https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/lals/about/staff/paul-nation
David Crystal — for keeping language description honest and alive. https://www.davidcrystal.com
Council of Europe — CEFR Companion Volume — for the Can-do scaffolding that frames every Unit’s learning objectives. https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages

Content depth — authentic text sources Link to heading

BBC Learning English — https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
The Guardian — https://www.theguardian.com
Project Gutenberg — https://www.gutenberg.org
Poetry Foundation — https://www.poetryfoundation.org
The British Library Open Collections — https://www.bl.uk

Tooling Link to heading

Quarto — https://quarto.org
Pandoc — https://pandoc.org
Reveal.js — https://revealjs.com
Lucide icons — https://lucide.dev
Source Sans 3 — https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Sans+3
JetBrains Mono — https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

Structural inspiration Link to heading

The dual-format scaffold (one source, HTML + slides) is adapted from public Quarto course templates and from the long tradition of literate-programming course websites in the open-source community.

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 1: Future Careers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Eli wants to study marine biology. He hopes to spend a year in Spain. He plans to start an apprenticeship if his university plans don’t work out. He has decided not to give up on the sea, either way.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 1: Identity in a Global World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Identity is no longer a single sticker on a passport. It is closer to a set of overlapping memberships, some of which contradict each other without being false. If my parents had not moved when they did, I would not be living between two cities now.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 1: Transition After Grade 10

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Three students from Maja’s class chose three different paths. Lukas signed an apprenticeship contract. Lina applied to the FOS. Adam took a gap year and wrote that working as a forest ranger had changed his sense of time.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 10: A Short Novel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“By the third week, the bus stop had become a small kingdom. The same six people, every weekday morning. Anya had stopped predicting each arrival; the predictability itself had become the comfort. Nevertheless, on Wednesday, one was missing.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 10: Project and Presentation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Today I’d like to talk about the broken bench at the Mühlstraße bus stop. It has been broken since November. At least 12 elderly residents wait there every morning. The evidence is the city’s open maintenance ticket and my own count over five mornings. What I’m asking is one dated joint letter from the class.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 10: Writing an Application Letter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The Old Cottage Hotel is looking for a summer helper for three weeks in July. Duties include helping at breakfast, cleaning rooms, and simple admin. The person should be 16 or older, enthusiastic, and an English speaker. Applications by 15 May.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 11: A Short Novel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Running, like reading, is a way of staying still while you move. By the third week, the narrator had discovered that the slow kilometres were doing the work. Whereas fast intervals felt like proof, the slow lanes felt like the actual training.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 11: Debate and Discussion

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Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“I’d like to speak in favour. Firstly, project work captures skills tests don’t. Secondly, real audiences improve writing. My opponent will claim that fairness is hard. I accept that, but a clear rubric solves it. To summarise: small change, real benefit.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 11: Public Speaking and Debate

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“I’d like to argue in favour. Firstly, project-based assessment captures skills tests don’t. Evidence from a 2024 OECD review suggests modest improvement. My opponent will claim fairness is harder. I accept that, but a clear rubric solves most of it. I urge you to support the motion.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 12: Year Review: Graduation Exam Prep

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a graduation talk.

“At the start of Klasse 10 I wrote in three modes: translated, formal, and imitating others. By Christmas I had started to write in a fourth mode I’d call paying attention. The piece I’m proudest of is the Mühlstraße bus-stop presentation. By 2027, I will have completed either an apprenticeship or a year of FOS.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 12: Year Review: Portfolio

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a portfolio talk.

“At the start of Klasse 9 I wrote short, repetitive sentences. By December I had started to vary them. The piece I am proudest of is the application letter. The piece that didn’t work was my Canada reflection. If I rewrote it now, I would pick one detail.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 12: Year Review: Toward Oberstufe

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a portfolio talk.

“At the start of Klasse 10 I wrote in three modes: translated, formal, and imitating others. By Christmas I had started a fourth mode I’d call paying attention. The piece I’m proudest of is Late Bus, Cold Bench. By the end of Oberstufe I will have written 30 to 50 longer essays. I am taking Englisch as a Leistungsfach.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 2: Money and Choices

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Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“You should keep a record of every purchase. You shouldn’t lend more than you can afford to lose. You’d better start small — three months of pocket money is enough to learn the habit.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 2: The World of Work

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The senior architect founded the firm at 31. The biggest professional change of her career has been the shift from drawing on paper to building on screen. The biggest skill, she adds, has not changed: listening to a brief twice before answering once.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 2: The World of Work

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Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Mrs Dahl has been running the bakery for 32 years. She has been kneading dough by hand for most of that time. Her three apprentices have been showing up at five every morning, six days a week.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 3: Digital Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“For most readers under 30, the digital and the offline are no longer alternating modes. While this can be a problem for attention, it is rarely a catastrophe. Even though the harms — for instance on sleep — are real, the picture is more local than ‘a generation ruined by phones’.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 3: Digital Lives at Work

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Many workers enjoy working from home because of the quiet. Most also admit missing the bump-into conversations. Hybrid wins as a weak compromise — minimising the downsides rather than maximising the upsides.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 3: The Environment, Locally

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“If you place two more bins along this 200-metre stretch, the litter count will halve. If the bins are emptied weekly, they won’t overflow. We will measure twice a year so we know whether the change is real.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 4: Australia and New Zealand

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In New Zealand, te reo Māori is widely audible — kia ora is the everyday hello. About 5.2 million people live there. In Australia, hundreds of Aboriginal languages survive, often more locally audible than nationally. Wagga Wagga is a Wiradjuri place name.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 4: Australia Now

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“About 86 % of Australians live in cities. Brisbane is home to large Vietnamese and Lebanese communities. First Nations languages are taught in some primary schools. The bushfire season has lengthened.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 4: Canada: Perspectives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Whitehorse was named after the white-foam rapids of the Yukon River. The town was founded during the gold rush. Indigenous languages were spoken in the area for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Today they are taught in schools.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 5: Media and Democracy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“More than 200 local UK papers have closed. The evidence suggests this is linked to lower voter turnout and less scrutiny of councils. The link is not necessarily causal — affected districts also tend to be under economic stress. The link is, however, consistent across studies.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 5: Media and Truth

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The post claims that one cup of green tea per day reduces dementia risk by 40 %. The study sampled only 70 participants over six months. Critics argue the study has not been replicated. The post itself uses a round number and no named researcher.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 5: Media Literacy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The post seems to claim that a new fruit improves sleep, mood, and maths grades. The article appears to cite a study, but the link is broken. Several experts claim to have tested the fruit and found no such effect.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 6: Contemporary Short Fiction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Walking home, she heard the bus pull away two minutes early. The shelter was empty except for an old man with a paper cup. Having noticed her, he slid the cup toward her without speaking. The cup was full of warm tea.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 6: Contemporary Short Fiction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The note, which someone had pushed under the door at 3 a.m., was written in pencil on a small piece of card. The card said: ‘I’m sorry about the cat.’ We do not have a cat.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 6: Interview and Portrait

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Tell me about your first year here, Mrs. Brock. — It was a strange year. The boiler broke twice, but the children were calm. — What do you remember most? — The day the heating failed in February — we wore coats in lessons.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 7: Mediation: A German Feature Article

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Bürgermeisterin Vogel rebuilt her town’s library with a near-zero budget. She organised Sunday workshops in which residents sorted books and built shelves. She admitted she hadn’t expected it to work. Critics argue the model is not scalable.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 7: Mediation: A German News Article

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Die Stadtverwaltung hat angekündigt, dass die Linie 42 ab dem 1. September einen neuen Fahrplan haben wird. Die Fahrtzeit verlängert sich um etwa fünf Minuten.”

Topic: ___ . 2. Date: ___ . 3. Time change: ___ . 4. Source-language: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the German source above. Answer in English.

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 7: Mediation: A Workplace Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Ab dem 1. Juli gilt eine neue Regelung. Mitarbeitende dürfen bis zu drei Tage pro Woche im Homeoffice arbeiten, sofern dies abgestimmt wurde. Ein fester Bürotag pro Woche wird vorausgesetzt.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 8: Civic English: Rights and Voices

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Article 12 says that every child is entitled to express an opinion in matters affecting them. Adults are required to give that opinion due weight, considering age and maturity. The right does not mean children decide. The article is among the most frequently cited and the most unevenly enforced.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 8: Inequality and Voice

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Despite a small budget, the school redesigned the lunch cards three years ago. Because of that change, no student now walks past a different-coloured card. Although the change looks cosmetic, the effect is real.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 8: Science and Society

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“A two-year trial of a four-day school week in a small Belgian district found test scores unchanged, well-being higher, and modest cost savings. The trial included 14 schools with a matched control group. The study notes one limitation: families struggled with Friday childcare.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 9: Short Fiction in the Classroom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 9 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“By the time June found the letter, her grandmother had been dead for six years. The letter had been written before her grandmother had stopped writing entirely. June read it three times before she put it back.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 9: Youth and the Future

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“By 2030, the Glasgow Garden Project will have trained over 200 young volunteers. Next year, the team will be running workshops for primary-school groups. The founder says the most useful skill is small repeated public asking.”

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 9: Youth Protest Movements

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The school-strike movement drew millions across more than 130 countries. Its demand — that governments listen to climate scientists — was clear and its tactic, visible absence, was easily understood. The Lisbon housing movement used building occupations and detailed policy papers; its demands were narrower.”

Common errors

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L1-German learners of English produce a recognisable family of errors. This page is a quick-reference. Per-year group (“Klassenstufe”) entries will be expanded as Units land in Phases 3–4.

Word order Link to heading

Problem. German verb-second pulled into English: “Today is the weather nice”, “After school I have done my homework”.

Strategy. Drill SVO with explicit time-place adverbial slots. Picture-based prompts (Kl. 5–7) and sentence-frame writing (Kl. 8–10) work better than rule explanation alone.

Curriculum framework

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Overview Link to heading

This site maps every Unit to a regional curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) for Englisch (“Erste Fremdsprache”). The specific framework documents and source URLs are listed in References:

Sekundarstufe I (Bildungsplan 2016) — Niveau G, M, and E for Klasse 5 to 10.
Gymnasiale Oberstufe (Bildungsplan 2021) — basic course (“Basisfach”) and Leistungsfach for Klasse 11 to 13.

Each Unit’s front matter declares the Kompetenzen it covers, using the verbatim codes and German labels from bildungsplaene-bw.de.

Datenschutzerklärung

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1. Verantwortlicher Link to heading

Verantwortliche Stelle im Sinne der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) ist:

S. Le Boulanger
Albert-Einstein-Straße 47
02977 Hoyerswerda
Deutschland

E-Mail: 277736839+s-leboulanger@users.noreply.github.com

Eine gesetzliche Pflicht zur Bestellung einer/eines Datenschutzbeauftragten besteht nicht; entsprechend ist keine solche Person bestellt.

2. Allgemeine Hinweise und Pflichtinformationen Link to heading

Datenschutz auf einen Blick Link to heading

Diese Website ist ein nicht-kommerzielles, didaktisch motiviertes Angebot. Es werden so wenige personenbezogene Daten verarbeitet wie technisch möglich. Es kommen keine Tracking-Cookies, keine Werbenetzwerke und keine personalisierten Profile zum Einsatz.

Get Started

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Find your course Link to heading

Open the navbar’s Niveau menus and pick a year group (“Klassenstufe”). Each course landing page introduces the year’s recurring cast (the named characters who reappear across Units), shows the twelve Units as a card grid, and links to the schedule.

Track G+M (Kl. 5–10): grundlegend + mittleres Niveau, two Niveaustufen taught alongside each other. Use the G variant for Hauptschul-bound students, M for intermediate secondary certificate (“Realschulabschluss”)-bound students. Many Units include both stimulus levels in one slide deck so a mixed classroom uses one source.
Track E (Kl. 5–13): erweitertes Niveau through school-leaving examination (“Abitur”). From Klasse 11 onwards, Units are tagged either E-BF (“Basisfach”) or E-LF (“Leistungsfach”).

Use a Unit in class Link to heading

Every Unit follows the same five-step shape:

Glossary

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EFL terminology and BW-specific exam terms used across the site. Each entry has a stable HTML anchor (e.g. #klassenarbeit) so Units can deep-link on first mention.

EFL / didactics Link to heading

[CEFR — Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.]{#cefr} The six-level (A1–C2) descriptor system. Every Unit’s “Can-do” objectives are written in CEFR style.

[CLIL — Content and Language Integrated Learning.]{#clil} Teaching content (e.g. a topic in geography or social studies) through English. This site is CLIL-inflected: meta-language is English throughout, and many Units anchor language work to a non-language content theme.

Haftungsausschluss

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Haftung für Inhalte Link to heading

Als Diensteanbieterin bin ich gemäß § 7 Abs. 1 DDG für eigene Inhalte auf diesen Seiten nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nach §§ 8 bis 10 DDG bin ich als Diensteanbieterin jedoch nicht verpflichtet, übermittelte oder gespeicherte fremde Informationen zu überwachen oder nach Umständen zu forschen, die auf eine rechtswidrige Tätigkeit hinweisen.

Verpflichtungen zur Entfernung oder Sperrung der Nutzung von Informationen nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen bleiben hiervon unberührt. Eine diesbezügliche Haftung ist jedoch erst ab dem Zeitpunkt der Kenntnis einer konkreten Rechtsverletzung möglich. Bei Bekanntwerden von entsprechenden Rechtsverletzungen werde ich diese Inhalte umgehend entfernen.

Impressum

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Angaben gemäß § 5 DDG Link to heading

S. Le Boulanger
Albert-Einstein-Straße 47
02977 Hoyerswerda
Deutschland

Kontakt Link to heading

E-Mail: 277736839+s-leboulanger@users.noreply.github.com

Der Kontaktweg ist eine GitHub-Noreply-Adresse; Antworten können entsprechend verzögert erfolgen. Für schnelle Fehlermeldungen ist ein Issue im Repository der effizientere Weg.

