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

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

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’.”

  1. Audience: ___ . 2. Concession: ___ . 3. Specific harm: ___ . 4. Stance against: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the Digital, Honestly extract above.

  1. Claim: ___ . 2. For whom: ___ . 3. One real harm: ___ . 4. What the picture is NOT: ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (10 BE) Link to heading

Insert the right subordinator.

  1. ___ I agree with most of this, I object to the certainty.
  2. ___ this can be a problem for attention, it is rarely a catastrophe.
  3. ___ we cannot un-build the internet, the question is what to do.
  4. ___ older commentators see ruin, younger ones see overlap.

Task 4 — Writing (13 BE) Link to heading

Write 200 words: a position paragraph on a digital-life topic. Use 4 subordinators.

Answer key
T1. under-30 readers; can be problem for attention; sleep effects; rarely a catastrophe / ‘a generation ruined by phones’. T2. ‘digital life’ is redundant; under-30 readers; sleep effects; not a catastrophe / not a generation ruined. T3. Although / While / Given that / Whereas. T4. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 45)
| 42–45 | 1 | 36–41 | 2 | 30–35 | 3 | | 22–29 | 4 | 13–21 | 5 | 0–12 | 6 |