Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Academic Writing
Code: 551016

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 1 - Starting

1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday, February
February 1, 2021 14, 2021

With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome:

- Interpret direction words and questions in different types of writing prompts

and assignments.

The activity consists of:

Step 1
Go to the Learning Environment and in the Course Contents and Bibliographic
References for Unit 1, revise the document A short guide to understanding your
assignments from the Academic Skills Centre (n.d.). Use the principles of active
reading to understand and evaluate the information for its relevance to your needs.
Share in the forum your opinion about this guide in a well-written paragraph. Watch
the video Opinion Paragraph to learn how to write it.

Step 2
In the same Learning Environment, activily read Lesson 1, pages 7 to 12 from the
document A Practical Guide to Writing. Once you undertand the concepts from this
Lesson, solve Assignment 1 in page 13.

Step 3
Watch the video I am a Writer from Comer, D. (2016). Activate the subtitles to make
it easier for you to take notes. Interpret the directions given in the video by breaking

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the assignment into its subject and direction words like you did in Step 2. Share it in
the forum.

Step 4

Send a PDF document in accordance to APA rules (7th Edition in English) with Steps
1, 2 and 3 to the Evaluation Environment.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.
- Check all available forums, introduce yourself in the General Forum.
- Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your participation
accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Download the Syllabus of the course to actively read.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your collaborative
group.
- Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutor.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as
follows: 551016 - Task 1 - Your Full Name.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 551016 - Task 1 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover Page
2. Opinion from Step 1
3. Asignment 1 from Step 2
4. Screenshot from Step 3 in forum
5. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course if you use
other sources of information for your answers)

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Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

 Be sure to write proper citations and references for other sources you might
use.
 Be sure to answer all the questions with your own words.
 Be sure to revise content, structure and mechanics in everything you post in
the forums and/or sent for evaluation.
 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)

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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.

3. Evaluation Rubric

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points

First evaluation High level: The student actively participated in the forum by
criterion: posting opinion and chart on time.

Participate actively If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
on task. points and 5 points

This criterion Average level: The student participated in the forum by

represents 5 posting opinion and chart three days prior to the closing of the
points of the total task.
of 25 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
the activity. points and 4 points

Low level: The student participated in the forum by posting

opinion, but not the chart, or vice versa during the last 3 days
of the task. The student did not participate in the forum.

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

points and 3 points

Second evaluation High level: The writing shows that the student explored,
criterion: understood and analyzed the provided reading to give an
opinion. It is well written.
Use active reading
to give an opinion.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
This criterion points and 5 points
represents 5
points of the total Average level: The writing partially shows that the student
of 25 points of explored, understood and analyzed the provided reading to
the activity. give an opinion. There are a couple of writing mistakes that
might interfere with meaning.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 3

points and 4 points

Low level: The writing does not show that the student
explored, understood and analyzed the provided reading to
give an opinion. Too many writing mistakes.

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

points and 3 points

Third evaluation High level: The student answered assertively and relevantly to
criterion: all questions in assignment 1.

Answer assertively If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
and relevantly to points and 5 points
assignment 1.
Average level: The student answered assertively and
This criterion relevantly to 60% of the questions in assignment 1.
represents 5
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
of 25 points of points and 4 points
the activity.
Low level: The student answered assertively and relevantly to
less than 59% of the questions in assignment 1.

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

points and 3 points

Fourth evaluation High level: The student was able to correctly interpret the
criterion: directions given on the provided video.

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Interpret the If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
directions given on points and 5 points
video.
Average level: The student had a hard time interpreting the
This criterion directions given on the provided video.
represents 5
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
of 25 points of points and 4 points
the activity.
Low level: The student was not able to correctly interpret the
directions given on the provided video.

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

points and 3 points

Fifth evaluation High level: The document meets the criteria for presentation
criterion: and references according to APA standards.

Present a document If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
according to APA points and 5 points
standards.
Average level: The document partially meets the criteria for
This criterion presentation and references according to APA standards.
represents 5
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
of 25 points of points and 4 points
the activity.
Low level: The document does not meet the criteria for
presentation and references according to APA standards.

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

points and 3 points