Verantwortlich für den Inhalt nach § 18 Abs. 2 MStV Link to heading

S. Le Boulanger
Albert-Einstein-Straße 47
02977 Hoyerswerda
Deutschland

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: A New Year at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Klasse 6 we have biology twice a week, music once a week, and PE on Friday afternoon. We hardly ever have homework on Wednesday. Lunch is always at 12:30.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: A New Year at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Klasse 6 we have biology twice a week, music once a week, and PE on Friday afternoon. We never have homework on Wednesday. Lunch is always at 12:30.”

Biology: ___ . 2. PE: ___ . 3. No homework: ___ . 4. Lunch time: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: First Day Back

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads the dialogue Welcome back, Year 7 (printed in the Unit article for revision; learners will hear a version with two extra exchanges in the actual class test (“Klassenarbeit”)). Answer in full sentences.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: First Day Back

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: Future Careers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Eli wants to study marine biology. He hopes to spend a year in Spain. He plans to start an apprenticeship if his university plans don’t work out. He has decided not to give up on the sea, either way.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: Hello World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Hi, my name is Lina. I am ten years old. I live in Stuttgart. I have one brother and a small dog. I love books and bike rides.”

Name: ___ . 2. Age: ___ . 3. Town: ___ . 4. One thing she has: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: Hello World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials. None.
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud. Tick the right answer.

“Hello! My name is Mia. I am ten years old. I live in Stuttgart. I have one brother. His name is Theo.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: Identities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Both my parents grew up in different countries. Neither of them speaks the other’s first language well. They communicate in English. I grew up with three languages, but only one of them — German — is the one I dream in.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: Identities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Both my parents grew up in different countries. Neither of them speaks the other’s first language well. They communicate in English. I grew up with three languages, but only one of them — German — is the one I dream in.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: A Day in London

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Excuse me, where is the National Gallery? Walk straight on for two minutes. At the lights, turn right. The gallery is on your left, opposite a small cafe.”

Place asked about: ___ . 2. First, walk ___ . 3. At the lights, turn ___ . 4. The gallery is opposite ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: A Day in London

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Excuse me, where is Trafalgar Square? Go straight on for two minutes. Then turn left. The square is on your right.”

The visitor asks about ___ .
First, go ___ .
Then turn ___ .
The square is on the ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read about Mia’s trip.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: A Novella in Class

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“After Chapter 1, the teacher said that June had lost two things. He explained that the umbrella was the smallest of her losses. He asked the class if they could remember the last thing they had lost.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: A Novella in Class

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“After Chapter 1, the teacher said that June had lost two things. He explained that the umbrella was the smallest of her losses. He asked the class if they could remember the last thing they had lost.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: Reading a Short Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (20 BE) Link to heading

Read the short story The Last Bus.

Salim missed the last bus by two minutes. He could see the red tail-lights at the corner; then they were gone. The shelter smelled of rain. There was an old man in a coat that was too big, holding a paper cup. Salim sat on the cold metal bench and stared at his shoes. “First time?” the old man said. “First time what?” “First time you missed the last bus.” Salim almost laughed. “Yes.” The old man nodded. “Sit. Walk later. The walk is always longer than you think, and a little better than you remember.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: Reading a Short Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (20 BE) Link to heading

Read the short story The Last Bus.

Salim missed the last bus by two minutes. He could see the red tail-lights at the corner; then they were gone. The shelter smelled of rain. There was an old man in a coat that was too big, holding a paper cup. Salim sat on the cold metal bench and stared at his shoes. “First time?” the old man said. “First time what?” “First time you missed the last bus.” Salim almost laughed. “Yes.” The old man nodded. “Sit. Walk later. The walk is always longer than you think, and a little better than you remember.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: Travelling by Train

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“This is the announcement for the 09:14 to Karlsruhe. The train will leave from Platform 5. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform. The next train to Frankfurt is delayed by ten minutes.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: Travelling by Train

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“This is the announcement for the 09:14 to Karlsruhe. The train will leave from Platform 5. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform. The next train to Frankfurt is delayed by ten minutes.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 10: Writing an Application Letter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The Old Cottage Hotel is looking for a summer helper for three weeks in July. Duties include helping at breakfast, cleaning rooms, and simple admin. The person should be 16 or older, enthusiastic, and an English speaker. Applications by 15 May.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Captain Cody's Map

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Tomorrow we are going to take the 6 a.m. train. We will meet at the station. We’re not going to bring our phones. We will bring biscuits and a torch.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Captain Cody's Map

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Tomorrow we are going to take the 6 a.m. train. We will meet at the station. We’re not going to bring our phones. We will bring biscuits and a torch.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Clothes and Colours

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Mia is wearing a yellow jumper, blue jeans, and white trainers. Theo is wearing a green T-shirt, black shorts, and brown sandals. Lina is wearing the same colour scarf as Mia’s jumper.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Clothes and Colours

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Mia is wearing a yellow jumper, blue jeans, and white trainers. Theo is wearing a green T-shirt, black shorts, and brown sandals.”

Mia: jumper colour ___ , 2. Mia: shoes ___ , 3. Theo: T-shirt colour ___ , 4. Theo: shoes ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Debate and Discussion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“I’d like to speak in favour. Firstly, project work captures skills tests don’t. Secondly, real audiences improve writing. My opponent will claim that fairness is hard. I accept that, but a clear rubric solves it. To summarise: small change, real benefit.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Plans for the Summer

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the dialogue Three Plans. Answer in full sentences.

Aisha. What are you doing this summer?
Ben. I’m spending two weeks at my grandma’s farm. We’re going to fix her old greenhouse.
Marius. I’m not doing anything special. My family will be here all summer. I’ll probably read a lot and finally learn to ride a skateboard.
Aisha. That counts as something special, Marius. Most people only plan trips. You’re planning a skill.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Plans for the Summer

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the dialogue Three Plans. Answer in full sentences.

Aisha. What are you doing this summer?
Ben. I’m spending two weeks at my grandma’s farm. We’re going to fix her old greenhouse.
Marius. I’m not doing anything special. My family will be here all summer. I’ll probably read a lot and finally learn to ride a skateboard.
Aisha. That counts as something special, Marius. Most people only plan trips. You’re planning a skill.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Public Speaking: A Short Talk

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Today I’d like to talk about break time. Firstly, break time is when most school friendships actually happen. Secondly, it is when teachers see what kind of class they really have. Lastly, it is the only time that doesn’t have a goal. So in short, break time matters more than the timetable suggests. Thank you for listening.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 11: Public Speaking: A Short Talk

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Today I’d like to talk about break time. Firstly, break time is when most school friendships actually happen. Secondly, it is when teachers see what kind of class they really have. Lastly, it is the only time that doesn’t have a goal. So in short, break time matters more than the timetable suggests. Thank you for listening.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Class Magazine Issue

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a short editorial meeting.

“Hawa’s article on the canteen is clear, but the lead is too long. If she shortened it, the piece would feel tighter. Jonas’s piece on the lost-property cupboard, which is genuinely funny, needs one more quote. Both pieces should run on the same page.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Class Magazine Issue

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a short editorial meeting.

“Hawa’s article on the canteen is clear, but the lead is too long. If she shortened it, the piece would feel tighter. Jonas’s piece on the lost-property cupboard, which is genuinely funny, needs one more quote. Both pieces should run on the same page.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Review and Show

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to Theo’s talk.

“My name is Theo. I am eleven. I have got one sister, Mia. I can play football very well. I can’t swim 100 metres yet, but I can do 50. Next year I want to learn to play the guitar.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Review and Show

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to Theo’s 60-second talk.

“My name is Theo. I am eleven. I have got one sister, Mia. I can play football very well. I can’t swim 100 metres yet. Next year I want to learn the guitar.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Year Review: A Class Podcast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

This year-end class test (“Klassenarbeit”) revisits the year’s main grammar (simple past, used to, present perfect, past perfect, futures, modals, passives) in mixed exercises and one integrated speaking task that the teacher records as part of the year-review podcast.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Year Review: A Class Podcast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Year Review: Portfolio

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a portfolio talk.

“At the start of Klasse 9 I wrote short, repetitive sentences. By December I had started to vary them. The piece I am proudest of is the application letter. The piece that didn’t work was my Canada reflection. If I rewrote it now, I would pick one detail.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Year-End Festival

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to Lina’s festival speech.

“Hello everyone, welcome to the snack table! In September I couldn’t bake bread. Now I can bake scones. They are tastier than my first attempts. Tomorrow we are going to sell them for one euro each. Please come and try one!”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Year-End Festival

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to Lina’s festival speech.

“Hello everyone, welcome to the snack table! In September I couldn’t bake bread. Now I can bake scones. They are tastier than my first attempts. Tomorrow we are going to sell them for one euro each. Please come and try one!”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: Growing Up

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

When Ben turned twelve, he stopped fitting his old jacket. The sleeves used to cover his hands; now they ended above his wrists. His mother laughed and said, “I didn’t see this coming.” The strange thing was that nothing else in the house had changed: the kitchen table, the loud fridge, the cat asleep on the radiator. Only Ben was different. He used to like the jacket because the pockets were enormous. He still liked the pockets. But now they sat too high on his ribs to be useful.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: Growing Up

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

When Ben turned twelve, he stopped fitting his old jacket. The sleeves used to cover his hands; now they ended above his wrists. His mother laughed and said, “I didn’t see this coming.” The strange thing was that nothing else in the house had changed: the kitchen table, the loud fridge, the cat asleep on the radiator. Only Ben was different. He used to like the jacket because the pockets were enormous. He still liked the pockets. But now they sat too high on his ribs to be useful.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: Money and Choices

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“You should keep a record of every purchase. You shouldn’t lend more than you can afford to lose. You’d better start small — three months of pocket money is enough to learn the habit.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: My Family

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In my family there are five people. My parents, my brother, my grandmother, and me. My grandmother lives with us. My favourite cousin lives in Hamburg.”

How many people: ___ . 2. Who lives with the family: ___ . 3. Cousin’s town: ___ . 4. Who: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: My Family

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads a short family description twice.

“This is the Schmidt family. The mother’s name is Petra. She is a teacher. The father is Jan. He is a baker. They have two children: Lea and Tom. The dog’s name is Rex.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: On Holiday

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Last summer Lina went to Cornwall with her family. They stayed in a small hotel near the harbour. The sea was cold but the sun was warm. They saw seals from the cliffs. They ate fish and chips on the beach.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: On Holiday

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Last summer Lina went to Cornwall with her family. They stayed in a small hotel. The sea was cold but the sun was warm. They saw seals from the cliffs. They ate fish and chips on the beach.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: School Life Elsewhere

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Finland, lunch is provided free for every student. Homework is given lightly. Children go outside every hour, even in cold weather. Tests are fewer than in many other countries.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 2: School Life Elsewhere

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Finland, lunch is provided free for every student. Homework is given lightly. Children go outside every hour, even in cold weather. Tests are fewer than in many other countries.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: Fairness at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“If I were the headteacher, I would replace the no-phones rule with a no-loud-phones rule. I think it would be fairer. Although some students would still break it, most wouldn’t. On the other hand, enforcing it would still be tricky.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: Fairness at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“If I were the headteacher, I would replace the no-phones rule with a no-loud-phones rule. I think it would be fairer. Although some students would still break it, most wouldn’t. On the other hand, enforcing it would still be tricky.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: Home and My Room

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Mia’s flat there are four rooms: a kitchen, a living room, and two bedrooms. Mia’s room is small but bright. There is a desk under the window. There aren’t any TVs.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: Home and My Room

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads about Mia’s room twice. Tick the right answers.

“In my room there is a bed and a desk. There are two windows. The cat is under the bed. There is a green plant on the desk.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: In the City

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Excuse me, how do I get to the train station? Walk straight on for three minutes. Then turn left at the church. The station is on your right, opposite a small cafe.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: In the City

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Excuse me, how do I get to the train station? Walk straight on for three minutes. Then turn left at the church. The station is on your right.”

Place: ___ . 2. Walk for: ___ . 3. Turn at: ___ . 4. Station is on the: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: Media in Our Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (15 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads the dialogue Three Screens aloud twice. Answer in full sentences.

Aisha. I tried something this week. No phone after dinner. Just for one week.
Ben. Just for one week? That sounds impossible.
Aisha. It was hard for two days. After that, it was kind of nice. The kitchen got quieter, but my room got louder because I started reading aloud to my cat.
Ben. You read to your cat?
Aisha. She listens. She’s a better audience than my brother.
Ms. Reyes. What did you do with the time you would have spent on the phone?
Aisha. I made dinner once. I drew badly. I went to bed earlier. The earlier bed was the biggest change.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: Media in Our Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (15 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads the dialogue Three Screens aloud twice. Answer in full sentences.

Aisha. I tried something this week. No phone after dinner. Just for one week.
Ben. Just for one week? That sounds impossible.
Aisha. It was hard for two days. After that, it was kind of nice. The kitchen got quieter, but my room got louder because I started reading aloud to my cat.
Ben. You read to your cat?
Aisha. She listens. She’s a better audience than my brother.
Ms. Reyes. What did you do with the time you would have spent on the phone?
Aisha. I made dinner once. I drew badly. I went to bed earlier. The earlier bed was the biggest change.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 3: The Environment, Locally

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“If you place two more bins along this 200-metre stretch, the litter count will halve. If the bins are emptied weekly, they won’t overflow. We will measure twice a year so we know whether the change is real.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: A School Day

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“On Monday I start at quarter past eight. First I have German, then maths. After the long break we have English and music. I finish at twenty past one.”

Start: ___ . 2. First lesson: ___ . 3. Two lessons after the break: ___ . 4. Finish: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: A School Day

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud Mia’s Monday twice.

