Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vice President for Academic Issues and Research

Course: Inglés B1
Code: 900003
Activity guidelines and evaluation rubric – Task 2:Writing
Production

1. Activity description

Type of the activity: Group - Collaborative

Evaluation moment : Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 90 grades
Activity starting date: Activity deadline: viernes, 13 de
sábado, 15 de febrero de 2020 marzo de 2020
In this activity, it is expected to achieve the following learning
results:

The student writes a letter in English describing his/her occupation,

using the topics studied in unit 1 & 2 and following the given
instructions.

The activity lies in two steps:

Step 1 – Individual activity

2.3. Check the content of Units 1 & 2 from the E-book.

2.4. Read the questions given in the forum.
2.5. Choose one topic according to your reality: study/work.
2.6. Answer the questions and publish them in the forum.

Example of questions:
WORK:
 What is your job?
 Where do you work?
 What responsibilities do you have at work?
 Do you like your job? Yes, No. Why?
 What was your first day at work like?
 Do you get on well with your colleagues?
 STUDY:
 What do you study?
 Where do you study?
 What is your favorite subject?
 What are your responsibilities at university?
 What was your first day at university like?
 Do you get along with your classmates?

2.7. Check your classmates’ answers and make 2 comments about their
work. Include information that needs to be considered, point out
mistakes.
A comment is not to write a compliment, not just saying “good
work”, this won’t be graded as a comment.

Step 2 – Collaborative activity

2.1. Choose your role for the collaborative activity.

2.2. The group chooses one of the jobs stated in the individual section.
2.8. The group must write a letter where each student completes one
paragraph.

TITLE

Paragraph 1: Describing your occupation and your duties at work

Paragraph 2: Describing the place of work.
Paragraph 3: Describing reasons for having this occupation.
Paragraph 4: Describing your skills and weaknesses.
Paragraph 5: Answer to the question: If you could do any kind
of job, what would you like to be?

2.9. Organize the activity in a PDF document with all the evidences
from individual and collaborative steps and upload it through the
Evaluation Environment.

Don’t forget to include a title for your text.

To develop this activity, consider:

At initial information environment, you must: Check the agenda for the
initial and final dates of the task.

At evaluation environment, you must: Submit the final work (only one
written work per group), in the Task 2 - Writing Production - Evaluation
rubric and activity submission which is a Turnitin tool. Turnitin is a
computer tool that identifies the level of similarity of documents,
contributes to the development of writing processes and in turn,
encourages critical thinking and autonomous learning which are central
aspects within the Unadist Pedagogical Model.

At learning environment, you must: Study the topics in Unit 1 & Unit 2
(Module 1 to 4).
Enter to the forum and participate in the development of the
collaborative activity.

Individual work evidences:

The individual evidences to submit are: answers to the questions
proposed in the forum.

Group work evidences

The groupal work evidences to submit are: PDF document with the
following information:
1. First page: Cover (complete names, IDs and Date)
2. Text written by the group.
3. Comments made to the classmates
4. General guidelines for the development of the evidence to
submit

For evidence developed Group - Collaborative, consider the

following guidelines

 Every member of the group must participate with academic’s

contributions in the activity development.

 Every group must choose a member (just one) who is the one in
charge to submit the required paperwork in the space assigned
by the teacher in charge.

 Before delivering the requested product, all the requirements

indicated in this activity guide must be checked.

 Only the members of the group that have participated with

contributions during the time earmarked for the activity must be
included as authors of the submitted work.

Take into account that all individual or group written work must fulfil
with the orthographic rules and presentation conditions that have been
defined.
Concerning the use of references, consider that the requested work in
this activity must fulfil with the standards APA

In any case, the standards of reference must be complied. Academic

plagiarism must be avoided. Students can support the written
products by using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual campus.

Consider that in the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99,
it is considered as offenses that undermine the academic order,
among others, the following: literal e) “Plagiarism, that is, submitting
as of its own authorship the all or part of a work, document or
invention made by another person.
It also implies the use of quotes or false references, or proposing
quotes where there is no match between it and the reference ”and
literal f) “Reproducing or copying for profit, educational materials or
results of research products, which have intellectual rights reserved
for the University.

The academic sanctions the student will face are the following:

a) In cases of academic fraud demonstrated in the respective

academic work or evaluation, the grade that will be imposed will be
zero points without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary
sanction.
b) In cases related to plagiarism demonstrated in the academic work
whatever its nature, the qualification that will be imposed will be
zero points, without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary
sanction.
 c) Evaluation rubric Format

Type of the activity: Group - Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 90 grades
High level:
The final document contains the written text organized in
paragraphs following the order given and with a coherent
First evaluation
structure.
standard
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to 15
Formal assessment
points
Paragraphs in the
Medium level:
text follow the order
The final document doesn’t have the paragraphs suggested
given and the text is
and/or doesn’t follow the order given and the writing doesn’t have
written following a
a coherent structure.
coherent structure.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 10
points
This standard
represents 15
Low level
score of the
The student did not participate in the activity/ The student did
activity
not send the text.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.

High level:
Second evaluation
The sentences and statements answer properly the questions
standard
given. The number of answers correspond to the number of
Formal assessment
questions proposed.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to 15
Statements answer
points
the questions using
the appropriate
Medium level:
structure of the
The sentences do not answer the questions given and/or do not
language.
have the appropriate structure. The number of answers do not
correspond to the number of questions proposed.
This standard
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 10
represents 15
points
score of the
activity
Low level
 The student did not participate in the activity/ The student did
not send the answers to the questions.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.
High level:
Third evaluation Participations are relevant, articulated and contribute to the
standard construction of the final document. The contributions are posted
Participation according to the schedule.
Assessment If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to 15
points
The student
provides clear and Medium level:
useful input for the There is minimum participation in the writing forum and/or the
group to structure comments made do not help in the construction of the text.
the text. If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 10
points
This standard
represents 15 Low level
score of the The student didn’t participation at all in the forum.
activity If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.

High level:
The student sends all the answers in the forum and the comments
Fourth evaluation made to the classmates are clear, articulated and contribute to
standard the improvement of the answers. The contributions are posted
Participation according to the schedule.
Assessment If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to 15
points
The student answers
the given questions Medium level:
in the forum and There is minimum participation in the forum. The student didn’t
comments on answer all the questions and/or the comments made do not help
his/her partner's the classmates to improve their work.
ideas. If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 10
points
This standard
represents 15 Low level
score of the The student didn’t send the answers to the questions in the
activity forum.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.
 High level:
The sentences follow the grammatical rules and the structure of
the language, with little or no error spelling mistakes and the
message is clearly understood.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to 15
Sixth evaluation
points
standard
Content assessment
Medium level:
Some of the sentences do not have the appropriate structure
The student makes
and do not follow the grammatical rules. There are some error
no errors in spelling
spelling mistakes but they do not distract the reader from the
that distract the
content.
reader from the
content.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 10
points
This standard
represents 15
Low level
score of the
The student does not answer the questions. The answers do not
activity
have the appropriate structure and do not follow the
grammatical rules. There are many error spelling mistakes
making the message difficult to understand.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.
 High level:
The student uses the grammatical topics and follows the
Fifth evaluation adequate structure and vocabulary proposed in the units of the
standard course.
Content Assessment If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to 15
points
The student uses
grammar structures Medium level:
and vocabulary The student uses the appropriate grammatical topics but with
appropriate for the some mistakes in structure. The vocabulary is poor or do not
units. use the vocabulary proposed in the unit.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 10
This standard points
represents 15
score of the Low level
activity The student didn’t participate of the activity.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.