Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English I
Code: 518002

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 Initial activity

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, August The activity ends on: Sunday, September
22, 2022 4, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Learning outcome 1: To use a basic repertoire of simple words and phrases related to
your personal data and specific situations through short written communicative acts.

The activity consists of:

Individual work:

1. Read the questions in the Unit 1 of the booklet Guide to start learning English,
page 5 (located in the Learning Environment) and study the answers.

2. Choose two of these questions to ask personal information to your partners in

the discussion forum (Learning Environment):

• What is your name?

• How old are you?

• Where do you live?

• What do you do?

• What is your favorite song?

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3. Answer the questions that your partners have posted in the Discussion Forum.

4. Explore the Virtual Course and complete the crossword below with vocabulary from the
course development:

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 Clues:

I. Grabación
II. Entorno
III. Webconferencia
IV. Actividad
V. Fecha límite
VI. Captura de pantalla

5. Post your crossword in the Discussion forum - Unit 1 - Task 1 - Initial activity,
located in the Learning Environment, and finally, Present a PDF document with
the screenshot of your questions and answers from the exercise 2 and 3 of this
Guide, and the crossword solved. Do not forget to use a cover page.

Name this PDF document following this example:

Task I – Student’s name

Send it through the link in the Evaluation Environment.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Explore the resources that you have in this environment.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Explore the E-book contents and Post your answers in the Discussion forum - Unit 1 -
Task 1 - Initial activity

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Send your final PDF document of Task 1 – Initial activity in the corresponding link.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

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Timely participation in the Discussion forum and the final PDF document with the
answers of exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Activity guide, through the link in
Evaluation environment.

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:

• Use a cover page and a final reference page.

• Post your answers in the Discussion forum and interact with your partners.
• Send the final PDF document to the corresponding link in Evaluation
environment.

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)

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.

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3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The questions posted by the student evidence basic
criterion: comprehension and no grammar mistakes. The answers respond
correctly to the questions posted by partners, with real
Questions and comprehension.
answers about basic
personal If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
information and 10 points

This criterion Average level: The questions posted by the student are not
represents 10 clear or does not evidence basic comprehension, it might present
points of the total grammar mistakes. The answers respond partially to the
of 25 points of questions posted by partners, or do not evidence real
the activity. comprehension.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 8 points

Low level: The student’s answers are not related to the

questions posted by partners, or the questions asked do not
correspond to the requirements or present many grammar
mistakes.

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

and 5 point.

Second evaluation
High level: The answers to the crossword are clear ad respond
criterion:
effectively to the clues with evidence of real apprehension of the
new vocabulary.
Crossword
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
This criterion
and 10 points
represents 10
points of the total

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of 25 points of Average level: The answers are not clear, there are some
the activity. spelling mistakes, or there are some words missing,
apprehension of the new vocabulary is not evident.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 8 points

Low level: The words in the puzzle are not related to the
content of vocabulary. They present spelling mistakes, and the
apprehension of new vocabulary is not clear and evident.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 point
Third evaluation High level: The student presents timely participation in the
criterion: forum with real meaningful questions and answers the questions
posted by partners. The document is sent to the corresponding
Forum participation link and it fulfills the requirements of format and file.
and document If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
submission. and 5 points

This criterion Average level: The student participates in the forum in a late
represents 5 way, or his/her participation is not meaningful since the
points of the total questions or answers are not timely or pertinent. The document
of 25 points of is sent to the corresponding link, but it does not fulfill the
the activity. requirements of format and file.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 3 points

Low level: The questions or answers posted by the student are

not really related to the content, or present noticeable grammar
or spelling mistakes. The document is not sent to the
corresponding link, or the format and file are not correct
according to the requirements.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point