General Information and Rules
- Kerncurriculum für das Gymnasium – gymnasiale Oberstufe
- Bildungsstandards […] für die Allgemeine Hochschulreife
- Hinweise zur schriftlichen Abiturprüfung 2023
- Operatoren für das Fach Englisch im Zentralabitur ab 2021
- Kombinierte Aufgaben […] im Zentralabitur ab 2021
- Musteraufgaben und Hinweise 2023
- Skala zur Bewertung der sprachlichen Leistung
- Skala zur Bewertung der inhaltlichen Leistung
- Gymnasium Westerstede English Writing Standards
From Procrastination to Action
Topics and Materials
1st Semester: The Post-Imperial Experience
Compulsory Aspects
Postcolonial Experience
Displacement – Questions of Belonging and Identity
Curriculum Themes
Beliefs, Values and Norms in Society: Tradition and Change (UK)
Individual and Society
Globalisation
Compulsory Materials
Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “The Third and Final Continent” (1999),
Andrea Levy’s short story “Loose Change” (2005),
Shereen Pandit’s short story “She Shall Not Be Moved” (2005), and
Qaisra Shahraz’s short story “The Escape” (2009)
Additional Materials
Mohsin Hamid’s contemporary novel Exit West (2017)
written work and poetry by Benjamin Zephaniah?
2nd Semester: The Ethics of Science
Compulsory Aspects
Ethics of Science
The Role of Nature
Questions of (Human) Identity
Curriculum Themes
Science and Technology
Individual and Society
Compulsory Material
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
Additional Materials
a few poems
3rd Semester: An Approach to Shakespeare
Compulsory Aspects
Fate vs. Free Will
The Role(s) of Women
Questions of Morality
Curriculum Themes
Shakespeare
Individual and Society
Compulsory Material
(excerpts from) William Shakespeare’s 1600-ish drama Hamlet
Additional Materials
a few of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnets
4th Semester: American Identities
Compulsory Aspects
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity – Cultural Clashes
The Role of Gang Culture and Violence
Curriculum Themes
Beliefs, Values and Norms in Society: Tradition and Change (US)
Individual and Society
Compulsory Material
Clint Eastwood’s drama film Gran Torino (2008)
Additional Materials
Ayad Akhtar’ play Disgraced (2012)
written work and poetry Langston Hughes?