Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B2
Code: 900005

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 Writing Assignment

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 90 grades
The activity starts on: Monday, February The activity ends on: Tuesday, March 9,
15, 2021 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

The student will be able to write about past and future events, give recommendations
and express his/her opinion using “wish” and “hope”, as well as conditionals.

The activity consists of:

Write clearly a text about this topic: “Effects of technology on the environment”,
for that, you must do the following:

- Talk about past events;

- Use “If clauses” to express future meaning;
- Use “Wish” to express hypothetical situations;
- Give advice and recommendations.
- Write a letter to United Nations Secretary-General1;

For this task, keep in mind:

- Read diligently the information about Collaborative work considered at UNAD:

https://bit.ly/3lplLYx

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The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-
General serves as the chief administrative officer of the United Nations.

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- The participations or contributions shared in the forum 3 days before closing the
task or out of time, will be graded under average or low level.
- Your tutor will indicate you what stages you must complete every week to
accomplish all the stages suggested for this task.

Dear Student,

You must take into account the following aspects at creating the
letter. It must contain three paragraphs, as follows:

- Introduction: set the effects of technology in

environment, positive or negative.
- Development: explain your reasons to support your
ideas.
- Closing: give some recommendations in order to
sustain the environment by the technology and give
your conclusions.

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 ✓ You will develop this task in the Writing forum by three
stages.
✓ At the end of this task, you will consolidate the three
paragraphs in a final document, that is the letter.
✓ Follow the steps in each stage; post your contributions in the
forum and get feedback from your tutor.
✓ Give and receive opinions about the topic by the comments
your partners do.
✓ The final product must be sent individually.

Stage 1: (First Paragraph of the letter-Introduction) Technology and its

effects on environment (1st week)

- Write a paragraph as an introduction of the letter about how technology has affected
or benefit the ecosystem.

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 - Text length: 70 words
- Write about your opinions towards how the technology has
impacted, negative or positively, on the environment. Also,
how it has affected to climate Change in the last decades, and
if it has caused or not environmental pollution or natural
resources scarcity.
- Here, there is an example:

- Give opinions to your partners’ paragraphs about this stage.

Stage 2: (Second paragraph of the letter-development) Technology and global

warming (2nd week)

- Write a 200-word-paragraph giving your reasons and arguments about why

technology has impacted the global warming in a positive or negative way. You can
use the following vocabulary for the text:

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 According to… I consider… global warming… environmental pollution…
the impact of… degradation of lands… economic growth… poverty…
developing countries… population growth… rapid urbanization… natural
resources scarcity… If current trends continue… rising levels of
consumption… etc…

- Give opinions to your partners’ paragraphs about this stage.

Stage 3: (Third paragraph of the letter -Closing) Recommendations for

improving the environment and conclusions (3rd week)

- Write your advices in a 200-word-paragraph how we can use the technology to help
the environment in order to improve current environmental crisis. Use the following
vocabulary for the text:

Governments… United Nations (UN)… measures… take actions…

sustainable development… policies… climate policy… eco-friendly
technology… it is necessary… I recommend… I would… etc…

- Give opinions to your partners’ paragraphs about this stage.

Stage 4: (Consolidation of the three paragraphs of the letter) design the letter
(4th week)

- According to the previous stages, you will design your letter in a formal way
addressed to the UN Secretary-Executive (470 words as minimum) including the
following steps:

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 You can use this template to write your letter: https://goo.gl/wxXAZD

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the agenda out to verify the opening and closing dates of the task

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check out and study the Online Content (Level B2 from module 1 to module 4).
Enter the forum and participate in the development of Individual and
Collaborative tasks.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload one PDF format document with all the information required.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Final document in PDF or Word format.

Evidences of collaborative work:
The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

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 • The members of the group must participate in the forum by giving and receiving opinions
about the texts designed during the stages, creating a discussion among them. Besides,
they must recommend and give feedback to the partners’ contributions, in order to
enrich the discussion.

• For this work, there is no roles to perform.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Collaborative evidences, consider the following:

• Every student must participate with academic’s contributions during the stages
by giving opinions about other partners’ paragraphs.

• Read diligently the information about Collaborative work considered at UNAD:

https://bit.ly/3lplLYx

• The participations or contributions shared in the forum 3 days before closing the
task or out of time, will be graded under average or low level.

• Your tutor will indicate you what stages you must complete every week to
accomplish all the stages suggested for this task.

• Before delivering the suggested product, all the requirements indicated in this
activity guide must be checked.

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

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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.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 90 points
First evaluation High level: Writes a note in the forum about technology and its
standard effects on the environment with a maximum of 70 words and
(Criterion): using time markers from the unit.
Process If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
15 points
Stage 1:
Technology and Medium level: Shows imprecise sentences with an inconsistent
its effects on style; shows some lack of control in grammar and vocabulary.
environment If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to
10 points
This standard
represents 15 Low level: Does not submit the activities from stage 1.
score of the If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
activity 5 points
Second evaluation
High level: Writes a paragraph about what will happen if current
standard
trends of technology development continue.
(Criterion):
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
Content
15 points
Stage 2:
Medium level: Shows imprecise sentences with an inconsistent
Technology and
style; shows some lack of control in grammar and vocabulary.
global warming

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 If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to
This standard 10 points
represents 15
score of the Low level: Does not submit the activities from stage 2.
activity If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
5 points
Third evaluation High level: Writes complex sentences expressing opinion.
standard Gives recommendations on the comments of other group
(Criterion): members.
Participation If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
15 points
Stage 3:
Expressing Medium level: Shows imprecise sentences with an inconsistent
opinion style; shows some lack of control in grammar and vocabulary.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to
This standard 10 points
represents 20
score of the Low level: Does not submit the activities from stage 3.
activity If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
5 points
Fourth evaluation High level: Designs the letter to UN Secretary-General; The
standard final product is a complete evidence of the process developed in
(Criterion): the forum; The final product has the three stages of the writing
Form exercise.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 20 points to
Stage 4: Design of 40 points
final product
Medium level: Designs the letter to UN Secretary-General;
This standard Develops some of the activities from the stage 1 to 3; The final
represents 40 product does not show a complete evidence of the process
score of the developed in the forum.
activity If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
20 points

Low level: Does not design the letter to UN Secretary-General.

If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to
10 points