Step by step to text analysis. The productive development of a text and writing a text analysis is not so easy for secondary school students at the beginning. With this volume, you will teach your students in German class how to successfully write a text-based essay. A systematic approach to a good essay! The chapters of this volume are systematically built upon one another. In the chapters, the foundations of essay writing are gradually developed. What has been learned is gradually interconnected and assembled into a whole. The special feature: Students start writing early on, which greatly contributes to practice and reinforcement. Student orientation in German class. While writing, students acquire helpful tips and tricks that support them in organizing information, structuring the text, and many other aspects.