Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English II
Code: 518007

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 3 Write a storybook presenting

five descriptions.
1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 50 points
The activity starts on: Wednesday, The activity ends on: Tuesday, October
September 9, 2020 6, 2020
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Learning outcome 1: Apply basic and concrete vocabulary, that is a series of

phrases and sentences related to personal information, daily activities, and stories of
life events in written communication tasks.

Learning outcome 4: Identify specific and explicit information from short and
simple written texts on familiar matters through various reading tasks.

The activity consists of:

Initial Remark: Study the contents in the e-book:

 Unit 1 - Special Occasions
 Unit 2 – Relationships
 Unit 3 - House and Home
 Unit 4 - Clothing and Weather
 Unit 5 – On Sale!
After you complete the different practices in the e-book you must proceed to do
the activities below.

Reminder: Register to participate in 2 English Speaking Sessions per week. Total of

sessions during the semester (16). The tutor will send a registration form via the
internal mail of this course. Be attentive to participate in each one of the encounters
throughout the period.

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Part one: Reading
Download the document. “Template task 3”. There, you will find a reading: “Meet
Joe and Ana, look how they introduce themselves”. Read the text and complete the
information required.

Part two: Forum

Answer the following questions in the forum. (Don’t attach any file, write the texts
directly in the forum).

1. Write a 10 sentences text in which you introduce yourself. It must include: name,
age, two personality traits, an activity you like, an activity you dislike, location and
favorite book.

2. Write a 10 sentences description of your favorite celebration or holiday. It must

include: name of the celebration, activities you do, food you it, clothes you wear,
etc.

3. Write a 10 sentences description of household chores you do in your house. Use

adverbs of frequency (Always-sometimes-never-rarely-often)
Example:
“I usually wash the dishes”.

4. Write a 10 sentences list of TV shows or movies or music or book you are

watching, listening or reading currently. Last 2 sentences must present what you
are always doing at 7AM and at 7PM.
Examples:
“Currently, I am reading The book of secrets by Osho”
“I am always having breakfast at 7AM…”

5. Write a 10 sentences description on clothes that you must wear according to four
seasons or the weather in different regions of your country.
Example:
“I must wear a scarf in winter.”
“I must wear shorts when I travel to the Caribbean Coast”

Part three: story book

6. Design a story book in which you present the information from the 5 texts you just
wrote (part two). Be creative! Use photos and images to recreate each part of the
story book and add audio to it (read the information from each slide). You can

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 create your story book using Power point and turning it into a video. Then you will
upload it in you tube.

Watch a tutorial about how to make the video in this link:

https://youtu.be/JpPtz_6djNI

7. Present your story book in the forum (post the link of your story book to watch it).
Invite your partners to review and read your story book.

8. Read your partners’ storybooks and write some feedback comments about their job.

9. The final individual document must be the template for task 3 where you develop
the reading exercise. You add a screenshot of your story book and the link of your
video (story book). Submit this document in the monitoring and evaluation
environment.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Check the date for the web conference related to unit 1.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Study the activities from the e-book.
Download the template for task 3.
Participate in the forum by sharing the answers to the questions proposed in the
guide and the link to your video.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Send the final document (template for task 3) in which you develop the reading
exercise and add a screenshot of your story book and the link of your video (story
book).

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

The solution of the reading exercise.

A screenshot of your story book and the link of your video (story book).

Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

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2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

 Remember you need to participate in the forum on time, take screenshots that
evidence your participation and paste them in the final document.

 The document must have a front page including information such as: title or
name of the activity, student’s name, student’s code, tutor’s name, university,
school, program, course and date. (Remember to check the APA style)

 Before submitting the requested product, student should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

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3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 50 points
First evaluation High level: The video includes the written text, decorative
criterion: images, and the audio of the oral narration.
Form criteria If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
-Video quality and 10 points

Average level: The video doesn't include the written text or the
audio. .
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
represents 10 and 8 points
points of the total
of 50 points of Low level: No video is created.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 4 points
Second evaluation High level:
criterion: The student reads the texts and answers all the questions
Content criteria correctly.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
Reading and 10 points
comprehension
This criterion Average level:
represents 10 The student reads the text and answers all the questions;
points of the total however, there are some mistakes.
of 50 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 8 points
Low level:
The student doesn't solve the reading exercise or there are too
many mistakes.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 4 points
Third evaluation High level: The student uses clear sentences that are
criterion: consistent with each other using connectors and punctuation.
Content criteria Pronunciation is very clear and easy to understand. There is a
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 variety of vocabulary and expressions. The student maintains
-Coherence, good spelling.
spelling, If your work is at this level, you can get between 17 points
punctuation, and 20 points
pronunciation, use
of connectors, Average level: The student uses clear ideas but some
vocabulary and inconsistencies are displayed with sentence structure and
tenses. There are punctuation mistakes. It is slightly unclear
expressions.
with pronunciation at times but generally is fair. Uses limited
vocabulary and expressions or makes some errors in word
This criterion choice.
represents 20 If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
points of the total and 16 points
of 50 points of
the activity. Low level: Ideas are incomplete and grammatically incoherent.
Lack of connectors and punctuation marks make the text
confusing. Pronunciation mistakes don't allow the listener to
understand the message. There isn't a variety of vocabulary and
expressions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student interacts in the forum posting the story
criterion: and sharing feedback messages about the texts of the
Participation collaborative group mates.
criteria If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
and 10 points
-Participation in the
forum Average level: The student interacts in the forum posting the
story but he or she doesn't give significant feedback about the
texts of the collaborative group mates.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
represents 10 and 8 points
points of the total
of 50 points of Low level: The student doesn't interact in the forum.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 4 points