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

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

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

  1. Frame: ___ . 2. Two arguments: ___ . 3. Anticipated rebuttal: ___ . 4. Final urge: ___ .

Analysis Link to heading

Read the sample speech above.

  1. Structural comparison: ___ . 2. Specific rebuttal: ___ . 3. Concession + qualifying move: ___ . 4. Closing summary: ___ .

Composition / Mediation / Reflection Link to heading

Composition prompt: Write Speaker 2 of the opposition’s 5-minute speech (~400 words). Use 5 debate signposts + 2 named rebuttals + 1 cleft.

Additional task Link to heading

Reflection prompt: In 200 words, reflect on your performance in the class debate. Which Bewertungsraster category was strongest? Which needs the most rehearsal before the actual Komm-Prüfung?

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. 1. platform algorithms as public utilities; 2. systematic externalities + transparency-as-precondition-of-competition; 3. transparency would expose trade secrets; 4. I urge this house to support the motion. Analysis. 1. platform algorithms as public utilities (energy / telecoms parallel); 2. commercial-in-confidence aggregation OFT-style compromise; 3. some designs would expose trade secrets, but…; 4. the motion is moderate, the comparison is structural, and the precedent exists. 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.)