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Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vice President for Academic Issues and Research
Course: English 0
Code: 90030
Activity guidelines and evaluation rubric – Task 2: Writing
Production

1. Activity description

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment : Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 120 grades
Activity starting date: Activity deadline: viernes, 29 de
viernes, 17 de abril de 2020 mayo de 2020
In this activity, it is expected to achieve the following learning
results:
The student will be able to write a text using vocabulary and daily
expressions in postcards as part of the communicative competence in
English.
The activity lies in:

Stage 1- Check the online content Level A1 (available at Learning

Environment) and study Modules 1 to 12 (Unit 1 and 2).

Stage 2 – Log in the online content “Level A1” and do exercises you can
look below; take screenshots of your answers and submit in the forum of
this activity, that you can find at Learning Environment:
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1. Describing People Physically

2. Comparing 3. Comparing People Physically

Stage 3- Each student must do 3 postcards including a picture with the

following information:

Postcard 1 (Description): Description of a well-known sportsperson in

your department with complete sentences in present simple including
personal information like: name, age, occupation, (Check online content:
Module 1 and Modulo 3). A physical description must also be included:
weight, height, hair, eyes, etc. (Check online content: Module 7 and
Module 8).
Here you can find an example of the first postcard:
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- Postcard 2 (Routine): Description of the daily routine of the sportsperson

you chose. Use 3 or 4 sentences and different adverbs of frequency
(Check online contents: Module 6).
- Here it is an example of the second postcard:

- Postcard 3 (Comparison): Write 4 sentences making comparisons among

the spotsperson you chose and other famous sportspeople (Check your
online content: Unit 2 - Module 7 and Module 9.
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- Here you can find an example of the third postcard:
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Note: Each postcard must have complete sentences

(noun+verb+complement). Then access Learning Environment and send
3 postcards in the forum (files cannot be attached).

Stage 4 - Each student must check his partners’ postcards in the forum
and make 2 meaningful comments (appreciations, corrections, etc.) that
helps his partners to find out their mistakes and then strengthen their
learning and improve their writing.

Stage 5 – Make corrections in your postcards taking into account

comments and suggestions made by tutor and partners.

To develop this activity, consider:

At initial information environment, you must: Check the Course Agenda.

At evaluation environment, you must: Send screenshots with exercises

and 3 postcards in the forum. Each student must make at least 2
comments about other partners’ postcards.

At learning environment, you must: Load individual task in PDF format

including corrections suggested by partners.

Take into account that the final task must be a product of your ingenuity
and creativity. For no reason tasks that are not original or are taken from
Internet will be accepted.
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Individual work evidences:

The individual evidences to submit are:

In a PDF format each student must conoslidate the following evidences of

his participation in the forum:

- Front page with full name, code, program he/she studies and group
number, among others.

1. Screenshots of practice exercises taken from the forum.

2. 3 postcards of relative chosen (if you use a software or an app, you
must share the link of that software).
3. Evidence of meaningful comments about other group partners’
postcards (corrections, suggestions, etc.)
4. If you cited, you must include Table of References.

This paper must be sent at the Evaluation Environment:

This is how you must sent the final task:

Group work evidences

At this activity no evidences needed
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2. General guidelines for the development of the evidence to

submit

For evidence developed Individual, consider the following

guidelines:

1. Every member of the group must participate with academic

contributions in the activity development.

2. Before delivering the requested product, all the requirements

indicated in this activity guide must be checked.

3. All tasks must take into account spelling rules and requirements
stated in the guide.

4. Every member must share meaningful contributions along the

activity.

5. Every member of the group are responsible for making individual

task requested.

Take into account that all individual or group written work must fulfill
with the orthographic rules and presentation conditions that have been
defined.
Concerning the use of references, consider that the requested work in
this activity must fulfil with the standards Elija un elemento.
In any case, the standards of reference must be complied. Academic
plagiarism must be avoided. Students can support the written products
by using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual campus.