“On Monday I start at eight. First I have maths. Then I have English. At ten o’clock we have a break. After the break we have sport.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: A Trip to Scotland

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the announcement Welcome to Edinburgh Waverley. Answer in full sentences.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the train manager. We are now arriving at Edinburgh Waverley, our final stop. Please take all your belongings with you. The exit for the city centre is on the right; for the bus station, take the lifts on the left. Travellers heading to the Highlands should change here for the 14:05 to Inverness, platform four. Thank you for travelling with ScotRail.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: A Trip to Scotland

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the announcement Welcome to Edinburgh Waverley. Answer in full sentences.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the train manager. We are now arriving at Edinburgh Waverley, our final stop. Please take all your belongings with you. The exit for the city centre is on the right; for the bus station, take the lifts on the left. Travellers heading to the Highlands should change here for the 14:05 to Inverness, platform four. Thank you for travelling with ScotRail.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: Canada: Perspectives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Whitehorse was named after the white-foam rapids of the Yukon River. The town was founded during the gold rush. Indigenous languages were spoken in the area for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Today they are taught in schools.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: Food Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“At our food day we tried sushi from Japan, samosa from India, falafel from the Middle East, and pierogi from Poland. The most popular dish was the falafel wrap, partly because it was the warmest.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: Food Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“At our food day we tried sushi from Japan, samosa from India, falafel from the Middle East, and pierogi from Poland. The most popular dish was the falafel wrap.”

Number of dishes: ___ . 2. From Japan: ___ . 3. From Poland: ___ . 4. Most popular: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: Ireland: Stories from the Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Galway is a city on the west coast of Ireland that is famous for music. The pub which I love has live music every lunchtime. My pen-pal, who is called Niamh, sends letters about it.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: Ireland: Stories from the Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Galway is a city on the west coast of Ireland that is famous for music. The pub which I love has live music every lunchtime. My pen-pal, who is called Niamh, sends letters about it.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Daily Routines

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“My name is Sam. First I get up at 6:30. Then I have breakfast at 7. Afterwards I leave home at 7:30. School starts at 8. I finish at 1:20.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Daily Routines

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“My name is Sam. I get up at 6:30. I have breakfast at 7. I leave home at 7:30. School starts at 8. I finish at 1:20.”

Get up: ___ . 2. Breakfast: ___ . 3. Leave home: ___ . 4. Finish school: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Digital Friendships

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Jonas has been writing to Ari for almost two years. They have never met. They have already exchanged 287 photos of clouds. They haven’t spoken on the phone yet. Jonas says they just don’t need to.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Digital Friendships

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Jonas has been writing to Ari for almost two years. They have never met. They have already exchanged 287 photos of clouds. They haven’t spoken on the phone yet. Jonas says they just don’t need to.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Food and Drinks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“At the cafe Mia orders a hot chocolate and a slice of carrot cake. Theo orders a glass of water and a sandwich. The total is £6.”

Mia drink: ___ . 2. Mia food: ___ . 3. Theo drink: ___ . 4. Total: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read the menu and the order.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Food and Drinks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads twice.

“At the cafe, Mia orders an apple juice and a sandwich. Theo has a glass of milk and a banana. The fox just sips water from a small cup.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: Media Literacy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The post seems to claim that a new fruit improves sleep, mood, and maths grades. The article appears to cite a study, but the link is broken. Several experts claim to have tested the fruit and found no such effect.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: The United States Today

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (18 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

The first thing Maya noticed in Phoenix was the sound of the air conditioning. It was everywhere: in the supermarket, in the car, in the hotel lobby. Outside, the heat had a sound too — the steady drone of cicadas in the desert trees. Her cousins said you stop hearing the cicadas after about a week. She did not believe them. By the end of the third day, she realised they were right. The desert had its own kind of silence, and it was full of noises she would not have called noises a week earlier.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 5: The United States Today

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (18 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

The first thing Maya noticed in Phoenix was the sound of the air conditioning. It was everywhere: in the supermarket, in the car, in the hotel lobby. Outside, the heat had a sound too — the steady drone of cicadas in the desert trees. Her cousins said you stop hearing the cicadas after about a week. She did not believe them. By the end of the third day, she realised they were right. The desert had its own kind of silence, and it was full of noises she would not have called noises a week earlier.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Animals and Pets

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“My grandmother has got two cats and a small dog. The cats are grey and white. The dog is black with a white spot on his chest. He is six years old.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Animals and Pets

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen.

“Mia has got a cat. The cat is grey. Theo has got a fish. The fish is orange. Lina has got a rabbit. The rabbit is white.”

Mia: ___ , 2. Theo: ___ , 3. Lina: ___ , 4. Colour of the cat: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read about Pepper.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Food Cultures

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

Anya’s grandfather makes the same dish every Sunday: rice, chicken, a sauce with herbs the family will not name in English because the English name does not feel right. The dish has migrated with the family for two generations. In the village, it was made with a chicken from the yard. In the city, it is made with a chicken from the supermarket. The taste is mostly the same. Sundays are the day Anya’s grandfather speaks the most. The dish, he says, is what the family is. Every other day they argue about everything. On Sundays they argue about the chicken.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Food Cultures

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

Anya’s grandfather makes the same dish every Sunday: rice, chicken, a sauce with herbs the family will not name in English because the English name does not feel right. The dish has migrated with the family for two generations. In the village, it was made with a chicken from the yard. In the city, it is made with a chicken from the supermarket. The taste is mostly the same. Sundays are the day Anya’s grandfather speaks the most. The dish, he says, is what the family is. Every other day they argue about everything. On Sundays they argue about the chicken.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Friends and Feelings

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Lina is excited because she has a school trip tomorrow. Sam is nervous because he forgot his homework. Although Mr. Flint is busy, he is calm. The cat is hungry, so it complains.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Friends and Feelings

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Lina is excited because she has a school trip tomorrow. Sam is nervous because he forgot his homework. Mr. Flint is calm because he always is. The cat is hungry, so it complains.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Interview and Portrait

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Tell me about your first year here, Mrs. Brock. — It was a strange year. The boiler broke twice, but the children were calm. — What do you remember most? — The day the heating failed in February — we wore coats in lessons.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Writing an Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In my view, school should start later. Firstly, teenagers’ biological clocks are different from adults’. Secondly, students who sleep more do better in school. On the other hand, many parents leave for work early. In conclusion, a thirty-minute later start would help most.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Writing an Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In my view, school should start later. Firstly, teenagers’ biological clocks are different from adults’. Secondly, students who sleep more do better in school. On the other hand, many parents leave for work early. In conclusion, a thirty-minute later start would help most.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: An Adventure Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to the start of a story.

“Sam was reading in the library when the lights suddenly went out. While he was waiting in the dark, he heard a quiet sound. Someone was opening the door very slowly.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: An Adventure Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to the start of a short story.

“Sam was reading in the library when the lights suddenly went out. While he was waiting in the dark, he heard a quiet sound. Someone was opening the door very slowly.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Being a Friend

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the dialogue Two Best Friends. Answer in full sentences.

Ben. Aisha, can I tell you something without you laughing?
Aisha. Probably not. But I’ll try.
Ben. I think Marius is mad at me. He didn’t talk to me at lunch.
Aisha. Did you ask him why?
Ben. No. I just decided he hates me now.
Aisha. Ben. Sometimes people just have a bad lunch. Go ask him tomorrow before you spend the whole evening building a theory.
Ben. That sounds annoyingly sensible.
Aisha. I am annoyingly sensible. That’s why you tell me things.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Being a Friend

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the dialogue Two Best Friends. Answer in full sentences.

Ben. Aisha, can I tell you something without you laughing?
Aisha. Probably not. But I’ll try.
Ben. I think Marius is mad at me. He didn’t talk to me at lunch.
Aisha. Did you ask him why?
Ben. No. I just decided he hates me now.
Aisha. Ben. Sometimes people just have a bad lunch. Go ask him tomorrow before you spend the whole evening building a theory.
Ben. That sounds annoyingly sensible.
Aisha. I am annoyingly sensible. That’s why you tell me things.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Mediation: A German News Article

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Die Stadtverwaltung hat angekündigt, dass die Linie 42 ab dem 1. September einen neuen Fahrplan haben wird. Die Fahrtzeit verlängert sich um etwa fünf Minuten.”

Topic: ___ . 2. Date: ___ . 3. Time change: ___ . 4. Source-language: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the German source above. Answer in English.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Mediation: A Teen Magazine

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Studien zeigen, dass Jugendliche, die ihr Handy nachts neben dem Bett liegen haben, weniger schlafen. Experten empfehlen, das Gerät außerhalb des Schlafzimmers zu laden.”

Topic: ___ . 2. Effect: ___ . 3. Expert advice: ___ . 4. Source-language: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the German source above. Answer in English.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Mediation: A Teen Magazine

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Studien zeigen, dass Jugendliche, die ihr Handy nachts neben dem Bett liegen haben, weniger schlafen. Experten empfehlen, das Gerät außerhalb des Schlafzimmers zu laden.”

Topic: ___ . 2. Effect: ___ . 3. Expert advice: ___ . 4. Source-language: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the German source above. Answer in English.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Weather and Seasons

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to the forecast.

“Tomorrow morning will be foggy. By midday the fog will lift and we will have sun. Late afternoon, thunderstorms in the south. Friday: heavy rain all day, with strong wind from the west.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 7: Weather and Seasons

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to the weather forecast for the week.

“Monday will be sunny. Tuesday: rain in the morning. Wednesday: windy and cool. Thursday: snow possible. Friday: cloudy.”

Monday: ___ , 2. Tuesday: ___ , 3. Wednesday: ___ , 4. Friday: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Erste Mediation: A German E-mail

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Mediation A: WhatsApp message (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the German message your aunt sent you about the school trip.

“Hallo Schatz, kurze Info: Das Wandertag-Datum wurde verschoben. Statt am 14. Juni gehen wir jetzt am 21. Juni los. Treffpunkt bleibt am Bahnhof, aber 15 Minuten früher. Wer den Zug verpasst, kommt nicht mit. Festes Schuhwerk und Regenjacke sind Pflicht.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Erste Mediation: A German E-mail

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Mediation A: WhatsApp message (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the German message your aunt sent you about the school trip.

“Hallo Schatz, kurze Info: Das Wandertag-Datum wurde verschoben. Statt am 14. Juni gehen wir jetzt am 21. Juni los. Treffpunkt bleibt am Bahnhof, aber 15 Minuten früher. Wer den Zug verpasst, kommt nicht mit. Festes Schuhwerk und Regenjacke sind Pflicht.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Hobbies and Sports

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Lina can play the piano very well. She can also swim 100 metres. She can’t ride a horse, but she wants to learn. She is very good at drawing.”

Two things she can: ___ . 2. Distance she can swim: ___ . 3. Cannot: ___ . 4. Good at: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Hobbies and Sports

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“I can swim and I can ride a bike, but I can’t play the guitar. My brother can play the guitar very well, but he can’t swim.”

T or F: 1. I can swim. 2. I can play the guitar. 3. My brother can swim. 4. My brother plays the guitar well.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Inequality and Voice

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Despite a small budget, the school redesigned the lunch cards three years ago. Because of that change, no student now walks past a different-coloured card. Although the change looks cosmetic, the effect is real.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Music and Belonging

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“This song could be by Adele — it has the same kind of voice. But the chorus is different, so it might be someone newer. The drum sounds programmed rather than live, which means it can’t be a stripped-back acoustic version.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: Music and Belonging

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“This song could be by Adele — it has the same kind of voice. But the chorus is different, so it might be someone newer. The drum sounds programmed rather than live, which means it can’t be a stripped-back acoustic version.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: School Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Tokyo, lessons start at 8:30. The day is longer than ours. Students clean their classrooms every day. The break is shorter, but lunch is served at school. The school year is also longer than ours.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 8: School Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In Tokyo, lessons start at 8:30. The day is longer than ours. Students clean their classrooms every day. The break is shorter, but lunch is served at school. The school year is also longer than ours.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Birthday and Friends

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Hi Lina, I would like to invite you to my birthday party on Saturday, 17 March. It starts at 3 p.m. at my house. Please let me know by Tuesday if you can come.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Birthday and Friends

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 5 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to Mia’s invitation.

“Hi Lina, my party is on Saturday, 17 March, at 3 p.m. at my house. Can you come?”

Day: ___ , 2. Date: ___ , 3. Time: ___ , 4. Place: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read the card and answer.

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Body and Health

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 6 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Sam doesn’t feel well. He has got a sore throat and a slight fever. The doctor tells him to drink warm tea, take some medicine, and stay in bed for two days.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Body and Health

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 6 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Sam doesn’t feel well. He has got a sore throat and a slight fever. The doctor tells him to drink warm tea, take some medicine, and stay in bed for two days.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Rural and Urban Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 8 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“My grandmother lives in a small village. The internet is not as reliable as in the city. The local shop sells almost everything but is not as cheap as a big supermarket. The night is as quiet as a library.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Rural and Urban Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“My grandmother lives in a small village. The internet is not as reliable as in the city. The local shop sells almost everything but is not as cheap as a big supermarket. The night is as quiet as a library.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: School Rules and Rights

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

Ardenfield Comprehensive in Manchester has a “phones-in-pouches” rule. Every morning, students put their phones into a magnetic pouch and keep the pouch with them all day. The pouch can only be unlocked by a teacher or in the office. The headteacher, Mr Atta, says the rule has cut bullying messages and fights at break time. Some pupils complain it feels like a prison rule. Mr Atta replies: “We are open to a different rule. Bring me one that works.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: School Rules and Rights

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

Ardenfield Comprehensive in Manchester has a “phones-in-pouches” rule. Every morning, students put their phones into a magnetic pouch and keep the pouch with them all day. The pouch can only be unlocked by a teacher or in the office. The headteacher, Mr Atta, says the rule has cut bullying messages and fights at break time. Some pupils complain it feels like a prison rule. Mr Atta replies: “We are open to a different rule. Bring me one that works.”

Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Short Fiction in the Classroom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track G+M · Klasse 9 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)

Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“By the time June found the letter, her grandmother had been dead for six years. The letter had been written before her grandmother had stopped writing entirely. June read it three times before she put it back.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 1: British Cultural Anchors

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The BBC was founded in 1922 as a private company and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1927. Its inform-educate-entertain mandate is the source of constant funding fights. By contrast with most national broadcasters, it is funded by a household licence fee. Accordingly, it is both unusual and politically vulnerable.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 1: Dystopias

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read the 1984 opening (paraphrased above) and answer:

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 1: Globalisation and the Self

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

This Unit’s exam example follows the Abitur task pattern named in the Unit. Some Units focus on a single Abitur-task type (Comprehension / Analysis / Composition / Mediation / Kommunikationsprüfung); the full 90-BE Klausur is rehearsed in Klasse 12 Units 11-12 and continues in Klasse 13 Units 7-9.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 10: A Classic Text (Leistungsfach focus)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“In 1.7, Macbeth approaches the murder as completion: if it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well / it were done quickly. In 2.1, he steps into the perceptual present: is this a dagger? In 5.5, the future collapses: tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 10: Kommunikationsprüfung Mock

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice to a sample monologue (above).

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 10: Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Stimulus card (sample): A 2025 photograph of three school students in Mumbai working at an open-air computer cluster powered by a single solar panel. Caption: ‘After school, before tutorial.’ Speak for five minutes on what the image suggests about contemporary education and infrastructure. Then expect 8 minutes of examiner dialogue.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 11: Issue-Framed Debate

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Listen / read twice the Speaker-1-in-favour sample above.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 11: Klausur: Comprehension and Analysis

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read the source (provided in class) twice. Comprehension prompt: In your own words, outline the writer’s central claim about attention economies (5 BE). Explain how the writer distinguishes attention from engagement (10 BE). Compare the writer’s framing with one alternative framing the writer references (9 BE).

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 11: Public Speaking: Toward the Komm-Prüfung

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“I would argue that the future of work is hybrid claim is half-right. The available evidence suggests hybrid is real for white-collar sectors but frontline jobs — care, retail, manufacturing — have been substantially less affected. The honest stimulus is: the future of office work is hybrid by 2030.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 12: Klausur Prep: Exam Rehearsal

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The Klausur is 90 BE. Comprehension is 24, Analysis 18, Composition 18, Mediation 30. The total is 4 hours including 20 min of breaks. The Inhalt / Sprache split is 50/50 in Basisfach and 40/60 in Leistungsfach.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 12: Klausur: Composition and Comment

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Composition prompt: Discuss the writer’s central claim about attention economies in 280 words. Use 1 integrated quote + 4 academic discourse markers + 1 cleft + 2 hedges.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 12: Year Review and Handover

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Listen twice to the sample reflection above.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 2: Globalisation Debates

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen / read twice.

“World trade as a share of GDP rose from 39 % in 1990 to 60 % by 2008. It has plateaued since. About one billion people were lifted out of extreme poverty in the same period, predominantly in East and South Asia. Intra-country inequality grew in advanced economies. Supply-chain fragility was under-priced.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 2: Political Discourse, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Listen / read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 2: The American Dream

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The 1776 line speaks of the pursuit of Happiness. The 1931 phrase, by contrast, speaks of outcomes — that life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone. The 2024 critique points out that intergenerational income mobility in the US is now lower than in most of comparable Western Europe.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 3: Dystopias and Utopias

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 3: Post-Colonial Voices: An Introduction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Achebe’s 1958 opening lays claim, with the calm of a history book, to a village world. Adichie’s 2003 opening alludes to Achebe’s title from inside a domestic frame. Naipaul’s 1979 narrator distances himself with the line the world is what it is.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 3: Science and Ethics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice.

“Consequentialism asks what produces the best outcomes; deontology asks what we are required to do regardless of consequences; virtue ethics asks what kind of researcher we want to be. Real debates combine all three.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 4: Contemporary Poetry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 4: Shakespeare in Extract

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice.

“That time of year thou mayst in me behold, / When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang / Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, / Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 4: Short Stories and Style

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The hour before is the only one I remember. The kettle was on, whose whistle had not yet started; the cat was asleep, of whom I was jealous; the corridor in which my mother stood was lit by the standing lamp.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 5: Media and Public Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 5: Poetry from the Anthology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The poem is fourteen lines in two stanzas. Line-breaks fall before strong stresses. There are three half-rhymes — light / late, door / floor, gone / alone — at the close of the second stanza. The pronoun shifts from they to we in the final couplet.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 5: Political Discourse

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen / read twice.

“To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 6: Media Literacy, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Long-form journalism is mostly framing and verbs. Said is neutral; claimed signals doubt; insisted signals stubbornness. The reader who counts the attribution verbs already knows half the writer’s argument.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 6: Mediation: A German Policy Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 6: The Non-Fiction Essay

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice the Speaking in Tongues paraphrase above.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 7: Mediation as a Skill

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Die Mietpreisbremse wurde 2015 eingeführt. Befürworter sagen, dass die Mieten weniger schnell steigen. Kritikerinnen entgegnen, dass die Bremse Investitionen bremst. Die Bundesregierung hat im Mai 2027 die Verlängerung um sechs Jahre beschlossen.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 7: Mediation: An Academic Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice.

“Diese Arbeit untersucht intergenerationale Einkommensmobilität in 18 OECD-Ländern. Methodisch nutzen wir verlinkte Steuerregisterdaten. Die Hauptergebnisse legen nahe, dass die Mobilität in Kontinentaleuropa höher ist als in den USA. Der Abstand zwischen Kohorten ist in Deutschland und Frankreich gewachsen.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 7: The Abitur Essay

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Composition / Comment prompt (sample): On the basis of the 1,000-word source provided in class, comment on the writer’s central claim that ‘public opinion’ and ‘aggregated platform behaviour’ are increasingly conflated in contemporary democratic discourse. Write an argumentative response of 350-450 words. Use at least one integrated quote, four academic discourse markers, and a clear thesis-evidence-counter-conclusion structure.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 8: Opinion Essay Writing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The 300-word op-ed forces the writer to choose a single best sentence. The 700-word column permits one well-developed counter, but only one. The 1,400-word essay can support a fully-articulated counter, a partial concession, and a more subtle conclusion. Length is not merely cosmetic.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 8: Post-Colonial Voices, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice.

“The narrator’s two surnames sit side by side on a London library card. The library card itself is a postcolonial artefact: two languages, two empires, one borrower.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 8: The Abitur Comprehension Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Comprehension prompt (sample): Read the 1,000-word source provided in class. Answer the following:

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 9: A Modern Novel (Basisfach focus)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“By chapter four, Klara has been established as a narrator whose limitation is also her reliability. Her reports are literal-minded and quietly devastating. The deceptive plainness — the Sun would always come into the store, no matter the weather — is the novel’s signature register.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 9: A Novel in Full

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)

Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice.

“The motif of language as control moves through three phases: scripture-coded greetings (Blessed be the fruit) early; Offred’s silent private register in the middle; the Historical Notes academic-recovery frame at the close.”

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 9: The Abitur Analysis Task

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Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Analysis prompt (sample): On the basis of the 1,000-1,200-word source provided in class, analyse the writer’s argumentative strategy. Identify three specific rhetorical, structural, or linguistic moves and discuss what each contributes to the central argument. Use integrated quotation throughout. Word count: 350-450 (BF) / 450-550 (LF).

References

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This page lists the authoritative documents that anchor every Unit on this site. Per-Unit “Further reading / listening” callouts point to specific authentic resources for that topic; the references below are the framework, not the topic-by-topic reading.

Curriculum Link to heading

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) 2016 — Sekundarstufe I — Englisch (Erste Fremdsprache). Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport Baden- Württemberg. https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/
curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) 2021 — Gymnasiale Oberstufe — Englisch (Basisfach und advanced course (“Leistungsfach”)). Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport Baden-Württemberg. https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/
Gemeinsamer Europäischer Referenzrahmen für Sprachen (GER) / CEFR Companion Volume. Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages

Pedagogy and didactics Link to heading

Penny Ur. A Course in English Language Teaching. Cambridge UP.
Jim Scrivener. Learning Teaching. Macmillan.
Scott Thornbury. About Language; How to Teach Speaking; How to Teach Vocabulary. Pearson.
Paul Nation. Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. Cambridge UP.
David Crystal. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge UP.

Language reference Link to heading

Cambridge Grammar of English — Carter & McCarthy.
Practical English Usage — Michael Swan, Oxford UP.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (online).

Authentic-text sources used in Units Link to heading

BBC Learning English — https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
The Guardian (Education and main sections) — https://www.theguardian.com
Project Gutenberg — https://www.gutenberg.org
Poetry Foundation — https://www.poetryfoundation.org
The British Library Open Collections — https://www.bl.uk

Tooling Link to heading

Quarto — https://quarto.org
Pandoc — https://pandoc.org
Reveal.js — https://revealjs.com
Lucide icons — https://lucide.dev
Source Sans 3 — https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Sans+3
JetBrains Mono — https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

Acknowledgements Link to heading

A separate Acknowledgements page names the direct didactic, content, and tooling influences behind this site, along with the personal thanks owed to colleagues and students who tested half-finished materials in real classrooms.

Schedule

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The full linked index across both tracks — every grade, every Unit, with skills focus, exam type, and deep-links. Generated from each Unit’s front matter.

Track G+M — Grades 5 to 10 (72 Units) Link to heading

Track	Kl.	Unit	Title	Niveau	Skills focus	Exam type
G+M	5	1	Hello World	G+M	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	2	My Family	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	3	Home and My Room	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	4	A School Day	G+M	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	5	Food and Drinks	G+M	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	6	Animals and Pets	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	7	Weather and Seasons	G+M	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	8	Hobbies and Sports	G+M	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	9	Birthday and Friends	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	10	A Day in London	G+M	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	11	Clothes and Colours	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	5	12	Review and Show	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	1	A New Year at School	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	2	On Holiday	G+M	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	3	In the City	G+M	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	4	Food Around the World	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	5	Daily Routines	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	6	Friends and Feelings	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	7	An Adventure Story	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	8	School Around the World	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	9	Body and Health	G+M	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	10	Travelling by Train	G+M	listening, reading, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	11	Captain Cody’s Map	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	6	12	Year-End Festival	G+M	speaking, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	1	First Day Back	G+M	speaking, listening, writing	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	2	Growing Up	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	3	Media in Our Lives	G+M	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	4	A Trip to Scotland	G+M	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	5	The United States Today	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	6	Food Cultures	G+M	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	7	Being a Friend	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	8	Erste Mediation: A German E-mail	G+M	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	9	School Rules and Rights	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	10	Reading a Short Story	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	11	Plans for the Summer	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	7	12	Year Review: A Class Podcast	G+M	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	1	Identities	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	2	School Life Elsewhere	G+M	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	3	Fairness at School	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	4	Ireland: Stories from the Island	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	5	Digital Friendships	G+M	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	6	Writing an Opinion	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	7	Mediation: A Teen Magazine	G+M	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	8	Music and Belonging	G+M	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	9	Rural and Urban Lives	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	10	A Novella in Class	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	11	Public Speaking: A Short Talk	G+M	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	8	12	Class Magazine Issue	G+M	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	1	Future Careers	G+M	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	2	Money and Choices	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	3	The Environment, Locally	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	4	Canada: Perspectives	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	5	Media Literacy	G+M	reading, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	6	Interview and Portrait	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	7	Mediation: A German News Article	G+M	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	8	Inequality and Voice	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	9	Short Fiction in the Classroom	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	10	Writing an Application Letter	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	11	Debate and Discussion	G+M	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	9	12	Year Review: Portfolio	G+M	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	1	Transition After Grade 10	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	2	The World of Work	G+M	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	3	Digital Lives at Work	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	4	Australia Now	G+M	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	5	Media and Truth	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	6	Contemporary Short Fiction	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	7	Mediation: A Workplace Text	G+M	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	8	Civic English: Rights and Voices	G+M	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	9	Youth and the Future	G+M	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	10	Project and Presentation	G+M	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	11	A Short Novel	G+M	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
G+M	10	12	Year Review: Graduation Exam Prep	G+M	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

Track E — Grades 5 to 13 (108 Units) Link to heading

Track	Kl.	Unit	Title	Niveau	Skills focus	Exam type
E	5	1	Hello World	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	2	My Family	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	3	Home and My Room	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	4	A School Day	E	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	5	Food and Drinks	E	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	6	Animals and Pets	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	7	Weather and Seasons	E	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	8	Hobbies and Sports	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	9	Birthday and Friends	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	10	A Day in London	E	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	11	Clothes and Colours	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	5	12	Review and Show	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	1	A New Year at School	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	2	On Holiday	E	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	3	In the City	E	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	4	Food Around the World	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	5	Daily Routines	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	6	Friends and Feelings	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	7	An Adventure Story	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	8	School Around the World	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	9	Body and Health	E	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	10	Travelling by Train	E	listening, reading, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	11	Captain Cody’s Map	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	6	12	Year-End Festival	E	speaking, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	1	First Day Back	E	speaking, listening, writing	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	2	Growing Up	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	3	Media in Our Lives	E	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	4	A Trip to Scotland	E	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	5	The United States Today	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	6	Food Cultures	E	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	7	Being a Friend	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	8	Erste Mediation: A German E-mail	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	9	School Rules and Rights	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	10	Reading a Short Story	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	11	Plans for the Summer	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	7	12	Year Review: A Class Podcast	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	1	Identities	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	2	School Life Elsewhere	E	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	3	Fairness at School	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	4	Ireland: Stories from the Island	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	5	Digital Friendships	E	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	6	Writing an Opinion	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	7	Mediation: A Teen Magazine	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	8	Music and Belonging	E	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	9	Rural and Urban Lives	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	10	A Novella in Class	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	11	Public Speaking: A Short Talk	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	8	12	Class Magazine Issue	E	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	1	Future Careers	E	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	2	Money and Choices	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	3	The Environment, Locally	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	4	Canada: Perspectives	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	5	Media Literacy	E	reading, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	6	Interview and Portrait	E	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	7	Mediation: A German News Article	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	8	Inequality and Voice	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	9	Short Fiction in the Classroom	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	10	Writing an Application Letter	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	11	Debate and Discussion	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	9	12	Year Review: Portfolio	E	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	1	Identity in a Global World	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	2	The World of Work	E	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	3	Digital Lives	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	4	Australia and New Zealand	E	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	5	Media and Democracy	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	6	Contemporary Short Fiction	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	7	Mediation: A German Feature Article	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	8	Science and Society	E	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	9	Youth Protest Movements	E	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	10	A Short Novel	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	11	Public Speaking and Debate	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	10	12	Year Review: Toward Oberstufe	E	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
E	11	1	British Cultural Anchors	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	2	The American Dream	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	3	Post-Colonial Voices: An Introduction	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	4	Short Stories and Style	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	5	Poetry from the Anthology	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	6	Media Literacy, Advanced	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	7	Mediation as a Skill	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	8	Opinion Essay Writing	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	9	A Modern Novel (Basisfach focus)	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	10	A Classic Text (Leistungsfach focus)	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	11	Public Speaking: Toward the Komm-Prüfung	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	11	12	Klausur Prep: Exam Rehearsal	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	1	Dystopias	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	2	Globalisation Debates	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	3	Science and Ethics	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	4	Shakespeare in Extract	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	5	Political Discourse	E	reading, listening, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	6	The Non-Fiction Essay	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	7	Mediation: An Academic Text	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	8	Post-Colonial Voices, Advanced	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	9	A Novel in Full	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	10	Kommunikationsprüfung Mock	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	11	Klausur: Comprehension and Analysis	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	12	12	Klausur: Composition and Comment	E	writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
E	13	1	Globalisation and the Self	E	reading, writing, intercultural	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	2	Political Discourse, Advanced	E	reading, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	3	Dystopias and Utopias	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	4	Contemporary Poetry	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	5	Media and Public Opinion	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	6	Mediation: A German Policy Text	E	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	7	The Abitur Essay	E	writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	8	The Abitur Comprehension Task	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	9	The Abitur Analysis Task	E	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	10	Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	11	Issue-Framed Debate	E	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
E	13	12	Year Review and Handover	E	writing, speaking, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)

