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

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

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

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

  1. In your own words, outline the writer’s central claim about platform algorithms (5 BE).
  2. Explain the writer’s distinction between public opinion and the visible majority. Refer to specific paragraphs (10 BE).
  3. Compare the writer’s framing of platforms with Tim Wu’s attention merchants genealogy as presented in the source. Identify both elements and the relation between them (9 BE).

Analysis Link to heading

Time budget. Allocate the 60 minutes proportionally to 5 / 10 / 9 BE.

Composition / Mediation / Reflection Link to heading

Reflection prompt: In 200 words, reflect on your Comprehension rehearsal. Which sub-question was hardest? What does this tell you about your weakest skill?

Additional task Link to heading

(No Composition / Mediation in this Unit.)

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. Reward own-words paraphrase + named specifics + embedded fragments + structural match. Analysis. Suggested time: 12 / 25 / 23 (proportional to BE). Composition. Open. Reflection. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) — Abitur-grade Klausuren

| 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 | | |

(Single-section Klausuren in this year scale to the proportional BE-weight of the section in the full Klausur.)