2025/2026 Q1-Q4 Writing better texts by Lisa Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc en-us 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC 2025-08-20 12:20:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915147 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915147 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915148 summarize (zusammenfassen) = ausgehend von einem Einleitungssatz die wesentlichen Aussagen eines Textes in strukturierter und komprimierter Form unter Verwendung der Fachsprache in eigenen Worten herausstellen


outline/sum up/ point out/name/ present/state (nennen/präsentieren/ vorstellen/ darstellend zusammenfassen) = ausgehend von einem Einleitungssatz zielgerichtet Informationen zusammentragen, ohne diese zu kommentieren

]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915148 introductory sentence GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915149 The newspaper article / comment / short story / blog post / novel / speech excerpt [title] written by [author] and published in [source] in [year] deals with [central idea].

]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915149 NOTE: Year of publication is NOT the year of creation! GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915151 The novel ".." was written in...

The novel ".." was published in...

(Most of the time we don't know when a text was written. It might have been created a long time before it was published.)

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]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915152 Find better options with a Thesaurus GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915153 Do you use the same simple and imprecise words (e.g. say, want, use, see, big, think, good, bad) all the time?

Then find better options with a dictionary for words with similar meanings (= thesaurus)!

]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915153 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915154 comment (on) (bewerten/Stellung nehmen) = die eigene Meinung zu einer These oder Problemstellung begründet darlegen und mit Beispielen belegen


discuss (erörtern) = eine These oder Problemstellung unter Abwägen von Pro- und Kontraargumenten hinterfragen und zu einem eigenen Urteil gelangen

]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915154 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915156 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915156 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915157 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915157 NOTE: "would" can never be used in the if-part of the sentence! GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915158 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915158 structure of a discussion: 3 options GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915159 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915159 NOTE: Passive voice is not formed with "get"! GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915160 In spoken and colloquial langauge the passive voice is often formed with "get". At school and especially in written texts you should use the grammatically correct form with "to be".


The trees are shaken by the wind.

The trees were damaged by the wind.

]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915160 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915161 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915161 Operatoren GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915162 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915162 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915164 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915164 Solutions GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915165 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915165 How to write a discussion/comment GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915167 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915167 How to write a good introduction GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915168 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915168 introduction worksheet (teach.ai) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915170 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915170 discussion phrases GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915171 Have a look at these lists. Then create your own lists.

]]> 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915171 assessment criteria discussion (feedback sheet) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915172 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915172 How to write a paragraph + example GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915173 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915173 Anforderungsbereiche (AFB) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915174

  • Anforderungsbereich I: Wiedergabe und Reproduktion

  • Anforderungsbereich II: Transfer, d.h. selbstständiges Auswählen, Erklären, Ordnen, Bearbeiten und Darstellen bekannter Sachverhalte unter vorgegebenen Gesichtspunkten und das selbstständige Anwenden und Übertragen des Gelernten auf vergleichbare neue Sachverhalte

  • Anforderungsbereich III: selbständige Reflexion und Problemlösung komplexer Gegebenheiten

    • ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915174     NOTE: Be careful with "say" or "talk about"! GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915175 If it is not a speech, you shouldn't use "the author says/talks about".

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915175     The author... GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915176

  • states, points out, argues...

  • claims, believes, thinks that ...

  • describes, explains, mentions, makes clear that/why …

  • refers to, compares...

  • uses examples to confirm/prove that …

  • doubts, asks if ...

  • agrees/disagrees with the thesis/view that …

  • contradicts the view/opinion that …

  • criticizes/analyses/comments on …

  • concludes that …

    • ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915176     Bewertungsraster Sprache GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915177 Die Sprachnote wird auf Grundlage dieses Bewertungsrasters ermittelt, wobei sprachliche Richtigkeit und Ausdruck und Textgestaltung jeweils 50% der Sprachnote ausmachen.

    Die Klausurnote setzt sich zusammen aus

    60% Sprache

    40% Inhalt

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915177     Mistake analysis of your written exams GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915178 Learn from your mistakes!

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915178     Checklist: summary GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915179 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915179 G11, p. 16-17 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915180 In the Camden Town Skill file on pages 16-17 you can find an explanation and some exercises for this important grammar topic.

    Do the exercises and check yourself with the solutions.

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915180     More explanations and exercises GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915181 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915181 Are you an expert now? Check yourself with a quiz! GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915182 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915182 Rules GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915183 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915183 another explanation GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915184 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915184 exercise GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915185 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915185 G9, p. 11-12 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915186 In the Camden Town Skill file on pages 11-12 you can find an explanation and some exercises for this important grammar topic.

    Do the exercises and check yourself with the solutions.

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915186     exercises GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915187 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915187 Nationalities GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915188 Germany - German - German
    England - English - English
    Scotland - Scott - Scottish
    Australia - Australian - Australian]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915188     I GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915190 Wird immer groß geschrieben!

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915190     live vs. life GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915192 to live = leben (verb)

    We live in Gießen.


    life = das Leben (noun)

    I enjoy my life.

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915192     where vs. were GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915193 where = wo

    (Achtung: Relativsätze werden meist nicht mit "wo" gebildet! Auch wenn Hessen das gerne so machen...)


    were = 2. Form von "to be"

    They were at home last night.

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915193     which vs. witch GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915194 which = relative pronoun

    The book which I bought yesterday sounds great.


    witch = Hexe

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915194     than vs. then GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915195 He is taller than me.


    We had dinner and then we went home.

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915195     that GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915196 There is no comma before that ("dass")!


    I believe that reading Shakespeare is...

    The author states that politicians should...

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915196     introductory elements GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915197 Use a comma after an introductory element (phrase, clause, or word).


    Firstly, there is no need for ...

    If you start like this, I will ...

    When she came home, she saw ...

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915197     quotation marks GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915198 Both quotation marks are at the top!


    The novel "The Circle" by...

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915198     commas with but GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915199 Use a comma before "but" when it connects two independent clauses (complete sentences that could stand alone).

    I wanted to go for a walk, but it started raining.

    (= Two independent clauses: "I wanted to go for a walk" and "it started raining.")


    No comma is needed if "but" is joining two elements within a sentence, such as two verbs or two adjectives.

    She is smart but lazy.

    (Not two independent clauses, so no comma.)

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915199     commas with because GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915200 Usually, no comma is placed before "because" when it explains the reason for something. The clause starting with "because" is often essential to the meaning of the sentence.

    I stayed home because I was feeling sick.

    ]]>     2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915200     GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915201 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915201 Tipps Sprachmittlung GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915202 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915202 Mediation Shakespeare GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915204 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915204 Mediation Shakespeare (solution) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915205 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915205 Mediation Abitur 2023 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915207 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915207 Mediation Abitur 2023 (Lösungshinweise) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915208 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915208 Mediation USA (page 1) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915210 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915210 Mediation USA (page 2) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915211 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915211 Mediation USA (solution) GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915213 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915213 skill file no. 2 GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915214 2025-08-20 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915214 -ful GGO_L_Hoppe https://padlet.com/ggo13/o58flz2dgl00hxkc/wish/3548915216 The suffix -ful can form nouns or adjectives.

    People often write this type of word with a double l at the end. Note that it’s always spelled with just one!

    dreadful, faithful, skillful


    The related ending –fully forms adverbs. Remember that this suffix is always spelled with two l’s:

    dreadfully, faithfully, skillfully

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