Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English VI
Code: 518011

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 4 - Fairytale

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Independent

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 80 points
The activity starts on: Sunday, October The activity ends on: Monday, October
3, 2021 25, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
- read any text in which the writer adopts particular grammar structures and
vocabulary through different tasks according to the CEFR level B2.
- write clear, detailed texts on a wide range of subjects through different writing
exercises according to the CEFR level B2.
- understand the main idea(s) of general audios on concrete and abstract topics,
including technical discussions through lectures and conversations featured in
an upper intermediate level.
The activity consists of:
Step 1
- Attend the second web conference of the course. Take a screenshot of your
participation to be posted in the forum. If you do not participate, watch the
recording of such web conference, and write a summary to be posted in the
forum. The summary should have at least 200 words. It should be
professionally written, with proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and proper
citation.
- Go to the Learning Environment and check the Course Contents and
Bibliographic References for Unit 2: Once Upon a Time. Read about read-aloud
characteristics; practice the grammar structure of Phrasal Verbs, Relative
Clauses and Reported Speech.

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 - Watch and listen to a couple of tales in English Fairy Tales as for you to gather
some tips on read aloud characteristics, voices, tones, tempos, pronunciation,
intonation, and accent.
Step 2
- Go to the page Masterpiece Generator and generate your own Fairytale online.
Use familiar vocabulary in the required spaces and be sure your spelling is
right.

- Once you finish, click on the bottom Write me a fairytale and then to Publish.

Share the link in the forum so that others can visualize your creation. You can
also copy and paste your fairytale directly in the forum.

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 - Create an interactive flipbook with animated page turning effects to organize
your fairytale. Use any app you want. Information about flipbooks can be found
at Winstead, S. (n.d.). Top 10 Flipbook Software Programs for Creating
Interactive Books [Web Page]. https://myelearningworld.com/top-10-flipbook-
software-programs-for-creating-interactive-books/. Share the link of your
flipbook in the forum to confirm it works and get feedback.
Step 3
- After having done the flipbook, you are to create a video reading aloud your
fairytale. The reading time cannot exceed 12 minutes; a proper reading should
take around 10 minutes total. The video must show the flipbook and your face
while reading the fairytale aloud. Use screencast-o-matic to do so. The quality
of the sound and the image are to be done the best possible. After having the
video, you must upload it in an online space: YouTube, Tutv, Google Videos,
etc. Share the link in the forum to confirm it works and to get feedback from
your e-mates and tutor if necessary.
Step 4
- Upload a PDF file. Identify your file as follows: 518011 - Task 4 - Your Full
Name.pdf
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: Once Upon
a Time.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and participate.
- Give feedback to your e-mates if necessary.
In the Evaluation Environment, you must:
- Upload a PDF file. Identify your file as follows: 518011 - Task 4 - Your Full
Name.pdf
Evidence of independent work:
The independent evidence to be submitted is:

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A PDF file named 518011 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover Page
2. Table of Contents
3. Web conference participation or summary (Screenshot)
4. Fairytale link from Masterpiece Generator
5. Flipbook link from chosen app
6. Video link with read aloud task
7. APA References following the 7th Edition guidelines
Evidence of group work:
No group work evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit

For Independent evidence, 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: Independent

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 80 points
First evaluation High level: Student generates a fairytale using the required
criterion: webpage and post it in the forum on time. Attends the
second web conference of the course and sends the
Generate Fairytale and evidence for evaluation.
participate in Web If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
Conference. points and 15 points

This criterion Average level: Student generates a fairytale but post it in

represents 15 points the forum too late to check if it worked. Does not attend the
of the total of 80 first web conference of the course but watches the recording
points of the and makes a summary in the forum.
activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
points and 7 points

Low level: Student generates a fairytale but it is not posted

in the forum. Does not attend the first web conference of
the course and there is no evidence of summary for
watching the recording.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points
Second evaluation High level: Student is able to put the original fairytale in an
criterion: online flipbook with illustrations that fully develop the
characters, the setting, and the whole story.

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Design original and If your work is at this level, you can get between 16
creative Flipbook. points and 20 points

This criterion Average level: Student has difficulties to put the original
represents 20 points fairytale in an online flipbook with illustrations that fully
of the total of 80 develop the characters, the setting and the whole story.
points of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 12
activity. points and 15 points

Low level: Student did not create an online flipbook or

created a power point instead; there are no illustrations to
develop the characters, the setting and the whole story.
Student did not share the link.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points
Third evaluation High level: Flowed faster or slower depending on the story
criterion: moods. Comfortable, speaking for experience. Smooth,
natural, rhythmic, no awkward moments - pauses are
Show reading fluency. consistently where they should be. Nice inflection in voice -
keeps listener engaged.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 16
represents 10 points points and 20 points
of the total of 80
points of the Average level: Stopped now and then to work in a word.
activity. Limited confidence, timid. Reading is sometimes halting –
sometimes the reader does not pause effectively at
sentences ends, or commas. Voice has sometimes inflection
but is often monotone at times.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 12
points and 15 points

Low level: Choppy, needed to stop and figure out words.

No confidence yet. Piece is hard to follow, with many stops
and starts – requires rereading to gain meaning. Revision
needed for expressive reading – Voice is always monotone.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points
Fourth evaluation High level: Speaks clearly and distinctly all the time (100-
criterion: 95%) and mispronounces no words. Volume is loud enough
to be heard by all audience members throughout the
Show reading volume. presentation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 16
This criterion points and 20 points
represents 10 points
of the total of 80 Average level: Speaks clearly and distinctly most of the
points of the time (94-85%). Mispronounces a few words. Volume is loud
activity. enough to be heard by all audience members at least 60%
of the time.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 12
points and 15 points

Low level: Often mumbles or can’t be understood OR

mispronounces many words. Volume often too soft to be
heard.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points
Fifth evaluation High level: Student’s pronunciation is always very clear
criterion: and accurate.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
Pronounce words points and 10 points
clearly.
Average level: Student’s pronunciation is usually clear and
This criterion accurate with a few problem areas.
represents 10 points If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
of the total of 80 points and 7 points
points of the
activity. Low level: Too many pronunciation errors to understand
what the student is saying.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points

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Sixth evaluation High level: Student sounded professional. Changes voice
criterion: tone to emphasize important content.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
Show reading points and 10 points
expression.
Average level: Student read in a sing song way or did not
This criterion change voice very much.
represents 10 points If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
of the total of 80 points and 7 points
points of the
activity. Low level: Student spoke in a monotone, with little change
in pace or voice inflection.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points
Seventh evaluation High level: The document meets the criteria for
criterion: presentation
according to APA standards.
Present a PDF file 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
This criterion for
represents 5 points presentation according to APA standards.
of the total of 80 If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
points of the points and 3.9 points
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 2.9 points