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
sábado, 15 de febrero de de marzo de 2020
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?

My favorite place in Colombia, but that is not in the

article is Lago calima.

 Where is located?

Lago Calima is located in Darien Valle del Cauca, two hours from
the cities of Cali and Pereira.

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

Cool, Big, Relaxing, silent, Natural, Adventure, camping, sunny,
blue sky, star, economic, beautiful.
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.

 Lago Calima
Picture

Where is located?
Is located in
Darien Valle del Cauca.

List of ten (10) words to describe

it.
Cool, Big, Relaxing, silent, Natural,
Adventure, camping, sunny, blue
sky, star, economic, beautiful.

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.

Hi mom and dad, in this letter, I’m writing my experience in Lago Calima.
In this place, I was camping with my girlfriend.
The weather was very cool in the day, with so much wind and sun, but very cold
in the nights, the water in the lake was cold and it had a beautiful blue color.
Every day we slept in camping to the edge of the beach, in the nights the sky was
clear and starry.
In the afternoons, we made boat tours in the lake, and, we really enjoyed driving
a jet ski.
The Lago Calima is a paradisiac place, quiet and relaxing, where you can easily
connect with landscape and adventure, by economic reasons and transport. this
year we are planning to return to enjoy the vacations and weather of this place.
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.
l face are the following:

ed in the respective academic work or evaluation, the grade that will be imposed will be zero points without prejudice to the co

ated in the academic work whatever its nature, the qualification that will be imposed will be zero points, without prejudice to

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 according to online contents.
evaluation If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points
standard: to 15 points
Read the
article ‘20 Medium level: Can answer the questions but still with
Must-Visit systematically basic mistakes.
Attractions in Shows enough control of simple grammatical forms according
Colombia’ to online contents.
and answer If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points
the to 10 points
questions.
Low level: The student does the activity during the last week
of the task.
The student shows only limited control of a few
This grammatical forms.
standard The student does not answer the questions proposed.
represents If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points
15 score of to 5 points
the activity
 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

Second
with systematically basic mistakes.
evaluation
Shows enough control of simple grammatical forms according
standard:
to online contents.
Complete the
Uses only basic vocabulary which may be used
chart
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 25 points
This
standard
Low level: The student does the activity during the last week
represents
of the task.
30 score of
The student does not describe all the information required.
the activity
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 High level: The comments are relevant, articulated and
standard: contribute to the construction of his/her groupmates’ chart.
Make The contributions are posted according to the schedule.
comments If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points
to 15 points
This
standard
represents
15
score of Medium level: There is a minimum participation in the
the writing forum, besides it neither meets the requirements of
activity 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
fourth to 25 points
evaluation
standard: Medium level: the student designs a postcard but does not
Design a provide images, colors.
postcard The final product lacks some steps of the writing task.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points
to 20 points

This Low level: The student does the activity during the last week of
standard the task.
represents The student does not share the postcard.
25 score of If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points
the activity to 10 points
 High level: The student submits the final product in the
corresponding format file and through the Evaluation
Fifth environment.
evaluation If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points
standard: to 5 points
Final product
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 3 points
This standard
represents 5 Low level: The student does not submit the final product.
score of the If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points
activity to 0 points.