Per-course pages Link to heading

Track G+M Link to heading

Track E Link to heading

Schedule — Grade 10 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 10 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Identity in a Global World	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	The World of Work	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Digital Lives	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Australia and New Zealand	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Media and Democracy	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Contemporary Short Fiction	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Mediation: A German Feature Article	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Science and Society	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Youth Protest Movements	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	A Short Novel	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Public Speaking and Debate	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year Review: Toward Oberstufe	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 10 · Track G+M

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 10 (G+M) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Transition After Grade 10	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	The World of Work	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Digital Lives at Work	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Australia Now	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Media and Truth	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Contemporary Short Fiction	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Mediation: A Workplace Text	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Civic English: Rights and Voices	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Youth and the Future	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Project and Presentation	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	A Short Novel	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year Review: Graduation Exam Prep	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 11 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 11 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	British Cultural Anchors	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
2	The American Dream	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
3	Post-Colonial Voices: An Introduction	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
4	Short Stories and Style	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
5	Poetry from the Anthology	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
6	Media Literacy, Advanced	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
7	Mediation as a Skill	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
8	Opinion Essay Writing	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
9	A Modern Novel (Basisfach focus)	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
10	A Classic Text (Leistungsfach focus)	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
11	Public Speaking: Toward the Komm-Prüfung	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
12	Klausur Prep: Exam Rehearsal	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)

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Schedule — Grade 12 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 12 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Dystopias	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
2	Globalisation Debates	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
3	Science and Ethics	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
4	Shakespeare in Extract	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
5	Political Discourse	reading, listening, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
6	The Non-Fiction Essay	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
7	Mediation: An Academic Text	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
8	Post-Colonial Voices, Advanced	reading, writing, intercultural	Klausur (assessment)
9	A Novel in Full	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
10	Kommunikationsprüfung Mock	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
11	Klausur: Comprehension and Analysis	reading, writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)
12	Klausur: Composition and Comment	writing, language_awareness	Klausur (assessment)

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Schedule — Grade 13 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 13 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Globalisation and the Self	reading, writing, intercultural	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
2	Political Discourse, Advanced	reading, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
3	Dystopias and Utopias	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
4	Contemporary Poetry	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
5	Media and Public Opinion	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
6	Mediation: A German Policy Text	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
7	The Abitur Essay	writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
8	The Abitur Comprehension Task	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
9	The Abitur Analysis Task	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
10	Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
11	Issue-Framed Debate	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
12	Year Review and Handover	writing, speaking, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)

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Schedule — Grade 5 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 5 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Hello World	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	My Family	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Home and My Room	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	A School Day	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Food and Drinks	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Animals and Pets	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Weather and Seasons	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Hobbies and Sports	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Birthday and Friends	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	A Day in London	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Clothes and Colours	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Review and Show	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 5 · Track G+M

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 5 (G+M) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Hello World	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	My Family	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Home and My Room	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	A School Day	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Food and Drinks	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Animals and Pets	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Weather and Seasons	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Hobbies and Sports	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Birthday and Friends	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	A Day in London	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Clothes and Colours	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Review and Show	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 6 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 6 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	A New Year at School	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	On Holiday	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	In the City	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Food Around the World	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Daily Routines	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Friends and Feelings	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	An Adventure Story	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	School Around the World	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Body and Health	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Travelling by Train	listening, reading, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Captain Cody’s Map	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year-End Festival	speaking, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 6 · Track G+M

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 6 (G+M) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	A New Year at School	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	On Holiday	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	In the City	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Food Around the World	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Daily Routines	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Friends and Feelings	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	An Adventure Story	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	School Around the World	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Body and Health	listening, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Travelling by Train	listening, reading, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Captain Cody’s Map	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year-End Festival	speaking, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 7 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 7 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	First Day Back	speaking, listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	Growing Up	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Media in Our Lives	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	A Trip to Scotland	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	The United States Today	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Food Cultures	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Being a Friend	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Erste Mediation: A German E-mail	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	School Rules and Rights	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Reading a Short Story	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Plans for the Summer	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year Review: A Class Podcast	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 7 · Track G+M

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 7 (G+M) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	First Day Back	speaking, listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	Growing Up	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Media in Our Lives	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	A Trip to Scotland	reading, listening, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	The United States Today	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Food Cultures	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Being a Friend	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Erste Mediation: A German E-mail	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	School Rules and Rights	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Reading a Short Story	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Plans for the Summer	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year Review: A Class Podcast	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 8 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 8 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Identities	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	School Life Elsewhere	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Fairness at School	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Ireland: Stories from the Island	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Digital Friendships	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Writing an Opinion	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Mediation: A Teen Magazine	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Music and Belonging	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Rural and Urban Lives	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	A Novella in Class	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Public Speaking: A Short Talk	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Class Magazine Issue	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 8 · Track G+M

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 8 (G+M) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Identities	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	School Life Elsewhere	reading, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	Fairness at School	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Ireland: Stories from the Island	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Digital Friendships	listening, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Writing an Opinion	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Mediation: A Teen Magazine	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Music and Belonging	listening, speaking, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Rural and Urban Lives	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	A Novella in Class	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Public Speaking: A Short Talk	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Class Magazine Issue	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 9 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 9 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Future Careers	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	Money and Choices	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	The Environment, Locally	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Canada: Perspectives	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Media Literacy	reading, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Interview and Portrait	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Mediation: A German News Article	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Inequality and Voice	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Short Fiction in the Classroom	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Writing an Application Letter	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Debate and Discussion	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year Review: Portfolio	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Schedule — Grade 9 · Track G+M

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 9 (G+M) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Future Careers	reading, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
2	Money and Choices	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
3	The Environment, Locally	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
4	Canada: Perspectives	reading, writing, intercultural	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
5	Media Literacy	reading, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
6	Interview and Portrait	speaking, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
7	Mediation: A German News Article	mediation, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
8	Inequality and Voice	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
9	Short Fiction in the Classroom	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
10	Writing an Application Letter	reading, writing, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
11	Debate and Discussion	speaking, listening, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)
12	Year Review: Portfolio	writing, speaking, language_awareness	class test (“Klassenarbeit”)

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Skills decision tree

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Pick a skill area, then jump to representative Units across the fifteen courses. Generated from front-matter scans (3 representative Units per skill).

flowchart LR
 ROOT[Which skill?] --> L[Listening]
 ROOT --> R[Reading]
 ROOT --> S[Speaking]
 ROOT --> W[Writing]
 ROOT --> M[mediation Sprachmittlung]
 ROOT --> LA[Language awareness]
 ROOT --> IC[Intercultural]

Listening — representative Units Link to heading

Kl.5/G+M · Kl.5/G+M · Kl.5/G+M

Reading — representative Units Link to heading

Kl.5/G+M · Kl.5/G+M · Kl.5/G+M

Teaching workflow

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The repeating cycle behind every Unit on this site, from Bildungsplan to feedback.

flowchart TD
 A[Lehrplan-Abgleich<br/>curriculum framework ("Bildungsplan") + Schuljahr] --> B[Unit-Plan<br/>Lernziele, Skills, Exam-Typ]
 B --> C[Activate<br/>Vorwissen, Hook]
 C --> D[Input<br/>Text, Hörverstehen, Grammatik]
 D --> E[Practise<br/>Geleitete Übungen + Antwortkey]
 E --> F[Produce<br/>Schreiben, Sprechen, mediation ("Mediation")]
 F --> G[Reflect<br/>Selbsteinschätzung, Can-do]
 G --> H[Leistungserhebung<br/>class test ("Klassenarbeit") oder school-leaving examination ("Abitur")-Aufgabe]
 H --> I[Feedback<br/>kompetenzbezogen, individuell]
 I --> J[Folgeunit<br/>nächstes Kompetenzfeld]
 J --> A

Notes for teachers Link to heading

Lehrplan-Abgleich happens once per Schuljahr per year group (“Klassenstufe”) — open this site’s curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) page and pick which Kompetenzen each Unit will cover. Every Unit’s front matter declares its alignment, so the mapping is auditable.
Activate → Reflect is the within-Unit five-step. Each step has its own slide(s) in the Reveal.js deck and its own subsection in the Unit article.
Leistungserhebung is the worked exam example at the end of the Unit, scaled to the Niveau (Klassenarbeit Kl. 5–10 / school-leaving examination (“Abitur”)- Aufgabe Kl. 11–13).
Feedback is intentionally separate from grading — every Unit ships a competence-aligned rubric so feedback can be returned in Kompetenzbegriffen, not just as a single Note.
Folgeunit loops back via the recurring cast: characters introduced in Unit 1 reappear in later Units of the same Klassenstufe to give learners a continuous narrative to lean on.

Unit 1 — A New Year at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe my Klasse-6 timetable in 6 sentences with frequency adverbs.
I can use always / often / sometimes / rarely / never / hardly ever.
I can ask and answer about a typical school week in 90 seconds.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — A New Year at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe my Klasse-6 timetable in 5 sentences.
I can use frequency adverbs (always, often, sometimes, never).
I can ask and answer about a typical school week.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — British Cultural Anchors

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. Klausur (assessment) at Niveau E (90 BE, Comprehension + Analysis + Composition + Mediation).
Course tagging: basic course (Basisfach, E-BF) and advanced course (Leistungsfach, E-LF) — Units in Klasse 11–13 carry both where applicable; some Units are tagged BF or LF specifically.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short cultural-history essay on a British anchor (the welfare state, the BBC, or the National Trust) and identify the writer’s argumentative move.
I can use formal academic discourse markers (by contrast, accordingly, in this regard, more specifically).
I can write a 250-word cultural-essay paragraph that goes past tourist-image cliché.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 1 — Dystopias

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. Klausur (assessment) at Niveau E (90 BE).
Course tagging: basic course (Basisfach, E-BF) and advanced course (Leistungsfach, E-LF).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read extracts from three canonical dystopias (Orwell, Huxley, Atwood) and identify each text’s central control mechanism.
I can use the vocabulary of literary dystopia (surveillance, complicity, conditioning, dehumanisation, language control).
I can write a 350-word comparative literary essay tracing one motif across three texts.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 1 — First Day Back

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. The Activate and Input steps are shared; Practise and the class test (“Klassenarbeit”) have G and M variants.

Learning objectives Link to heading

By the end of this Unit, students can:

I can introduce myself and ask a partner three questions about their summer using past simple.
I can understand the gist of a short classroom dialogue and pick out two specific details I am asked about.
I can write a short text (60–120 words depending on Niveau) about one thing I did during the summer.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — school life, peer groups, daily routines.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — understand short classroom exchanges.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — hold a short exchange about familiar topics.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — write short, coherent texts about personal experiences.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — read a short narrative and identify speaker/setting.

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — First Day Back

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. The Activate and Input steps are shared; Practise and the class test (“Klassenarbeit”) have G and M variants.

Learning objectives Link to heading

By the end of this Unit, students can:

I can introduce myself and ask a partner three questions about their summer using past simple.
I can understand the gist of a short classroom dialogue and pick out two specific details I am asked about.
I can write a short text (60–120 words depending on Niveau) about one thing I did during the summer.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — school life, peer groups, daily routines.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — understand short classroom exchanges.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — hold a short exchange about familiar topics.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — write short, coherent texts about personal experiences.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — read a short narrative and identify speaker/setting.

