Klausur (assessment) — Unit 6: The Non-Fiction Essay

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden

Track E · Klasse 12 · 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

Read twice the Speaking in Tongues paraphrase above.

  1. Opening: ___ . 2. By paragraph 3: ___ . 3. By paragraph 5: ___ . 4. Closing: ___ .

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

Read the paraphrase above.

  1. Three structural moves: ___ . 2. The essayist’s central political claim: ___ . 3. The moral turn: ___ . 4. The elliptical close: ___ .

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

Composition prompt: Write a 250-word anecdote-as-argument paragraph on a small linguistic / cultural observation. Use 2 markers + 1 cleft.

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Mediation prompt: A 200-word German Feuilleton-essay opener (e.g. from Zeit-Magazin) for an English-speaking literary-essay reader. (Source provided in class.)

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. 1. small autobiographical scene of code-switching; 2. anecdote becomes argument about voice and authenticity; 3. moral turn — single voice is a political demand, not a personal achievement; 4. return to opening scene with new resonance. Analysis. 1. anecdote → argument → moral turn; 2. single voice is a political demand, not a personal achievement; 3. demand for one voice is a political problem; 4. return to autobiographical scene with new weight. Composition. Open. Mediation. 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 | | |