Unit 12 — Klausur Prep: Exam Rehearsal

Learning objectives Link to heading

• I can complete a 90-BE Klausur (assessment) covering Comprehension + Analysis + Composition + Mediation under timed conditions.
• I can manage time across the four parts and produce a sustained answer in each.
• I can use Inhalt / Sprache awareness — knowing which parts are weighted to content and which to language.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

• 3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
• 3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
• 3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
• 3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
• 3.4.4 / 3.5.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Lead-in story Link to heading

Klasse 11 ends with a full Klausur-rehearsal Unit. Mr. Yilmaz set the format: a 1,000-word source text (half journalistic, half literary), four tasks, 90 BE total, four hours including breaks. The Unit is less about new material than about timing and endurance — which is, mostly, what Klausuren are.

1. Activate Link to heading

Time-budget scan. With your partner, allocate minutes across: Comprehension (24 BE) / Analysis (18 BE) / Composition (18 BE) / Mediation (30 BE). What is exam-realistic?

2. Input Link to heading

Klausur structure (90 BE) Link to heading

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE). Question-and-answer on a journalistic / literary source. Inhalt-weighted.

Part B — Analysis (~18 BE). Stylistic analysis of the source. Sprache-weighted.

Part C — Composition / Comment (~18 BE). 250-word original argument or creative response. Both Inhalt and Sprache.

Mediation (~30 BE). Mediation of a German source for a named English-speaking addressee. Inhalt-weighted but Sprache-checked.

Inhalt / Sprache split. BF: 50/50. LF: 40/60.

Time-management heuristic Link to heading

Total: 4 hours (240 min) incl. 20 min breaks → 220 active min.

• Reading source carefully: 25 min.
• Comprehension: 40 min.
• Analysis: 40 min.
• Composition: 50 min.
• Mediation: 50 min.
• Final review: 15 min.

If you are over by 10 min on any part, move on. Half a finished answer beats a perfect unfinished one.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

1. Match BE → part: 24 → ?, 18 → ?, 18 → ?, 30 → ?
2. T or F: Mediation is mostly Inhalt-weighted; Analysis is mostly Sprache-weighted; Composition is both.

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

3. Build a 30-second answer to a Comprehension question + a 60-second answer to a Composition prompt.

4. Produce Link to heading

Klausur rehearsal (4 hours). Full timed paper. 1,000-word source (half journalistic + half literary). Four tasks. Inhalt / Sprache split as stated. Submit. Class debriefs collectively, with a focus on time management and unfinished sections.

Sample Link to heading

(See Reflection on the rehearsal section below — the production task is the Klausur itself.)

5. Reflect Link to heading

• I can complete a 90-BE Klausur under timed conditions.
• I can manage time across four parts.
• I can use Inhalt / Sprache awareness.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence using something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“The Klausur is 90 BE. Comprehension is 24, Analysis 18, Composition 18, Mediation 30. The total is 4 hours including 20 min of breaks. The Inhalt / Sprache split is 50/50 in Basisfach and 40/60 in Leistungsfach.”

1. Total BE: ___ . 2. Highest-BE part: ___ . 3. Total time: ___ . 4. LF Sprache weighting: ___ .

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

Read the Klausur structure and Time-management blocks above.

1. Comprehension BE: ___ . 2. Mediation BE: ___ . 3. Mediation suggested time: ___ . 4. The half-finished-vs.-perfect rule: ___ .

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

Time-budget calculation.

1. With 220 active min, % allocated to Mediation: ___ .
2. % to Comprehension: ___ .
3. Final review: ___ min.
4. If you are 15 min over on Analysis, what should you do? ___ .

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Complete a full 90-BE Klausur rehearsal under timed conditions. Submit with a 200-word self-reflection on time management.

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Common pitfalls Link to heading

• Spending too long on Comprehension because it feels safest — half-points cost.
• Mediation under-finished — it’s the highest BE, protect its time.
• Sprache loss in Composition because content-energy ran out — leave 15 min review.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

• Bildungsplan-aligned commercial Klausur-collections (e.g. Stark, Klett) for additional rehearsal papers.
• Past Abitur papers (BW), with caution: not for scaling, only for format familiarity.

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