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Future Careers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 jobs and describe what they involve.
I can use want / hope / plan + to-infinitive.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about future career interests.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Future Careers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 jobs and describe what they involve.
I can use want / hope / plan + to-infinitive.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about future career interests.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Globalisation and the Self

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. Abitur (school-leaving examination) Klausur prep across the year.
Course tagging: basic course (Basisfach, E-BF) and advanced course (Leistungsfach, E-LF).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read essays on identity-under-globalisation (Sen, Appiah, Lahiri) and identify each writer’s framework.
I can use the vocabulary of cosmopolitanism (rooted cosmopolitanism, hospitality, situated identity, contributory belonging).
I can write a 400-word essay developing my own position on identity-and-globalisation.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 1 — Hello World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can introduce myself with name, age, town, and one detail.
I can ask a partner four questions and report what they said.
I can use to be and to have in short sentences.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Hello World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect. Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can say my name, age, and town in English.
I can ask three questions to introduce myself to a new person.
I can use the verb to be (am / is / are) correctly in short sentences.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 — daily life, school, family.
3.1.3.3 — short introductory exchange.
3.1.3.5 — short personal text.
3.1.3.8 — to be in short sentences.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Identities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short identity-text and identify the writer’s main claim.
I can use both / either / neither to talk about belonging.
I can write a 120-word self-portrait that goes beyond surface labels.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Identities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short identity-text and identify the writer’s main claim.
I can use both / either / neither to talk about belonging.
I can write a 120-word self-portrait that goes beyond surface labels.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Identity in a Global World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short essay on transnational identity and identify the writer’s main claim and one supporting move.
I can use mixed conditionals to discuss how past choices shape present identity.
I can write a 200-word identity reflection that goes past flag-and-passport thinking.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 1 — Transition After Grade 10

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on post-Klasse-10 paths and identify three options.
I can use the third conditional (if I had …, I would have …).
I can write a 150-word reflection on a decision I am facing.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — A Classic Text (Leistungsfach focus)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read three soliloquies from Shakespeare’s Macbeth (LF set text) and write a 450-word literary essay with a complex thesis.
I can engage Early Modern English vocabulary and rhythm with confidence.
I can hold the Leistungsfach (advanced course) register: complex argument, integrated close reading, sustained voice.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 10 — A Day in London

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 8 famous London places and identify them on a map.
I can ask for and give simple directions in 4–6 sentences.
I can read a short tourist text and pick out 5 facts.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — A Day in London

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 6 famous London places.
I can ask for and give simple directions.
I can read a short tourist leaflet and pick out 3 facts.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — A Novella in Class

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a chapter extract and identify protagonist, conflict, and theme.
I can use direct → reported speech (statements and questions).
I can write a 150-word reading-journal entry.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — A Novella in Class

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a chapter extract and identify protagonist, conflict, and theme.
I can use direct → reported speech (statements and questions).
I can write a 150-word reading-journal entry.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — A Short Novel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read three chapters of a contemporary short novel and identify protagonist arc, setting, theme, and one stylistic move.
I can write a 300-word literary essay with two quotes.
I can use varied register markers (formal however / nevertheless alongside everyday though, still, anyway).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — Kommunikationsprüfung Mock

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 5-minute Abitur-style monologue from a stimulus and respond to a 5-minute examiner dialogue.
I can use the formal spoken-academic register and rebut / concede in real time.
I can self-assess my performance against the BW Abitur Bewertungsraster (grading grid).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 10 — Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a full-format Abitur Kommunikationsprüfung (~15 minutes total: 5-min monologue + 8-min dialogue + 2-min close).
I can sustain academic-spoken register for fifteen minutes under pressure.
I can self-assess against the official Abitur Bewertungsraster.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 10 — Project and Presentation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can plan a 4-week project with concrete milestones.
I can deliver a 5-minute presentation with three movements (problem, evidence, ask).
I can use signposting language for spoken and written project work.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — Reading a Short Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short story and identify setting, characters, mood, and at least one concrete detail that creates the mood.
I can use adverbs of manner and direct speech to write a short narrative continuation.
I can write 100 words of original story continuation that matches the source story’s tone.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — short narratives in everyday settings.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short literary text.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — narrative writing.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — adverbs of manner; sensory verbs.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the role of detail in creating mood.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Aisha read the first paragraph of a short story aloud in class. “What’s the mood?” Ms. Reyes asked. Ben said, “Sad.” Aisha said, “Quiet. It’s not the same thing.” Ms. Reyes nodded. “Find me one detail that makes it quiet, not sad.”

Unit 10 — Reading a Short Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short story and identify setting, characters, mood, and at least one concrete detail that creates the mood.
I can use adverbs of manner and direct speech to write a short narrative continuation.
I can write 100 words of original story continuation that matches the source story’s tone.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — short narratives in everyday settings.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short literary text.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — narrative writing.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — adverbs of manner; sensory verbs.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the role of detail in creating mood.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Unit 10 — Travelling by Train

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can understand a station announcement.
I can read a train timetable and find a connection with one change.
I can buy a ticket using polite phrases.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — Travelling by Train

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can understand a station announcement.
I can read a train timetable and find a connection.
I can buy a ticket using polite phrases.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — Writing an Application Letter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a job ad and pick out 5 requirements.
I can write a 150-word formal application letter.
I can use formal register (no contractions, no slang, polite phrasings).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 10 — Writing an Application Letter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a job ad and pick out 5 requirements.
I can write a 150-word formal application letter.
I can use formal register (no contractions, no slang, polite phrasings).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — A Short Novel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read three chapters of a short novel and identify protagonist arc, theme, and one stylistic move.
I can write a 250-word literary essay with one quote.
I can use whereas and while (contrast) and moreover / furthermore (addition).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Captain Cody's Map

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can understand a short narrative with embedded clues.
I can use will / going to to plan a journey.
I can write a 100-word continuation of an adventure story.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Captain Cody's Map

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can understand a short narrative with embedded clues.
I can use will / going to to plan a journey.
I can write 80 words continuing the Cody story.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Clothes and Colours

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 items of clothing and 10 colours.
I can describe what someone is wearing using present continuous.
I can use comparative the same … as / different from.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Clothes and Colours

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 10 clothes and 8 colours.
I can describe what someone is wearing using present continuous.
I can use simple comparisons (bigger, smaller, same colour as).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Debate and Discussion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can present a 90-second argument for or against a motion.
I can use 6 debate signposts (I’d like to argue, my opponent claims, however, in response, finally, to summarise).
I can listen and respond to one specific point in a peer’s argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Debate and Discussion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can present a 90-second argument for or against a motion.
I can use 6 debate signposts (I’d like to argue, my opponent claims, however, in response, finally, to summarise).
I can listen and respond to one specific point in a peer’s argument.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Issue-Framed Debate

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 5-minute argued speech in an issue-framed debate, with one rebuttal of a specific previous-speaker claim.
I can chair a 30-minute panel-format debate.
I can synthesise a 3-minute closing statement for a team.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 11 — Klausur: Comprehension and Analysis

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can answer a Klausur Comprehension section (~24 BE) on a literary or journalistic source under timed conditions.
I can write a Klausur Analysis section (~18 BE) with sustained close reading and integrated quotation.
I can deploy time-management discipline across the two sections.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 11 — Plans for the Summer

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can listen to a short conversation about summer plans and pick out arrangements, intentions, and spontaneous decisions.
I can choose between will, going to, and present continuous to talk about the future.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about my summer plan with a partner.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — leisure, family life, travel.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — short dialogue.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — short exchange about plans.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short personal text.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — future forms in contrast.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Aisha asked the class: What are you doing this summer? Ben said two weeks at my grandma’s farm. Marius said nothing special. Aisha said that counts as something special if you do it on purpose. Ms. Reyes wrote on the board: A plan is a sentence in the future tense.

Unit 11 — Plans for the Summer

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can listen to a short conversation about summer plans and pick out arrangements, intentions, and spontaneous decisions.
I can choose between will, going to, and present continuous to talk about the future.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about my summer plan with a partner.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — leisure, family life, travel.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — short dialogue.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — short exchange about plans.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short personal text.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — future forms in contrast.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Unit 11 — Public Speaking and Debate

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 4-minute argued speech with three movements.
I can rebut one specific point and concede one gracefully.
I can listen to a peer’s speech and respond with one targeted argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.3.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.3.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Public Speaking: A Short Talk

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 2-minute monologue with three movements (hook, body, close).
I can use signposting phrases for spoken English.
I can listen to a peer’s talk and give one specific piece of feedback.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Public Speaking: A Short Talk

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 2-minute monologue with three movements (hook, body, close).
I can use signposting phrases for spoken English.
I can listen to a peer’s talk and give one specific piece of feedback.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 11 — Public Speaking: Toward the Komm-Prüfung

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 4-minute monologue on a stimulus and respond to a 4-minute follow-up dialogue (Kommunikationsprüfung-style).
I can use academic-spoken register without sounding stilted.
I can rebut and concede with specifics in real time.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 12 — Class Magazine Issue

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can plan and write a 150-word article for a class magazine.
I can use grammar from the year (passive, second conditional, relative clauses, present perfect).
I can edit a peer’s article using a simple checklist.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Class Magazine Issue

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can plan and write a 150-word article for a class magazine.
I can use grammar from the year (passive, second conditional, relative clauses, present perfect).
I can edit a peer’s article using a simple checklist.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Klausur Prep: Exam Rehearsal

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can complete a 90-BE Klausur (assessment) covering Comprehension + Analysis + Composition + Mediation under timed conditions.
I can manage time across the four parts and produce a sustained answer in each.
I can use Inhalt / Sprache awareness — knowing which parts are weighted to content and which to language.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 12 — Klausur: Composition and Comment

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can complete a Klausur Composition section (~18 BE) — argument or creative response — under timed conditions.
I can complete a Klausur Mediation section (~30 BE) for a named English-speaking addressee.
I can manage time across the second half of the Klausur.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 12 — Review and Show

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can speak for 60–90 seconds about myself in English.
I can use grammar from the year (am/is/are, have got, can, present simple, present continuous, possessive ’s).
I can listen to a peer’s talk and give one constructive feedback sentence.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Review and Show

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can speak for ~60 seconds about myself in English.
I can use grammar from the year (am/is/are, have got, can, present simple, present continuous) in one short talk.
I can listen to a peer’s talk and give one piece of feedback.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Year Review and Handover

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compile a graduation portfolio with 6 representative pieces from Klasse 11-13.
I can write a 400-word year-review reflection demonstrating Abitur-grade Sprache range.
I can deliver a 5-minute graduation talk + write a 300-word forward letter to my post-Abitur self.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 12 — Year Review: A Class Podcast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.
This Unit is the year-review Unit. The Produce step is a class podcast: each student records a 90-second monologue.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can speak for ~90 seconds about something I learned this year using past, present, and future structures.
I can use a wide range of grammar from the year (simple past, used to, present perfect, past perfect, futures, modals, passives) in one short text.
I can listen to a peer’s 90-second monologue and give one specific piece of feedback.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — reflection on personal learning.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — peer feedback.
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen — short monologue.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short reflective text.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — produce a clear, listener- friendly spoken text in a podcast format.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Ms. Reyes set up two microphones in the corner of the classroom. “This is the studio,” she said. “Today, every one of you records ninety seconds. The question on the wall is the question.” On the wall, in big letters, she had written: What is one thing you learned this year that wasn’t on the timetable?

Unit 12 — Year Review: A Class Podcast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.
This Unit is the year-review Unit. The Produce step is a class podcast: each student records a 90-second monologue.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can speak for ~90 seconds about something I learned this year using past, present, and future structures.
I can use a wide range of grammar from the year (simple past, used to, present perfect, past perfect, futures, modals, passives) in one short text.
I can listen to a peer’s 90-second monologue and give one specific piece of feedback.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — reflection on personal learning.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — peer feedback.
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen — short monologue.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short reflective text.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — produce a clear, listener- friendly spoken text in a podcast format.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Unit 12 — Year Review: Graduation Exam Prep

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compile a graduation portfolio with 5 representative pieces.
I can write a 250-word year reflection demonstrating a wide grammar range.
I can deliver a 3-minute graduation talk with one quote from my own writing.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Year Review: Portfolio

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compile a Klasse-9 portfolio with 4 representative pieces.
I can write a 200-word reflection on my year.
I can deliver a 2-minute portfolio talk with one quote from my own writing.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Year Review: Portfolio

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compile a Klasse-9 portfolio with 4 representative pieces.
I can write a 200-word reflection on my year.
I can deliver a 2-minute portfolio talk with one quote from my own writing.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Year Review: Toward Oberstufe

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compile an Oberstufe-readiness portfolio with 5 representative pieces.
I can write a 300-word year reflection demonstrating wide grammar range.
I can deliver a 4-minute portfolio talk with two quotes from my own writing.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Year-End Festival

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can speak for 90 seconds about my Klasse-6 year.
I can use grammar from the year (past simple, comparatives, will/going to, frequency adverbs, because/so/although).
I can host a small year-end festival event in English.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 12 — Year-End Festival

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can speak for 60–90 seconds about my Klasse-6 year.
I can use grammar from the year (past simple, comparatives, will/going to, modals, frequency adverbs).
I can host a small year-end festival event in English.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — Globalisation Debates

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short pro and contra positions on globalisation and identify the empirical claim each side hangs on.
I can use the vocabulary of contested-policy debate (supply chain, inequality, externality, comparative advantage, regulatory race).
I can write a 350-word op-ed that holds two readings of globalisation in productive tension.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 2 — Growing Up

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. Practise has G and M variants. Same Klassenarbeit at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

By the end of this Unit, students can:

I can describe how something about me has changed since primary school using “used to”.
I can read a short narrative about a peer’s growing pains and identify three concrete changes the writer notices.
I can write a short text (60–120 words depending on Niveau) comparing then and now using comparatives and “used to”.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — peer groups, identity, daily life of teenagers.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — read a short narrative for gist and detail.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — write short personal texts that compare past and present.
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik — use used to and comparative adjectives.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the narrator’s perspective in a short first-person text.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — Growing Up

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. Practise has G and M variants. Same Klassenarbeit at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

By the end of this Unit, students can:

I can describe how something about me has changed since primary school using “used to”.
I can read a short narrative about a peer’s growing pains and identify three concrete changes the writer notices.
I can write a short text (60–120 words depending on Niveau) comparing then and now using comparatives and “used to”.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — peer groups, identity, daily life of teenagers.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — read a short narrative for gist and detail.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — write short personal texts that compare past and present.
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik — use used to and comparative adjectives.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the narrator’s perspective in a short first-person text.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — Money and Choices

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on personal finance and identify the writer’s advice.
I can use should / shouldn’t / had better for advice.
I can write a 120-word reflection on a money decision.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — Money and Choices

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on personal finance and identify the writer’s advice.
I can use should / shouldn’t / had better for advice.
I can write a 120-word reflection on a money decision.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — My Family

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 family words including grandparents and cousins.
I can use the possessive ’s and the genitive of plural nouns.
I can write a short text (5–7 sentences) about my family.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — My Family

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name family members in English.
I can use the possessive ’s to talk about belongings and relationships.
I can write a short text (4–6 sentences) about my family.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 — family life.
3.1.3.5 — short personal text.
3.1.3.7 — family-vocabulary cluster.
3.1.3.8 — possessive ’s.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Mia draws her family on the kitchen table. She draws her mother with a stethoscope. Her father with a laptop. Her brother Theo with a football. Pepper the cat sleeps on the corner of the paper. Frida the fox looks at the drawing through the window. “Am I in the family?” Frida asks. Mia thinks for a moment. Then she draws a small fox in the corner of the page.

