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: lunes, 13 de Julio
miércoles, 17 de Junio de 2020 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 Discussion forum - Unit 1 - Task 2
Writing production.

• You will collect the evidence of the task in a letter through 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, written in English,
in the forum.

Among the members of the group they must choose, in a democratic

way, a single place on which to write and assign a question so that
each student answers a single question, in case some member of the
group does not participate, the questions will be divided among those
who entered the forum in a timely manner:

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

place) is your favorite? And why?

• Where is located?

• How is the weather like in that place?

• What activities can you do there?

• 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 (past tense) 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 as a group.

Name of city or place:

Where is located?

How is the weather like in that place?

What activities can you do there?

list of ten (10) words to describe it.

Short story (150 words minimum): En esta parte, escribirá un

párrafo a su madre, padre, amigos, etc. Describiendo una experiencia
de viaje en ese lugar. Responda las siguientes preguntas para
organizar sus ideas y texto.

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 on
the contributions of your groupmates; proposing ideas, paragraphs,
and correcting sentences. Those comments (one for each group
member) can refer to grammar, spelling, word order, coherence and
cohesion, connectors, or vocabulary.

Step 4: Consolidate and design a letter.

• According to the previous writing exercise, each student will

design a LETTER with the same information set out in step 3
where he / she will compile the evidence of the task in a coherent
writing. That letter proposal will be shared in the forum so that
the best design is chosen among the members of the group.

• Remember to use the Canva tool, or any other tool that the
student considers appropriate. If you do not use the
aforementioned tool, you can deliver the letter in a Word
document .doc .

Example: Ctrl+click to following the link

Step 5: The final product (LETTER) must be sent by only one student
in the Assessment environment in a .pdf or .doc file.

Important! The resource where the letter is sent can be found in the
Evaluation Environment. This particular resource, Turnitin, only accepts
files with text, so the file must be text and not an inserted image.

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 learning environment, you must:
• Read the activity guide exhaustively.
• Post your contributions in the Discussion forum - Unit 1 Task 2 -
Writing production.

At evaluation environment, you must:

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

Individual work evidences:

The individual evidences to submit are:

• Share the answer to one of the questions from Step 1 in the

forum.
• Contribute with ideas, sentences, or paragraphs to complete the
chart in Step 2 in the forum.
• Make comments about the contributions of your groupmates.
• Share your LETTER design proposal in the forum.

Group work evidences

The groupal work evidences to submit are:

• Complete the chart in Step 2 in the forum.

• One of the students uploads the best letter endorsed by the
group in the evaluation environment
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: Group - Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 90 points
High level: the student answers one of the five questions
available in step 1.
The student shows an excellent degree of control of simple
grammatical forms according to online content.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
15 points
First evaluation
Medium level: the student can answer the question, but still
standard: Read
with systematically basic errors.
the article ‘20
The student shows low control of simple grammatical forms
Must-Visit
according to online content.
Attractions in
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to
Colombia’ and
10 points
answer the
questions.
Low level: the student carries out the activity during the last
three (3) days at the end of the task.
The student shows very low control of some grammatical forms.
No forum participation.
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
contributes to write the 150-word text in the chart in step 2,
either with ideas, sentences, or paragraphs.
Shows a good degree of control of grammatical forms in the
past tense according to the online contents.
Uses a variety of appropriate vocabulary when talking about a
past experience.
Completes the entire chart according to the required
information.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 25 points to
35 points

Medium level: The student contributes very little to write the

150-word text in the chart in step 2.
Second evaluation
Shows little control of grammatical forms in past tense
standard:
according to online content.
Complete the
Uses only basic vocabulary that can be repeated
chart
or that may be inappropriate for the task.
Completes most of the chart according to the required
information.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
25 points

Low level: the student performs the activity during the last
week of the task or does not contribute to write the 150-word
text in the box in step 2.
Do not write ideas, sentences, or paragraphs using past tense.
Use a vocabulary of isolated words and phrases.
No forum participation.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
5 points
High level: the comments are relevant, articulated and
contribute to the construction of the chart together with his/her
groupmates. Contributions are published a week before the
Third evaluation closure of the forum.
standard: Make If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
comments 15 points

Medium level: there is minimum participation in the forum, in

addition to the fact that his/her comments are not meaningful
 and do not meet the requirements of the activity guide, the
schedule, or the standards of netiquette.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 1 point to 15
points

Low level: no forum participation.

If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
0 points
High level: the student designs a creative letter and shows the
process according to the instructions of the activity, sharing his
proposal in the forum; using colors and images.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 15 points to
20 points

Medium level: the student designs a letter proposal, but

without visual creativity.
fourth evaluation
Shares the letter proposal the last three (3) days at the closure
standard: Design
of the forum.
a letter proposal
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
15 points

Low level:
The student does not share the letter proposal in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
10 points
 High level: Only one student uploads the final product with the
corresponding format file and through the evaluation
environment.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to
5 points
Fifth evaluation
Medium level: the student sends the final product through the
standard: Final
forum, inbox or email.
product
If your work is at this level, you will get from 1 point to 2
submission
points

Low level: There is no submission of the final product in the

Evaluation environment by any member of the group.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
0 points.