Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vice President for Academic Issues and Research

Course: English A2
Code: 900002
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 points
Activity starting date: Activity deadline: domingo, 15 de
sábado, 15 de febrero de 2020 marzo de 2020

In this activity, it is expected to achieve the following learning

results:

To write a series of simple sentences and paragraphs about a travel

experience linked with the simplest occurring connectors.

The activity lies in:

• You will develop this task in the Writing forum.

• You will collect the evidence of the task in a postcard through

Piktochart, Canva or any other tool the student consider appropriate.

• It is important to post all the activities in the forum in order to

get feedback from your classmates and tutor.
 Estimado estudiante:

En esta guía usted encontrará las pautas necesarias para realizar su producto final, el
cual será: una postal en la que usted comunicará cuál de las 20 Must-Visit Attractions
in Colombia es su preferida, y así mismo, escribir una pequeña historia de experiencia
de viaje a uno de esos lugares u otro de su preferencia donde describa el clima y la
frecuencia con la que hacía actividades en esa ciudad o lugar.

Es necesario que usted desarrolle los ejercicios del contenido en línea (E-books/Online
contents) Modulo 1 al 5 ubicados en el entorno de Aprendizaje (Learning
environment), dado que cada uno de ellos está relacionado con cada aspecto
planteado en esta guía de trabajo.

Step 1: Read the article 20 Must-Visit Attractions in Colombia and

answer the questions. You must share the answers in the forum.

Questions:

• Which of the 20 Must-Visit Attractions in Colombia (or any other

place) is your favorite? And why?

• Where is located?

• Make a list of ten (10) words to describe that city or place.

Step 2: Complete the chart.

Using the following chart as reference, write a story about a travel

experience you had in that place and describe the weather and the
frequency of activities you did in that city or place. Complete the chart
using the E-books/Online contents Modules one (1) to five (5) as
reference.

You must complete the chart in the forum.

 Name of city or place:
Picture

Where is located?

list of ten (10) words to

describe it.

Short story (120 words minimum): In this part, you will write a
paragraph to your mother, father, friends, etc. Describing your travel
experience at that place. Answer the following questions in order to
organize your ideas and text.

Where were you? City or place.

What were you doing there?
Place description. E.g.: In this photo I was in front of Caño Cristales
river… We were next to…
How was the weather like? E.g. In the mornings, the weather was
cold and cloudy.
How often did you do things? E.g. I always went jogging...

Step 3: Since this is a collaborative task, you must make comments

about one of your groupmates’ charts; those comments (one for each
group member) may be referring to grammar, spelling, word order,
coherence and cohesion, connectors, or vocabulary.

Step 4: Consolidate and design your postcard.

• According to the previous writing exercise, you will design a

postcard where you collect the evidence of the task in a
paragraph.

Example: Ctrl+click to following the link

Step 5: The final product (Postcard) must be sent individually in the

Evaluation environment in a .pdf file.
To develop this activity, consider:

At initial information environment, you must:

• check constantly the course agenda.
• Be aware of the News forum and General course forum for
information updated by the course director.
• Participate in the synchronic meeting via Web Conference
regarding Task 2 Writing Production, or at least review the
recording that your tutor will eventually share.

At evaluation environment, you must:

• Upload the final product .pdf file in the corresponding space.

At learning environment, you must:

• Read the activity guide exhaustively.
• Post your contributions in the Discussion forum - Unit 1 Task 2 -
Writing production.

Individual work evidences:

The individual evidences to submit are:
Share the answers from questions at Step 1 in the forum.
Post the chart from Step 2 in the forum.
Make comments about your groupmates’ charts.
Deliver your Postcard through the Evaluation Environment.

Group work evidences

At this activity no evidences needed
2. General guidelines for the development of the evidence to
submit

For evidence developed Individual, consider the following

guidelines

• Every member of the group must participate with academic

contributions in the activity development.
• Before delivering the requested product, all the requirements
indicated in this activity guide must be checked.
• Each student must develop the steps of the task and post the
evidence in the forum.
• The final product must be sent in the Evaluation Environment.
• Each student must give feedback to one of his/her partners. The
comments should remark mistakes, aspects to improve and
contribute to the debate.
• Each student is responsible for his/her process.

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.

b) Evaluation rubric Format

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 90 points

High level: The student answers questions and responds to

simple statements.
Shows a good degree of control of simple grammatical forms
First evaluation according to online contents.
standard: Read If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
the article ‘20 15 points
Must-Visit
Attractions in Medium level: Can answer the questions but still with
Colombia’ and systematically basic mistakes.
answer the Shows enough control of simple grammatical forms according to
questions. online contents.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to
10 points

This standard Low level: The student does the activity during the last week of
represents 15 the task.
score of the The student shows only limited control of a few grammatical
activity forms.
The student does not answer the questions proposed.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
5 points
 High level: The student complies with the instructions and
answers the questions.
Shows a good degree of control of simple grammatical forms
according to online contents.
Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary when talking about an
experience.
Completes all the chart according to information required.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 25 points to
30 points

Medium level: Can answer the questions but still with

Second evaluation
systematically basic mistakes.
standard:
Shows enough control of simple grammatical forms according to
Complete the
online contents.
chart
Uses only basic vocabulary which may be used repetitively
or which may be inappropriate for the task.
Completes most of the chart according to information required.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
This standard
25 points
represents 30
score of the
Low level: The student does the activity during the last week of
activity
the task.
The student does not describe all the information required.
Shows only limited control of a few grammatical forms.
Uses a vocabulary of isolated words and phrases.
Completes some of the chart according to the information
required.
The student does not answer the questions nor complete the
chart.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
5 points

Third evaluation
standard: Make High level: The comments are relevant, articulated and
comments contribute to the construction of his/her groupmates’ chart. The
contributions are posted according to the schedule.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
15 points
This standard
represents 15
score of the Medium level: There is a minimum participation in the writing
activity forum, besides it neither meets the requirements of the guide and
schedule nor the netiquette standards.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 1 points to
15 points

Low level: There is no forum participation at all.

If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
0 points

High level: the student designs a creative postcard and shows the
process according to the activity; uses colors and images.
The final product has all steps of the writing task.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 20 points to
fourth evaluation 25 points
standard: Design
a postcard Medium level: the student designs a postcard but does not provide
images, colors.
The final product lacks some steps of the writing task.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
This standard 20 points
represents 25
score of the Low level: The student does the activity during the last week of the
activity task.
The student does not share the postcard.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
10 points
 High level: The student submits the final product in the
corresponding format file and through the Evaluation
Fifth evaluation environment.
standard: Final If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to
product 5 points
submission
Medium level: The student submits the final product through
the forum, inbox, or email.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 1 points to
This standard 3 points
represents 5 score
of the activity Low level: The student does not submit the final product.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
0 points.