Unit 2 — On Holiday

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can talk about a past holiday using past simple in 90 seconds.
I can describe a place using 6+ adjectives.
I can use past simple in positive, negative, and questions.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — On Holiday

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can talk about a past holiday using past simple.
I can describe a place using 5 adjectives.
I can ask and answer 6 holiday questions.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — Political Discourse, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read / listen to longer political discourse and identify rhetorical structure, register-shifts, and dog-whistle vocabulary.
I can use advanced rhetorical-analysis vocabulary (dog whistle, framing battle, scripted spontaneity, agenda-control, loaded antithesis).
I can write a 450-word rhetorical-analysis essay sustaining argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 2 — School Life Elsewhere

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short pen-pal texts from 3 countries and compare them.
I can use the present passive to talk about how things are done elsewhere.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation comparing schools.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — School Life Elsewhere

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short pen-pal texts from 3 countries and compare them.
I can use the present passive to talk about how things are done elsewhere.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation comparing schools.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — The American Dream

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short extracts from American Dream sources (Declaration of Independence, James Truslow Adams 1931, contemporary critique) and trace one continuity and one rupture.
I can use sentence-level emphasis (cleft + inversion) for argumentative writing.
I can write a 280-word essay paragraph that holds two readings of the Dream in tension.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 2 — The World of Work

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a job-profile and pick out 8 facts.
I can hold a 5-minute structured job-interview role-play.
I can write a 200-word reflection on my future career interests.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 2 — The World of Work

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short job-profile and pick out 6 facts.
I can use the present perfect continuous (I have been working …).
I can hold a 3-minute job-interview role-play.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Digital Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short essay on digital life and identify the writer’s stance and one nuance.
I can use complex sentences with subordinate clauses (although, even though, while, whereas, given that).
I can write a 200-word digital-life reflection.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Digital Lives at Work

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on remote / hybrid work and identify the writer’s stance.
I can use gerunds and to-infinitives after verbs of preference.
I can write a 150-word opinion piece on remote vs. office work.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Dystopias and Utopias

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short utopian extracts (Le Guin, More) alongside dystopian extracts (Atwood) and identify the structural mirror between the genres.
I can use vocabulary of utopia / dystopia (positive utopia, ambiguous utopia, dystopian inversion, eutopia, the imaginary blueprint).
I can write a 450-word essay arguing how utopian writing illuminates dystopian writing.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 3 — Fairness at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can argue a school-fairness point in 5 sentences.
I can use the second conditional (if I were … I would …).
I can use connectives of contrast (although, however, on the other hand).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Fairness at School

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can argue a school-fairness point in 5 sentences.
I can use the second conditional (if I were … I would …).
I can use connectives of contrast (although, however, on the other hand).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Home and My Room

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 14 things in a room and four rooms in a house.
I can use there is / there are in positive, negative, and questions.
I can write 6 sentences describing my home or my room.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Home and My Room

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 things in a room.
I can use there is / there are to describe a place.
I can write a short text about my own room (4–6 sentences).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — In the City

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 14 places in a city and 6 services they offer.
I can give 4-step directions clearly.
I can describe my favourite local place in 5 sentences.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — In the City

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 places in a city.
I can ask for and give directions.
I can describe my favourite place in town.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Media in Our Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. Practise has G/M variants. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

By the end of this Unit, students can:

I can listen to a short classroom dialogue about screen time and pick out what someone changed and what happened.
I can describe a media habit using the present perfect with for / since.
I can write a short text proposing a one-week change to my media habits.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — media habits and their effects, peer-group culture.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — short dialogue about everyday topic.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short personal text.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — media-vocabulary cluster.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — present perfect with for / since; reported requests with asked + to-infinitive.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the speaker’s attitude in a dialogue.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Media in Our Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. Practise has G/M variants. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

By the end of this Unit, students can:

I can listen to a short classroom dialogue about screen time and pick out what someone changed and what happened.
I can describe a media habit using the present perfect with for / since.
I can write a short text proposing a one-week change to my media habits.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — media habits and their effects, peer-group culture.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — short dialogue about everyday topic.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short personal text.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — media-vocabulary cluster.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — present perfect with for / since; reported requests with asked + to-infinitive.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the speaker’s attitude in a dialogue.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — Post-Colonial Voices: An Introduction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short post-colonial extract (Achebe, Adichie, or Naipaul) and identify the writer’s stance toward the imperial archive.
I can use voice-marking phrases (the speaker recalls, the narrator distances herself from, the text positions the reader).
I can write a 280-word literary essay that engages a post-colonial source on its own terms.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 3 — Science and Ethics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short ethics-of-science texts (CRISPR, large language models, climate intervention) and identify the consequentialist and deontological moves.
I can use vocabulary of science ethics (precautionary principle, dual use, informed consent, moratorium, governance).
I can write a 350-word science-ethics essay with a structured ethical argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 3 — The Environment, Locally

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short environment text and identify cause and effect.
I can use if + present, will-future (first conditional) for predictions.
I can write a 120-word local environment proposal.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 3 — The Environment, Locally

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short environment text and identify cause and effect.
I can use if + present, will-future (first conditional) for predictions.
I can write a 120-word local environment proposal.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — A School Day

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 10 school subjects.
I can tell the time in 5-minute steps (quarter past, twenty to, etc.).
I can hold a 90-second conversation about my school day using present simple.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — A School Day

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 8 school subjects in English.
I can tell the time on the clock (full hours and half hours).
I can describe my school day using the present simple.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — A Trip to Scotland

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can understand a short station announcement and pick out destination, platform, and direction.
I can read a short narrative about Scotland and identify two things that surprised the visitor.
I can use the past perfect (had + past participle) to order events in a story.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — life in the United Kingdom; the regions of Britain.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — comparing expectations with reality.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — public-transport announcements.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short first-person narrative.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — past perfect in narrative sequencing.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the difference between an idealised image (postcard) and the writer’s lived experience.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — A Trip to Scotland

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can understand a short station announcement and pick out destination, platform, and direction.
I can read a short narrative about Scotland and identify two things that surprised the visitor.
I can use the past perfect (had + past participle) to order events in a story.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — life in the United Kingdom; the regions of Britain.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — comparing expectations with reality.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — public-transport announcements.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short first-person narrative.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — past perfect in narrative sequencing.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the difference between an idealised image (postcard) and the writer’s lived experience.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Australia and New Zealand

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short comparative text on Australia and New Zealand and identify three points of difference.
I can recognise basic Māori-English vocabulary and Aboriginal-English place names in context.
I can write a 200-word comparative regional portrait.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Australia Now

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short article on contemporary Australian society and identify two cultural anchors.
I can recognise Australian English vocabulary differences.
I can write a 150-word region portrait that goes past surface stereotypes.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Canada: Perspectives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text about Canada and identify two cultural anchors.
I can use the past passive (was/were + past participle).
I can write a 120-word reflection on a region’s history.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Canada: Perspectives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text about Canada and identify two cultural anchors.
I can use the past passive (was/were + past participle).
I can write a 120-word reflection on a region’s history.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Contemporary Poetry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can close-read three contemporary poems (an Ocean Vuong-style lyric, a Warsan Shire-style political lyric, a Layli Long Soldier-style document poem) and identify form, voice, and one figurative move per poem.
I can use vocabulary of contemporary poetic form (document poem, fragmentary lyric, prose poem, polyvocal lyric).
I can write a 400-word poetic-analysis essay tracing one move across three poems.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 4 — Food Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 14 dishes from at least 8 countries.
I can write a 6-line description of a meal with sensory detail.
I can use like / love / enjoy / hate + -ing in 4 different sentences.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Food Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 dishes from at least 6 countries.
I can write a 5-line description of a meal.
I can use like + -ing and enjoy + -ing.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Ireland: Stories from the Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short narrative about Ireland and identify the speaker’s perspective.
I can use relative clauses (who, which, that, where).
I can write a 120-word place-portrait of an English-speaking region.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Ireland: Stories from the Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short narrative about Ireland and identify the speaker’s perspective.
I can use relative clauses (who, which, that, where).
I can write a 120-word place-portrait of an English-speaking region.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 4 — Shakespeare in Extract

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can close-read a Shakespeare extract (sonnet or short scene) and identify form, voice, and one figurative move.
I can engage Early Modern syntactic inversion and lexical density.
I can write a 400-word literary essay with sustained close reading.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 4 — Short Stories and Style

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a contemporary short story and identify three stylistic moves (image cluster, sentence rhythm, narrator distance).
I can use a wider relative-clause toolkit (whose, of whom, in which) accurately.
I can write a 300-word stylistic-analysis essay.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.8 / 3.5.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 5 — Daily Routines

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe my morning, afternoon, and evening in detail.
I can use the present simple with time expressions and sequence words.
I can use object pronouns (me, him, her, us, them).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Daily Routines

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe my morning, afternoon, and evening.
I can use the present simple with time expressions.
I can use object pronouns (me, him, her, us, them).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Digital Friendships

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe a digital friendship using present perfect (simple).
I can use for / since / ever / never / just / already / yet.
I can write a 120-word reflection on online friendship.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Digital Friendships

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe a digital friendship using present perfect (simple).
I can use for / since / ever / never / just / already / yet.
I can write a 120-word reflection on online friendship.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Food and Drinks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 15 foods and 8 drinks.
I can hold a 1-minute cafe conversation politely.
I can use countable vs. uncountable nouns with a, some, any.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Food and Drinks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 foods and 6 drinks.
I can order a snack in a cafe in English.
I can use like / don’t like and the indefinite article.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Media and Democracy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text linking media and democratic life and identify three causal claims.
I can use academic register hedges (it has been argued that, the available evidence suggests, in some contexts).
I can write a 220-word op-ed on a media-democracy topic.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Media and Public Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short texts on platform algorithms and public opinion (Tufekci, Wu) and identify the writer’s central causal claim.
I can use vocabulary of platform-media analysis (algorithmic amplification, attention rent, recommendation system, network effect, platform governance).
I can write a 450-word media-analysis essay sustaining a complex causal argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 5 — Media and Truth

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text and identify three signs of misinformation.
I can use cautious-claim language (it appears that, evidence suggests, critics argue that).
I can write a 180-word media-literacy review.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Media Literacy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can spot 3 signs of misinformation in a short article.
I can use seem to / appear to / claim to for hedged claims.
I can write a 120-word media-literacy review.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Media Literacy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can spot 3 signs of misinformation in a short article.
I can use seem to / appear to / claim to for hedged claims.
I can write a 120-word media-literacy review.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — Poetry from the Anthology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short poem and identify form, voice, and one figurative move.
I can use vocabulary of poetic analysis (line break, enjambment, stanza, image, persona, meter, half-rhyme).
I can write a 280-word poetic-analysis essay.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 5 — Political Discourse

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read / listen to a political speech and identify rhetorical moves (anaphora, antithesis, tricolon, frame-setting).
I can use the vocabulary of rhetorical analysis (ethos / pathos / logos, kairos, frame, register shift).
I can write a 400-word rhetorical-analysis essay.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 5 — The United States Today

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short first-person text about visiting an American city and describe two things that surprised the visitor.
I can choose between will-future and going-to depending on the situation.
I can use English articles (a / an / the / —) with country names and city names.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — life in the United States, regional diversity.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — moving past national stereotypes.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short first-person narrative.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short personal text.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — future forms; articles with proper nouns.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the writer’s voice in a personal essay.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 5 — The United States Today

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short first-person text about visiting an American city and describe two things that surprised the visitor.
I can choose between will-future and going-to depending on the situation.
I can use English articles (a / an / the / —) with country names and city names.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — life in the United States, regional diversity.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — moving past national stereotypes.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short first-person narrative.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short personal text.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — future forms; articles with proper nouns.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the writer’s voice in a personal essay.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Animals and Pets

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 14 animals (pets, farm, wild).
I can use have got and the present simple together to describe a pet.
I can write 6 sentences about a real or imagined pet.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Animals and Pets

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 animals.
I can use have got / has got to talk about pets.
I can write a short text about a real or imagined pet.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Contemporary Short Fiction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short story and identify protagonist arc, theme, narrator stance, and one stylistic move.
I can use participle clauses for concise narrative description (walking home, she …).
I can write a 250-word literary essay.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Contemporary Short Fiction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a contemporary short story and identify protagonist, conflict, theme, and one stylistic move.
I can use defining vs. non-defining relative clauses.
I can write a 200-word literary response.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Food Cultures

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short narrative about a family dish and identify what makes it meaningful beyond taste.
I can describe a recipe using imperatives and basic quantifiers.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about a food tradition with a partner.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — food and identity across cultures.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — recognising food as a carrier of memory and family history.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short narrative.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — exchange about a familiar topic.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — kitchen and recipe vocabulary.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise emotional weight in a description.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Food Cultures

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short narrative about a family dish and identify what makes it meaningful beyond taste.
I can describe a recipe using imperatives and basic quantifiers.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about a food tradition with a partner.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen — food and identity across cultures.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — recognising food as a carrier of memory and family history.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short narrative.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — exchange about a familiar topic.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — kitchen and recipe vocabulary.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise emotional weight in a description.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Friends and Feelings

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 14 feelings (basic + nuanced).
I can ask How are you? in 6 different ways.
I can use because, so, and although in short reasons.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Friends and Feelings

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 feelings.
I can ask How are you? in five different ways.
I can use because and so to give simple reasons.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Interview and Portrait

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can prepare 8 open interview questions.
I can hold a 5-minute interview and report it back in writing.
I can write a 150-word portrait of a real person.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Interview and Portrait

