Klausur (assessment) — Unit 8: Opinion Essay Writing

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 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.”

  1. 300-word demand: ___ . 2. 700-word permission: ___ . 3. 1,400-word capacity: ___ . 4. Length is: ___ .

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

Read the Opinion at three lengths extract.

  1. 300-word constraint: ___ . 2. 700-word allowance: ___ . 3. 1,400-word affordance: ___ . 4. Length determines: ___ .

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

Cohesion device.

  1. Build a 4-link lexical chain for the cap on rent increases: ___ → ___ → ___ → ___
  2. Insert however / accordingly / in this regard: (contrast / consequence / specification).
  3. Anaphoric reference for the four-day school week: ___ .
  4. Conjunctive adverb for addition in formal register: ___ .

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Write 350 words: a five-paragraph opinion essay. Use lexical chain + 4 conjunctive adverbs + 1 anaphoric reference + 2 hedges.

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
T1. choose a single best sentence; one well-developed counter; fully-articulated counter + concession + subtle conclusion; not merely cosmetic. T2. single best sentence; one counter; counter + concession + subtle conclusion; what kinds of arguments the form can carry. T3. the cap / the regulation / the measure / the policy; however / accordingly / in this regard; this policy; moreover. 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 | | |