Unit 9 — The Abitur Analysis Task

Track E · Klasse 13 · Niveau E (Basisfach / Leistungsfach) · Abitur year

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 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)

Lead-in story Link to heading

Third of three Abitur-prep Units. Today’s focus: the Analysis task — the section that rewards sustained close reading and Sprache range, and where Leistungsfach (advanced course) candidates are most clearly distinguished from Basisfach (basic course). 60 (BF) / 90 (LF) minutes. Submit. Debrief against Bewertungsraster.

1. Activate Link to heading

Move scan. Read the source. Identify three specific moves (rhetorical / structural / linguistic) you would build the Analysis around. Mark each as strong / mid / weak.

2. Input Link to heading

Analysis — sub-task patterns Link to heading

  1. Analyse the writer’s stance / argumentative strategy. 3+ specific moves with integrated quotes.
  2. Analyse the language / register / structural features. Technical vocabulary + close reading.
  3. Analyse the relationship between form and content. (Leistungsfach only) — sustained argument across 3-4 paragraphs.

Sprache range — Analysis Link to heading

Vocabulary: frame, register, syntax, diction, juxtaposition, parallelism, antithesis, irony, hedge, modal, periodic sentence, asyndeton, polysyndeton.

Cohesion: academic discourse markers, lexical chains, anaphoric reference.

Quote integration: embedded fragments + integrated full quotes; no block-quotes.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Match: stance / strategy → 3+ moves; language / structure → technical close reading; form / content → LF only, sustained argument.
  2. T or F: block-quotes are rewarded in Analysis; technical vocabulary is rewarded in Analysis; LF Analysis is longer than BF Analysis.

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Build a 5-sentence Analysis paragraph on a writer’s argumentative strategy with 2 integrated quotes + 3 markers.
Answer key

Controlled. 1. all true. 2. F, T, T.

Productive. 3. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Abitur Analysis rehearsal, 60 (BF) / 90 (LF) minutes. 1,000-1,200 word source + Analysis prompt. Submit. Debrief against Bewertungsraster.

Sample Link to heading

(See Reflection on the rehearsal — the production task is the timed Analysis itself.)

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can produce a 60-90 minute Abitur Analysis on a 1,000-1,200-word source.
  • I can sustain integrated close reading with technical vocabulary.
  • I can self-assess Sprache against Abitur expectations.

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

Exam example Link to heading

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

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).

Analysis Link to heading

Time budget. Allocate the 60 (BF) / 90 (LF) minutes.

Composition / Mediation / Reflection Link to heading

Reflection prompt: In 200 words, reflect on your Analysis rehearsal. Which moves did you identify most strongly? Which Sprache element did you lose toward the end?

Additional task Link to heading

(No Composition / Mediation in this Unit.)

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. Reward 3+ moves + integrated quotes + technical vocabulary + sustained close reading. Analysis. Suggested BF: 15 plan / 35 draft / 10 review. LF: 20 plan / 60 draft / 10 review. 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.)

Downloads Link to heading

**Slide deck timing.** 90 minutes total (Doppelstunde — typical in the Oberstufe). Lead-in 6 min · Activate 8 min · Input 25 min · Practise 15 min · Produce 30 min · Reflect 6 min.

Differentiation. Basisfach (basic course): tighter argument, clearer moves. Leistungsfach (advanced course): sustained analysis, integrated quotation, complex thesis. Some Klasse 13 Units (e.g. Unit 9 Analysis) explicitly differentiate by candidate path.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • Plot summary instead of analysis.
  • Block-quoting instead of integrating.
  • Sprache loss in the third paragraph because content-energy ran out.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • Bildungsplan-aligned Abitur-prep collections.
  • Past Abitur papers (BW), with caution.

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