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can prepare 8 open interview questions.
I can hold a 5-minute interview and report it back in writing.
I can write a 150-word portrait of a real person.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Media Literacy, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a long-form journalistic piece and identify the writer’s framing, sourcing pattern, and one disclosed limitation.
I can use academic critique vocabulary (frame, framing effect, sourcing, attribution, anonymisation, conflict of interest).
I can write a 300-word media-criticism essay.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 6 — Mediation: A German Policy Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a 600-word German policy text into 18 English sentences for a named addressee profile.
I can preserve modal nuance, hedge structure, citation style, and disciplinary register simultaneously.
I can use the full reporting-verb toolkit and add layered cultural / disciplinary notes where needed.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.4.3.7 / 3.5.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 6 — The Non-Fiction Essay

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a contemporary non-fiction essay and identify thesis, supporting moves, and stylistic register.
I can use vocabulary of essayistic prose (premise, claim, qualification, anecdote-as-argument, the moral turn).
I can write a 400-word non-fiction essay of my own with a clear thesis and one anecdote-as-argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 6 — Writing an Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read an opinion text and identify the main claim and one supporting reason.
I can structure my own opinion in 4 paragraphs (claim, reason, counter, conclusion).
I can use signposting phrases (in my view, on the contrary, in contrast, finally).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 6 — Writing an Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read an opinion text and identify the main claim and one supporting reason.
I can structure my own opinion in 4 paragraphs (claim, reason, counter, conclusion).
I can use signposting phrases (in my view, on the contrary, in contrast, finally).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — An Adventure Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short adventure story and identify setting, characters, plot.
I can use past simple and past continuous together with while and when.
I can write a 100-word continuation in past tense.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — An Adventure Story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short adventure story and identify setting, characters, and plot.
I can use past simple and while/when to order events.
I can write 100 words continuing a story.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Being a Friend

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can listen to a short conversation about a friendship problem and identify what each speaker is doing in the exchange (asking, reassuring, advising).
I can use first-conditional if-clauses to give and respond to advice.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about a small friendship misunderstanding.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — peer relationships, friendship.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — short dialogue.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — give and receive advice.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short narrative.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — first conditional; adjective + preposition.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Being a Friend

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can listen to a short conversation about a friendship problem and identify what each speaker is doing in the exchange (asking, reassuring, advising).
I can use first-conditional if-clauses to give and respond to advice.
I can hold a 2-minute conversation about a small friendship misunderstanding.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — peer relationships, friendship.
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen — short dialogue.
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen — give and receive advice.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short narrative.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — first conditional; adjective + preposition.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation as a Skill

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a 350-word German feature into 12 English sentences for a named addressee.
I can preserve register, hedge structure, and modal nuance simultaneously.
I can use the full reporting-verb toolkit (12+ verbs) and explicit cultural notes where needed.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.4.3.7 / 3.5.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 7 — Mediation: A German Feature Article

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a 250-word German feature article into 8 English sentences.
I can preserve voice and register; mark hedged claims; drop ceremony.
I can use 8 reporting verbs.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation: A German News Article

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a German news article into 5–7 English sentences for a peer.
I can keep facts, drop ceremony, and adjust register.
I can use 6 reporting verbs (says, explains, claims, points out, warns, recommends).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation: A German News Article

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a German news article into 5–7 English sentences for a peer.
I can keep facts, drop ceremony, and adjust register.
I can use 6 reporting verbs (says, explains, claims, points out, warns, recommends).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.6 language mediation (Sprachmittlung)
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation: A Teen Magazine

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a German teen-magazine article into 5–6 English sentences for a peer.
I can keep dates, advice, and key facts; drop ceremony and decorative phrasing.
I can use 5 reporting verbs (says, explains, advises, warns, recommends).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.6 language mediation (Sprachmittlung)
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation: A Teen Magazine

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a German teen-magazine article into 5–6 English sentences for a peer.
I can keep dates, advice, and key facts; drop ceremony and decorative phrasing.
I can use 5 reporting verbs (says, explains, advises, warns, recommends).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.6 language mediation (Sprachmittlung)
3.2.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation: A Workplace Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a German workplace policy text into 6–8 English sentences for a colleague.
I can preserve modal nuance (sollten → should; müssen → must) and adjust register.
I can use 7 reporting verbs.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Mediation: An Academic Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a 500-word German academic text into 15 English sentences for a named addressee.
I can preserve hedge structure, modal nuance, citation conventions, and disciplinary register.
I can use the full reporting-verb toolkit and add cultural / disciplinary notes where needed.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.4.3.7 / 3.5.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 7 — The Abitur Essay

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can plan a 90-minute Abitur Composition (Composition / Comment, ~25 BE Basisfach / ~35 BE Leistungsfach) under timed conditions.
I can produce a 350-450 word Abitur-grade argumentative or creative response.
I can self-assess against the Abitur Bewertungsraster (grading grid).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 7 — Weather and Seasons

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe today’s weather in 3 sentences.
I can name the four seasons and 8 weather words.
I can use the present continuous for right now and the present simple for general patterns.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 7 — Weather and Seasons

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe today’s weather.
I can name the four seasons and 6 weather words.
I can use the present continuous (it is raining).

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Civic English: Rights and Voices

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short civic text and identify a stated right and a stated duty.
I can use be entitled to, be required to, be expected to in formal contexts.
I can hold a 3-minute civic-question conversation in formal English.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Erste Mediation: A German E-mail

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.
This is the first explicit mediation (“Mediation”) Unit of Klasse 7. Mediation will return in every year group (“Klassenstufe”) from now on.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can explain the gist of a short German message in three or four English sentences for a clear addressee and purpose.
I can choose what to keep, paraphrase, or leave out depending on what the addressee needs to know.
I can use simple reporting verbs (says, explains, asks, advises) instead of literal translation.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — everyday communication across languages.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short, structured texts.
3.2.3.6 language mediation (Sprachmittlung) — gist-level mediation between German and English with named addressee and purpose.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — reporting-verb cluster.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the writer’s intent in a short German source text.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Erste Mediation: A German E-mail

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.
This is the first explicit mediation (“Mediation”) Unit of Klasse 7. Mediation will return in every year group (“Klassenstufe”) from now on.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can explain the gist of a short German message in three or four English sentences for a clear addressee and purpose.
I can choose what to keep, paraphrase, or leave out depending on what the addressee needs to know.
I can use simple reporting verbs (says, explains, asks, advises) instead of literal translation.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — everyday communication across languages.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short, structured texts.
3.2.3.6 language mediation (Sprachmittlung) — gist-level mediation between German and English with named addressee and purpose.
3.2.3.7 Wortschatz — reporting-verb cluster.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise the writer’s intent in a short German source text.

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Hobbies and Sports

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 10 hobbies and 8 sports.
I can use can / can’t and to be good at + -ing.
I can run a 90-second Find Someone Who mingling task.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Hobbies and Sports

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 8 hobbies and 6 sports.
I can ask and answer about hobbies (Do you …?).
I can use can / can’t to say what I am able to do.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Inequality and Voice

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on a social issue and identify the writer’s perspective.
I can use despite / in spite of / because of + noun.
I can write a 150-word reflection that takes a clear position.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Inequality and Voice

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on a social issue and identify the writer’s perspective.
I can use despite / in spite of / because of + noun.
I can write a 150-word reflection that takes a clear position.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Music and Belonging

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe a piece of music in 5 sentences (genre, mood, instruments, association).
I can use modals of possibility (might / could / may / must).
I can hold a 90-second conversation about a song.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Music and Belonging

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can describe a piece of music in 5 sentences (genre, mood, instruments, association).
I can use modals of possibility (might / could / may / must).
I can hold a 90-second conversation about a song.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.2.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Opinion Essay Writing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read three opinion pieces and identify their thesis-evidence-counter-conclusion structure.
I can use cohesion devices (lexical chain, anaphoric reference, conjunctive adverb) deliberately.
I can write a 350-word opinion essay with a five-paragraph structure (intro / 2 body / counter / conclusion).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.8 / 3.5.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 8 — Post-Colonial Voices, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read longer post-colonial extracts and identify the writer’s stance on the imperial archive in detail.
I can use academic-postcolonial vocabulary (hybridity, mimicry, the subaltern, double consciousness, world-Anglophone).
I can write a 400-word essay sustaining a complex post-colonial argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 8 — School Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compare two school days using 5 comparative forms.
I can name 8 differences between schools in 3 countries.
I can write a 120-word comparison letter.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — School Around the World

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compare two school days using comparatives.
I can name 8 differences between schools in 3 countries.
I can write a 100-word comparison text.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — Science and Society

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short popular-science article and identify the main finding and one limitation.
I can use vocabulary of scientific reasoning (hypothesis, control group, sample size, peer review).
I can write a 220-word science-and-society reflection.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 8 — The Abitur Comprehension Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can answer a 60-minute Abitur Comprehension task (~24 BE) on a 1,000-1,200-word source.
I can produce concise own-words paraphrase, embedded fragments, and structural sub-answers.
I can manage the time across 3-5 sub-questions of varying BE-weight.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 9 — A Modern Novel (Basisfach focus)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read four chapters of a modern novel (BF set text) and write a 350-word literary essay with a clear thesis.
I can integrate two short quotations into my own sentences without breaking syntax.
I can use a Basisfach (basic course) writing register: clear, well-organised, less ornate than Leistungsfach (advanced course).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 9 — A Novel in Full

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a complete novel (Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale or Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun) and write a sustained 500-word essay tracing one motif across the whole work.
I can move between close reading and structural argument fluidly.
I can use the full literary-analysis toolkit at Leistungsfach (advanced course) standard.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 9 — Birthday and Friends

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can give and accept an invitation politely.
I can use ordinal numbers and dates in writing.
I can write a 6-line birthday-invitation card.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Birthday and Friends

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can give and accept an invitation in English.
I can name dates (months and ordinal numbers).
I can write a short birthday invitation card.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.5 Schreiben
3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Body and Health

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 14 body parts and 8 common illnesses.
I can describe symptoms in 4 sentences using have got + adjectives.
I can hold an 8-line doctor-patient role-play.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Body and Health

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can name 12 body parts and 6 common illnesses.
I can describe how I feel using I have got a … / I’m + adjective.
I can hold a simple doctor-patient role-play.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Rural and Urban Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compare rural and urban life using 5 paired terms.
I can use as … as / not as … as and superlatives in comparisons.
I can write a 120-word balanced comparison of two places.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Rural and Urban Lives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compare rural and urban life using 5 paired terms.
I can use as … as / not as … as and superlatives in comparisons.
I can write a 120-word balanced comparison of two places.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — School Rules and Rights

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text about a school rule and explain who is affected and why the rule exists.
I can use modals of obligation (must, mustn’t, should, can) and passive present to write about rules.
I can write a 100-word opinion text on a school rule with one reason for, one reason against, and a conclusion.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — school life, rules, rights.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — comparing school cultures.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short opinion-shaped news text.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short opinion text with conclusion.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — modals; present passive.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise position vs. evidence in a school-rules debate.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Ms. Reyes wrote the new school rules on the board: phones in boxes at the gate, no caps in lessons, no soft drinks in the classrooms. The class read the list. Aisha put up her hand. “Who made these rules?” Ms. Reyes said, “Adults.” Aisha said, “Adults who go to school here?” Ms. Reyes paused. “That’s a fair question. We should put it on the agenda.”

Unit 9 — School Rules and Rights

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M.

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text about a school rule and explain who is affected and why the rule exists.
I can use modals of obligation (must, mustn’t, should, can) and passive present to write about rules.
I can write a 100-word opinion text on a school rule with one reason for, one reason against, and a conclusion.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Themen — school life, rules, rights.
3.2.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz — comparing school cultures.
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen — short opinion-shaped news text.
3.2.3.5 Schreiben — short opinion text with conclusion.
3.2.3.8 Grammatik — modals; present passive.
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz — recognise position vs. evidence in a school-rules debate.

Lead-in story Link to heading

Unit 9 — Short Fiction in the Classroom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short story and identify protagonist, conflict, theme, and one stylistic choice.
I can use the past perfect with by the time / before / after.
I can write a 180-word literary response.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Short Fiction in the Classroom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short story and identify protagonist, conflict, theme, and one stylistic choice.
I can use the past perfect with by the time / before / after.
I can write a 180-word literary response.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

3.2.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.2.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.2.3.5 Schreiben
3.2.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
3.2.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — The Abitur Analysis Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can produce a 60-90 minute Abitur Analysis task (~18 BE Basisfach / ~25 BE Leistungsfach) on a 1,000-1,200-word source.
I can sustain integrated close reading across 3+ paragraphs with technical vocabulary.
I can self-assess Sprache against Abitur expectations.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Unit 9 — Youth and the Future

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: G/M parallel. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau M (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a short text on a youth-led initiative and identify the main claim and one piece of evidence.
I can use future perfect (by 2030, I will have …) and future continuous (next year I will be …).
I can write a 200-word reflection on a youth-led future scenario.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.5 Schreiben
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Unit 9 — Youth Protest Movements

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (45 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read a comparative text on two youth movements and identify their tactics, demands, and outcomes.
I can use cleft-sentence emphasis (it is precisely the demand that …).
I can hold a 5-minute panel-style discussion in formal English.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.3.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.3.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.3.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.3.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.3.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Writing rubrics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The rubric framework used across all Units. Per-Unit rubrics specialise these for the specific writing task.

Klassenarbeit (Kl. 5–10) Notenschlüssel Link to heading

Standard BW grading scale (Notenschlüssel). Adjust by ±2 points per Niveau if local practice differs; this is the default.

Erreichte Punkte (% der Höchstpunktzahl)	Note
92–100 %	1 (sehr gut)
81–91 %	2 (gut)
67–80 %	3 (befriedigend)
50–66 %	4 (ausreichend)
30–49 %	5 (mangelhaft)
0–29 %	6 (ungenügend)

Klassenarbeit task weighting Link to heading

Default split per Klassenarbeit (3–5 tasks). Per-Unit Klassenarbeiten may shift weights toward the Unit’s skill focus by up to ±5 % per task.