Consider that In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99, it
is considered as offenses that undermine the academic order, among
others, the following: literal e) “Plagiarism, that is, submitting as of its
own authorship the all or part of a work, document or invention made
by another person.

It also implies the use of quotes or false references, or proposing quotes

where there is no match between it and the reference ”and literal f)
“Reproducing or copying for profit, educational materials or results of
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research products, which have intellectual rights reserved for the

University.

The academic sanctions the student will face are the following:

a) In cases of academic fraud demonstrated in the respective academic

work or evaluation, the grade that will be imposed will be zero points
without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.

b) In cases related to plagiarism demonstrated in the academic work

whatever its nature, the qualification that will be imposed will be zero
points, without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.
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b) Evaluation rubric Format

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 120 grades
High level: The student develops online content practices
requested, where shows a good use of gramar and topic
“physical description of people”. Practice exercises are sent in
the forum on time, 3 days before deadline.
First evaluation
If your work is at this level, you will get from 15 points to
standard:
20 points
Procedure and
participation
Medium level: Some practice exercises are sent in the forum
on time. Some execises show you understand properly the
Stage 1 and 2
topics.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 9 points to
14 points
This standard
Low level: The student doesn’t load the practices in the forum.
represents 20
The contributions are not meaningful and were shared just at the
score of the
end of the activity. The student doesn’t use appropriately the
activity
topics in the pactices.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 8
points

High level: The sentences in the postcards have the correct

Second evaluation structure and follow the tutor’s guidelines. The sentences use the
standard: punctuation properly.
Content If your work is at this level, you will get from 20 points to
30 points
Stage 3
Medium level: The postcards have a structure but the student
doesn’t follow all the guidelines. There are some spelling
mistakes, words in Spanish and connectors that changes the text
This standard coherence.
represents 30 If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
score of the 19 points
activity
Low level: The student doesn’t write the postdards and/or the
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length of the text is not the appropriate. The content is not

according to the requested. The text is not coherent in its content
and its procedure in the forum
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 9
points

High level: The postcards meet the gramar and vocabulary

issues appropriately according to the guide. The text uses a
Third evaluation proper vocabulary to describe sportspeople.
standard: If your work is at this level, you will get from 20 points to
Content 30 points

Stage 3 Medium level: The postcards have only some grammar and
vocabulary issues established in the guide. The text shows
Grammar issues mistakes regarding grammar: Present Simple and vocabulary
related to description sportspeople.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 10 points to
19 points
This standard
represents 30 Low level: The students doesn’t write the postcards. The text
score of the doesn’t meet the grammar issues requested: Present Simple and
activity vocabulary used to describe sportspeople.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 9
points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student shares meaningful and timely
standard: contributions to other partners’ postcards. The student makes
Participation and corrections suggested in the forum by tutor and partners.
procedure If your work is at this level, you will get from 14 points to
20 points
Stage 4 and 5
Medium level: The student makes comments in the forum but
Contributions to those are not meaninful contributions. The student doesn’t make
partners’ postcards. corrections on time according to the suggestions in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 7 points to
13 points

This standard Low level: The student doesn’t share contributions in the
represents xx forum. The student doesn’t make corrections or he doesn’t
score of the participate in this activity.
activity If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 7
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points
High level: The student develops all the stages stated in the
guide. The postcards meet appropriately the guide requirements.
The final paper in PDF is according to the example and is sent at
Fifth evaluation
the Evaluation Environment. APA rules are used.
standard:
If your work is at this level, you will get from 14 points to
Formal and
20 points
procedure
Medium level: All stages were not developed in the final task.
Organization of
Final task is not sent in PDF format. Final task is not sent in the
delivery of final task
correct resource and updated references are nos used.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 7 points to
13 points
This standard
Low level: The final task sent by the students is not according to
represents 20
the requested. The final task loaded lacks of contributions or it is
score of the
not sent at the correct environment.
activity
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 7
points