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Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubrics - Task 4 - Content,
Structure and Mechanics

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 3
Environment to Submit the
Total Score of the Activity:
Activity: Monitoring and Evaluation
120
Environment
Starting Date of the Activity: Deadline of the Activity:
November 2nd, 2020 November 28th, 2020
Competences to Develop:
- Students identify the particular characteristics of Academic
Writing and apply their theoretical and practical knowledge of
different educational assignments.
- 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 importance of using target language
reference sources to find, understand and if necessary, convey
new information.
Topics to Develop:

Unit 3 - Revising and Editing

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

Step 1: Reading
Step 2: Checklist
Step 3: Clean Copy
Step 4: Cover Letter
Step 5: Delivery
Activities to Develop:

Step 1: Reading
Download the file your tutor will share with you in the forum. Read
what’s on the file to develop this individual task.

Step 2: Checklist
Download the Checklist posted in the forum. Use the provided
checklist to revise the essay found in the file.

Step 3: Clean Copy

Rewrite the essay based on your checklist. Be sure to follow what we
have learnt about 5-paragraph essays, its content, its structure, and
its mechanics.

Step 4: Cover Letter

Write a Cover Letter reflecting on your revision. Follow this example:

COVER LETTER

Date and Place

Dear Professor Write the last name of your tutor,

Enclosed is the revision of the essay entitled “write here the title
you are giving to the essay” to be considered for evaluation.
The author wanted to express “write here what you understood is
the main idea or topic of the essay, describe the original essay”
(One paragraph).

In order to ensure I understood the Task, “write here a brief

explanation of the changes you made to the original essay” (One
paragraph).

I learned “write here what you learned about your particular

strengths, weaknesses, and habits as a writer” (One paragraph).

Sincerely,

Write your name here

Step 5: Delivery
Send a document with Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the Monitoring and
Evaluation Environment.
Environments for Knowledge Environment
the Development of Collaborative Learning Environment
the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Environment
Individual:

Document named:
Task 4 - Group X – Student´s Name.pdf

The document must include:

Products to Be 1. Cover Letter
Submitted by 2. Original Essay provided by tutor
Students 3. Checklist
4. Clean Copy of revised and edited essay
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
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
Plagiarism Policy
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 4 - Content, Structure and Mechanics
Activity Individual Collaborative
☒ ☐
Type: Activity Activity
Evaluation Intermediate
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Moment Unit 3
Evaluated Performance Levels of the Individual Activity
Score
Items High Score Average Score Low Score
The Cover Letter
includes the
description of the
original essay, the
The Cover Letter
explanation of the
is incomplete. It
changes made
is not that well No Cover Letter is
and what the
written and has sent.
Cover Letter student learned 35 points
some grammar or
through the task.
spelling mistakes.
It is well written
and has no
grammar or
spelling mistakes.
(up to 35 (up to 20
(up to 0 points)
points) points)
 The student The student The student
demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates a
clear evidence of some ability to lack of ability to
an ability to revise. The revise in a
revise. The student obtains substantial way.
student obtains and incorporates
and incorporates some comments.
Checklist a lot of The student 35 points
comments. The makes some
student makes revisions.
revisions above
and beyond what
is suggested.
(up to 35 (up to 20
(up to 0 points)
points) points)
The student adds
new material, Whatever revision
The student
deleting weak or has been done
reorganizes
irrelevant has not been
presentation of
material and sufficient to
evidence
substituting more improve the
providing some
relevant material content, focus,
improved
for less relevant structure, clarity,
transitions that
material. The and coherence of
keep the focus
Clean Copy student rewrites an earlier draft.
clear, reworking 35 points
of Revised individual Revision is limited
the introduction
and Edited sentences to sections of the
or conclusion and
Essay (changing syntax essay and
rewriting
for clarity and demonstrate a
individual
variety, re- lack of awareness
sentences
ordering main and of how even small
(attempting to
subordinate changes can
add clarity and
clauses, adding affect the entire
variety).
phrases, cutting paper.
excess, etc.)
(up to 35 (up to 20
(up to 0 points)
points) points)
Student sends a Student sends an Student did not
Delivery complete PDF file incomplete file for send any file for 15 points
for evaluation evaluation that evaluation.
that includes all does not include
required all required
information. information.
(up to 15
(up to 8 points) (up to 0 points)
points)
Final Score 120