Klassenarbeit — Unit 6: Food Cultures

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

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.

  1. What dish does Anya’s grandfather make every Sunday? (3)
  2. Why does the family avoid the English name for the herbs? (3)
  3. What has changed between the village and the city version of the dish? (3)
  4. What does the grandfather mean by “the dish is what the family is”? (6)

Task 2 — Use of English (12 BE) Link to heading

A. Quantifiers (6 BE). Choose: some, any, much, many, a few, a little.

  1. Is there __________ rice left?
  2. We need __________ tomatoes for the sauce.
  3. There aren’t __________ eggs in the fridge.
  4. We have __________ time before the guests arrive — about ten minutes.

B. Recipe imperatives (6 BE). Rewrite as instructions.

  1. You should chop the onion finely. → Chop ___ .
  2. You must not boil the herbs for too long. → Don’t ___ .
  3. You should let the rice rest for ten minutes. → ___ .

Task 3 — Mediation (10 BE) Link to heading

Your German pen-pal sends you this WhatsApp message:

“Bei uns gibt es jeden Sonntag Maultaschen mit Brühe. Mama sagt, es geht nicht ums Essen, sondern darum, dass alle am Tisch sitzen. Mein Bruder isst trotzdem heimlich Pizza.”

Write three sentences in English to your English-speaking friend telling them about the family’s Sunday tradition. Do not translate every word.

Task 4 — Writing (23 BE) Link to heading

Write 100–120 words about a dish that means something to your family — a Sunday meal, a birthday cake, something a grandparent makes. Use:

  • at least three quantifiers (some, any, much, many, a few, a little, a lot of),
  • at least one imperative (Don’t … / Take … / Add …) — perhaps embedded in a quoted family instruction,
  • one sensory detail.
Expected answer key — class test ("Klassenarbeit")

Task 1 (15 BE).\

  1. Rice, chicken, and a sauce with named-but-unnamed herbs. (3)
  2. The English name does not feel right; the herbs carry meaning the English word does not preserve. (3)
  3. The chicken: from the yard in the village, from the supermarket in the city. (3)
  4. Sample: The dish is a memory the family eats together every week. It links them to the village and to each other. Cooking it carries identity from one generation to the next. (6 — accept any answer that grasps food + identity + memory.)

Task 2 (12 BE).
A. 1. any, 2. some / a few, 3. many / a lot of, 4. a little.
B. 5. Chop the onion finely. 6. Don’t boil the herbs for too long. 7. Let the rice rest for ten minutes.

Task 3 (10 BE). Sample: “Every Sunday my pen-pal’s family eats Maultaschen — a kind of Swabian filled pasta — with broth. Her mum says the point is not the food but having everyone at the table. Her brother still secretly eats pizza.” Award for: gist (4), addressee-fit (2), correct grammar (4).

Task 4 (23 BE). Inhalt 12 / Sprache 11.

Rubric — grading scale (Notenschlüssel)
Punkte (von 60)Note
56–601
49–552
40–483
30–394
18–295
0–176