Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English Literature
Code: 551029
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 4 - Annotated Bibliography
1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Collaborative
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 200 points
The activity starts on: Thursday, The activity ends on: Thursday, March
January 21, 2021 4, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome:

- Evaluate a couple of short stories by means of a differentiated analysis.

The activity consists of:

Step 1: Preparation

- Go to the Learning Environment and check the following Course Contents and
Bibliographic References in Unit 2 - A Look into Literature:
Engle, M. (2020). How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography: The Annotated
Bibliography. Cornell University.
https://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
[University of Maryland Global Campus Library]. (2020, April 2). How to Write
an Annotated Bibliography - APA (7th Edition). [Video File].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5GxyFlkZL8&feature=emb_logo
- Attend the second web conference of the course or watch the recording to
make a summary to be posted in the forum.

Step 2: Choosing

- From eBook A Small Collection of American Short Stories in Unit 2, choose two
out of the ten short stories and post the titles in the forum, so that no short
stories are repeated among students.

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Step 3: Annotated Bibliography

- Read your two chosen American short stories and write the Annotated
Bibliography of each one. The citation must be done in APA and summary and
annotation can’t exceed the 300 words. Post it in the forum at least three days
prior to the due date. Comment on your e-mates to improve what has been
written and learn about each one of the provided readings.

Step 4: Comments

- After you have posted your two annotated bibliographies, respond to all of your
classmates’ annotated bibliographies. Base your responses around the key
concepts for responding to the work of others engaging with your colleagues’
ideas.

Step 5: Delivery

- Send to the Evaluation Environment a PDF file with all Annotated

Bibliographies, Step 4 and a screenshot of your web conference participation
and/or summary published in the forum.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check the Course News for important information.
- Verify the date of the Second Web Conference so that you can plan your
participation accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 2.

- Go to the discussion forum for the task and actively participate with your
collaborative group.
- Give feedback to your e-mates.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

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 - Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual and collaborative evidences. Identify
your file as follows: 551029 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 551029 - Task 4 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover Page
2. Step 1 (Web Conference Participation)
3. Step 2 (Screenshot of choosing in the forum)
4. Step 3 (Annotated Bibliographies of all participants and screenshots of
comments)

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 the sources you might
use.
 Be sure to use your own words while writing.
 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, you 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.

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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.

3. Evaluation Rubric

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 200 points
First evaluation High level: Attends the second web conference of the course
criterion: and sends the evidence for evaluation. Actively participates in
the forum.
Participate actively
on task. If your work is at this level, you can get between 40
points and 50 points
This criterion
represents 50 Average level: Does not attend the second web conference of
points of the total the course but watches the recording and makes a summary in
of 200 points of the forum. Partially participates in the forum.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 30
points and 39 points

Low level: Does not attend the second web conference of the
course and there’s no evidence of summary for watching the
recording. Does not participate actively in the forum.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 29 points

Second evaluation High level: The information shows that the student explored
criterion: and analyzed the chosen pieces of literature. It is evident that
the student understood the concept of annotated bibliography
Write proper and was able to properly write 2 complete ones.
annotated
bibliographies. If your work is at this level, you can get between 72
points and 90 points
This criterion
represents 90 Average level: The information partially shows that the
points of the total student explored and analyzed the chosen pieces of literature.
of 200 points of It is partially evident that the student understood the concept
the activity. of annotated bibliography and was able to properly write at
least 1 complete one.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 54

points and 71 points

Low level: The information hardly shows that the student

explored and analyzed the chosen pieces of literature. It is
hardly evident that the student understood the concept of
annotated bibliography and was not able to write an annotated
bibliography.

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

points and 53 points

Third evaluation
High Level: The student took the time to read each annotated
criterion:
bibliography and wrote comments regarding the pieces of
Comment on all literature being exposed by the classmates. The student also
annotated engaged with each participant in the analysis of the provided
bibliographies. literature.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 40
This criterion
points and 50 points
represents 50
points of the total

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of 200 points of Average Level: The student partially took the time to read
the activity. some of the annotated bibliographies and wrote poor
comments regarding the pieces of literature being exposed by
the classmates. The student tried to engage with each
participant in the analysis of the provided literature but there’s
a lack of language to properly give adequate feedback.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 30

points and 39 points

Low level: The student did not take the time to read the
annotated bibliographies and did not write any comments
regarding the pieces of literature being exposed by the
classmates. The student did not engage with each participant
in the analysis of the provided literature.

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

points and 29 points

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

Present a PDF file If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
according to APA points and 10 points
standards.
Average level: The document partially meets the criteria for
This criterion presentation according to APA standards.
represents 10
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
of 200 points of points and 7 points
the activity.
Low level: The document does not meet the criteria for
presentation according to APA standards.

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

points and 5 points