Grade 13 English — Exam-grade and issue-framed (Abitur year) on EFL

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 1: Globalisation and the Self

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

This Unit’s exam example follows the Abitur task pattern named in the Unit. Some Units focus on a single Abitur-task type (Comprehension / Analysis / Composition / Mediation / Kommunikationsprüfung); the full 90-BE Klausur is rehearsed in Klasse 12 Units 11-12 and continues in Klasse 13 Units 7-9.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 10: Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Stimulus card (sample): A 2025 photograph of three school students in Mumbai working at an open-air computer cluster powered by a single solar panel. Caption: ‘After school, before tutorial.’ Speak for five minutes on what the image suggests about contemporary education and infrastructure. Then expect 8 minutes of examiner dialogue.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 11: Issue-Framed Debate

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Listen / read twice the Speaker-1-in-favour sample above.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 12: Year Review and Handover

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Listen twice to the sample reflection above.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 2: Political Discourse, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Listen / read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 3: Dystopias and Utopias

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 4: Contemporary Poetry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 5: Media and Public Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 6: Mediation: A German Policy Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Read twice.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 7: The Abitur Essay

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Composition / Comment prompt (sample): On the basis of the 1,000-word source provided in class, comment on the writer’s central claim that ‘public opinion’ and ‘aggregated platform behaviour’ are increasingly conflated in contemporary democratic discourse. Write an argumentative response of 350-450 words. Use at least one integrated quote, four academic discourse markers, and a clear thesis-evidence-counter-conclusion structure.

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 8: The Abitur Comprehension Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Comprehension prompt (sample): Read the 1,000-word source provided in class. Answer the following:

Klausur (assessment) — Unit 9: The Abitur Analysis Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E · Abitur-prep

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (Abitur-grade)

Comprehension Link to heading

Analysis prompt (sample): On the basis of the 1,000-1,200-word source provided in class, analyse the writer’s argumentative strategy. Identify three specific rhetorical, structural, or linguistic moves and discuss what each contributes to the central argument. Use integrated quotation throughout. Word count: 350-450 (BF) / 450-550 (LF).

Schedule — Grade 13 · Track E

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The twelve Units of Grade 13 (E) across the school year. Each Unit covers roughly three teaching weeks.

Unit	Title	Skills focus	Exam type
1	Globalisation and the Self	reading, writing, intercultural	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
2	Political Discourse, Advanced	reading, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
3	Dystopias and Utopias	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
4	Contemporary Poetry	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
5	Media and Public Opinion	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
6	Mediation: A German Policy Text	mediation, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
7	The Abitur Essay	writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
8	The Abitur Comprehension Task	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
9	The Abitur Analysis Task	reading, writing, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
10	Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
11	Issue-Framed Debate	speaking, listening, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)
12	Year Review and Handover	writing, speaking, language_awareness	Abitur-grade Klausur (school-leaving examination)

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Unit 1 — Globalisation and the Self

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. Abitur (school-leaving examination) Klausur prep across the year.
Course tagging: basic course (Basisfach, E-BF) and advanced course (Leistungsfach, E-LF).

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read essays on identity-under-globalisation (Sen, Appiah, Lahiri) and identify each writer’s framework.
I can use the vocabulary of cosmopolitanism (rooted cosmopolitanism, hospitality, situated identity, contributory belonging).
I can write a 400-word essay developing my own position on identity-and-globalisation.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.2 / 3.5.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
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)

Unit 10 — Kommunikationsprüfung: Full Mock

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a full-format Abitur Kommunikationsprüfung (~15 minutes total: 5-min monologue + 8-min dialogue + 2-min close).
I can sustain academic-spoken register for fifteen minutes under pressure.
I can self-assess against the official Abitur Bewertungsraster.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(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)

Unit 11 — Issue-Framed Debate

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can deliver a 5-minute argued speech in an issue-framed debate, with one rebuttal of a specific previous-speaker claim.
I can chair a 30-minute panel-format debate.
I can synthesise a 3-minute closing statement for a team.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(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)

Unit 12 — Year Review and Handover

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can compile a graduation portfolio with 6 representative pieces from Klasse 11-13.
I can write a 400-word year-review reflection demonstrating Abitur-grade Sprache range.
I can deliver a 5-minute graduation talk + write a 300-word forward letter to my post-Abitur self.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
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)

Unit 2 — Political Discourse, Advanced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read / listen to longer political discourse and identify rhetorical structure, register-shifts, and dog-whistle vocabulary.
I can use advanced rhetorical-analysis vocabulary (dog whistle, framing battle, scripted spontaneity, agenda-control, loaded antithesis).
I can write a 450-word rhetorical-analysis essay sustaining argument.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
3.4.3.2 / 3.5.3.2 Leseverstehen
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)

Unit 3 — Dystopias and Utopias

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short utopian extracts (Le Guin, More) alongside dystopian extracts (Atwood) and identify the structural mirror between the genres.
I can use vocabulary of utopia / dystopia (positive utopia, ambiguous utopia, dystopian inversion, eutopia, the imaginary blueprint).
I can write a 450-word essay arguing how utopian writing illuminates dystopian writing.

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
3.4.4 / 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)

Unit 4 — Contemporary Poetry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can close-read three contemporary poems (an Ocean Vuong-style lyric, a Warsan Shire-style political lyric, a Layli Long Soldier-style document poem) and identify form, voice, and one figurative move per poem.
I can use vocabulary of contemporary poetic form (document poem, fragmentary lyric, prose poem, polyvocal lyric).
I can write a 400-word poetic-analysis essay tracing one move across three poems.

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
3.4.4 / 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)

Unit 5 — Media and Public Opinion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can read short texts on platform algorithms and public opinion (Tufekci, Wu) and identify the writer’s central causal claim.
I can use vocabulary of platform-media analysis (algorithmic amplification, attention rent, recommendation system, network effect, platform governance).
I can write a 450-word media-analysis essay sustaining a complex causal argument.

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
3.4.4 / 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)

Unit 6 — Mediation: A German Policy Text

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can mediate a 600-word German policy text into 18 English sentences for a named addressee profile.
I can preserve modal nuance, hedge structure, citation style, and disciplinary register simultaneously.
I can use the full reporting-verb toolkit and add layered cultural / disciplinary notes where needed.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
3.4.3.6 / 3.5.3.6 Sprachmittlung
3.4.3.7 / 3.5.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

(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)

Unit 7 — The Abitur Essay

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can plan a 90-minute Abitur Composition (Composition / Comment, ~25 BE Basisfach / ~35 BE Leistungsfach) under timed conditions.
I can produce a 350-450 word Abitur-grade argumentative or creative response.
I can self-assess against the Abitur Bewertungsraster (grading grid).

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
3.4.3.5 / 3.5.3.5 Schreiben
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)

Unit 8 — The Abitur Comprehension Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can answer a 60-minute Abitur Comprehension task (~24 BE) on a 1,000-1,200-word source.
I can produce concise own-words paraphrase, embedded fragments, and structural sub-answers.
I can manage the time across 3-5 sub-questions of varying BE-weight.

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
3.4.4 / 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)

Unit 9 — The Abitur Analysis Task

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Learning objectives Link to heading

I can produce a 60-90 minute Abitur Analysis task (~18 BE Basisfach / ~25 BE Leistungsfach) on a 1,000-1,200-word source.
I can sustain integrated close reading across 3+ paragraphs with technical vocabulary.
I can self-assess Sprache against Abitur expectations.

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
3.4.4 / 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)