Grade 10 English — Transition and the world (Oberstufe-ready) on EFL

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 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 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: 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: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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.”

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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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)