Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-Rector

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubrics - Task 2 - Breaking Down
the Assignment

1. General Description of the Course

School or Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación

Academic Unit
Academic Level Profesional
Academic Field Formación disciplinar
Course Name Academic Writing
Course Code 551016
Course Type Metodológico Retake Exam Yes ☐ No ☒
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the Activity

Type of Number
Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ 3
Activity: of Weeks
Evaluation Intermediate
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Moment: Unit 1
Environment to Submit the
Total Score of the Activity:
Activity: Monitoring and Evaluation
115
Environment
Starting Date of the Activity: Deadline of the Activity:
September 9th, 2020 October 4th, 2020
Competences to Develop:
• Students identify the particular characteristics of Academic
Writing and apply their theoretical and practical knowledge of
different educational assignments.
• Students recognize the importance of actively participating in
course discussions by asking questions and responding with
clear arguments and foundations.
• Students identify and practice writing strategies and
methodologies that can turn into theoretical and practical
foundation that they will be able to use once they become
teachers.
• Students easily characterize, name, discuss, and write the
formalities and specifications of writing.
 • Students can write clear, detailed texts, essays or reports,
passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against
a particular point of view.
• Students are to propose different alternatives for improving
their own writing process.
• Students recognize the need of using new technologies
(searching for information in databases, hypertexts, etc.) when
supporting points of view about a topic.
• Students recognize the importance of using target language
reference sources to find, understand and if necessary, convey
new information.
Topics to Develop:

Unit 1 - Preparing to Write

Step, Phase or Stage of the Learning Strategy to Develop:

Step 1: Preparation
Step 2: Prewriting Strategy
Step 3: Thesis Statement
Step 4: Delivery
Activities to Develop:

Step 1: Preparation
Check all Required and Additional Bibliographic References for Unit 1.
Each student must choose 1 of the following topics. Inform about the
topic you chose in the forum so that no topics are repeated among
students.
a. Wealthy people should share their goods with poorer people.
b. Voting on a new subject: Which one to include in the
curriculum?
c. Why parents should vaccinate their children?
d. E-learning is getting more powerful than a traditional education.
e. Boys and girls should study in separate classes.

Step 2: Prewriting Strategy

Use the prewriting strategy named brainstorming to generate ideas
about the topic you chose and share it in the forum. Think about at
least three reasons for your topic.
Step 3: Thesis Statement
Based on the ideas you generated from Step 2, write a Thesis
Statement for your chosen topic. Remember that a thesis statement
tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject
matter under discussion. It is a road map for the paper; in other
words, it tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the paper.
Share your Thesis Statement directly in the forum.
Check some examples of well-written Thesis Statements:
TOPIC THESIS STATEMENT
Educational Schools should provide educational resources for low-
Resources income students during the summers so that they
for Low- don't forget what they've learned throughout the
Income school year.
Students
School School uniforms may be an upfront cost for families,
Uniforms but they eradicate the visual differences in income
between students and provide a more egalitarian
atmosphere at school.
Populism The rise in populism on the 2016 political stage was in
reaction to increasing globalization, the decline of
manufacturing jobs, and the Syrian refugee crisis.
Public Libraries are essential resources for communities and
Libraries should be funded more heavily by local municipalities.
Work-Life Corporations should provide more work from home
Balance opportunities and six-hour workdays so that office
workers have a better work-life balance and are more
likely to be productive when they are in the office.

Step 4: Delivery
Send a document with Steps 1, 2 and 3 to the Monitoring and
Evaluation Environment
Knowledge Environment
Environments for
Collaborative Learning Environment
the Development of
Practical Learning Environment
the Activity
Monitoring and Evaluation Environment
Individual:
Products to Be
Submitted by Document named:
Students Task 2 - Group X – Student´s Name.pdf
 The document must include:
1. Cover Page
2. Screenshot of Step 1
3. Screenshot of Step 2
4. Thesis Statement
5. References

Collaborative:

None

3. General Guidelines for the Collaborative Work

Planning of
Activities for the
N/A
Development of
Collaborative Work
Roles to Be
Performed by the
N/A
Student in the
Collaborative Group
Roles and Duties for
the Submission of
N/A
Products by
Students
All references considered for this activity have
References
to be cited using APA Style
Students must be aware of the risks and
penalties in case of plagiarism.
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
Plagiarism Policy
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 that the student 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.

To learn how to properly cite all your tasks,

see the following:
BibMe. (n.d.). APA Citation Guide. Retrieved
from http://www.bibme.org/citation-
guide/apa/

4. Evaluation Rubric

Evaluation Rubric
Task 2 - Breaking Down the Assignment
Activity Individual Collaborative
☒ ☐
Type: Activity Activity
Evaluation Intermediate
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Moment Unit 1
Evaluated Performance Levels of the Individual Activity
Score
Items High Score Average Score Low Score
There is evidence There is evidence
through There is no
through
screenshot that evidence through
screenshot that
screenshot that
Preparation the student chose the student chose 15 points
the student chose
1 of the provided 1 of the provided
1 of the provided
topics and shared topics but shared topics.
it in the forum on it in the forum too
 time so that no late (1 week prior
one else could to the deadline).
repeat it.

(Up to 15
(Up to 8 points) (Up to 0 points)
points)
There is evidence
There is evidence
through
through
screenshot that
screenshot that
the student used There is no
the student used
a prewriting evidence through
the prewriting
strategy different screenshot that
strategy named
Prewriting from the one the student used
brainstorming to 20 points
Strategy named the prewriting
generate ideas
brainstorming to strategy.
about the chosen
generate ideas
topic and shared
about the chosen
it in the forum.
topic.

(Up to 20 (Up to 10
(Up to 0 points)
points) points)
The statement
shows
The statement
an understanding
describes the The statement
and interpretation
student’s opinion. merely gives an
of the topic. It
Thesis The statement answer to the
satisfies the
Statement does not give prompt. The
requirements of 20 points
Content insight into how author’s idea is
the writing
the essay will be not stated at all.
prompt in a
discussed.
creative and
original manner.
(Up to 20 (Up to 10
(Up to 0 points)
points) points)
The statement is
No mechanics
hard to
Thesis mistakes are More than one
understand as a
Statement present. The error exists in the 20 points
result of
Mechanics sentence follows statement.
mechanical
the mechanics of
errors.
 English with no
mistakes.
(Up to 20 (Up to 15 (Up to 10
points) points) points)
Student uses
Word choice is Words are used
Thesis appropriate
mostly effective. incorrectly.
Statement words. 20 points
Wording (Up to 20 (Up to 15 (Up to 10
points) points) points)
The statement The thesis is
The statement is
says all it needs entirely too long
to the point;
to, with a few and takes more
Thesis student does not
extra, than two
Statement add more than is 20 points
unnecessary sentences to
Length necessary.
clauses. compose.
(Up to 20 (Up to 15 (Up to 10
points) points) points)
Final Score 115