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

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden

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.”

  1. Length / stanzas: ___ . 2. Line-break rule: ___ . 3. Half-rhymes: ___ . 4. Pronoun shift: ___ .

Part B — Analysis (~18 BE) Link to heading

Read the sample poem description above.

  1. Form: ___ . 2. Persona: ___ . 3. Three half-rhymes: ___ . 4. The decisive shift: ___ .

Part C — Composition (~18 BE) Link to heading

Insert poetic-analysis term.

  1. The poem uses ___ : line continues without pause.
  2. The ___ is the speaker-voice, not the author.
  3. The three ___ cluster at the close.
  4. The two-line unit at the end is a ___ .

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Write 280 words: a poetic-analysis essay on a poem of your choice. Use 6 terms + 1 quote + 1 cleft.

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
T1. 14 lines / 2 stanzas; before strong stresses; light / late, door / floor, gone / alone; they → we in final couplet. T2. 14 lines, 2 stanzas, modified-sonnet shape; ungendered; light / late, door / floor, gone / alone; pronoun shift they → we. T3. enjambment / persona / half-rhymes / couplet. T4. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 90 BE)
| 86–90 | 1+ | 81–85 | 1 | 76–80 | 1- | | 71–75 | 2+ | 66–70 | 2 | 61–65 | 2- | | 56–60 | 3+ | 51–55 | 3 | 46–50 | 3- | | 41–45 | 4+ | 36–40 | 4 | 30–35 | 4- | | 22–29 | 5 | 0–21 | 6 | | |