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Activities Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Unit 1 - Task 2 - Looking For A Destination
Activities Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Unit 1 - Task 2 - Looking For A Destination
1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Collaborative
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 100 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday,
November 07, 2022 December 04, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
Describe in a written text personal experiences, daily life situations and past events
using the appropriate grammatical structures and the vocabulary studied in the
contents.
Bear in mind: All the exercises have to develop individually. The collaborative
evidence is to participate in the forum by giving feedback on your classmates’ work.
The activity consists of:
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
You need to learn Conditionals and Phrasal Verbs, study Exercises from 4 to
12 in Module 1.
1.3 Do exercise 14 “TALKING ABOUT SUPERTITIONS” in module 1.
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1.4 Record the audio activity proposed and upload it on the forum. (You can use
vocaroo or a voice recorder).
1.5 Study the travelling vocabulary in the OVI_Looking for a destination,
found in Learning Environment.
2.1. Read the text “A travel guide” in Annex 1. Travel guide in the Learning Environment.
2.2. According to the text “A travel guide” answer the questions below.
Write complete sentences.
○ What are some recommendations to visit Bangkok? Use have to/ must/mustn´t
in your answer.
○ What is the fastest way to get around in Bangkok?
○ Where can you find the best Chinese and Thai restaurants and food stands in
Bangkok?
○ Why is water one of the best ways to move around Thailand?
○ Why does the author say you can eat everywhere?
○ What would you add to a guide destination like this? Mention 2 different items
that you consider necessary to keep in mind.
2.3. Post your answers on the forum and exchange opinions with your partners regarding
their answers.
STEP 3 - WRITING ACTIVITY
Imagine that you are the owner of a travel agency, and you are going to design
a travel guide. To do this follow the next steps:
Choose an unknown place in your region and complete the Annex 2. Preparing my
travel guide. You can download the file with the chart in the Learning Environment,
Activities guide and evaluation rubric - Unit 1 - Task 2 – Looking for a destination
(the same where you found this Guide).
LEARNING TIP: Write simple complete sentences. What is important is that you
write the sentences by yourself. (You don’t need translator; you can use the
vocabulary studied in the course resources).
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PREPARING MY TRAVEL GUIDE
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Currency Write the currency used in
this place.
3.1. Create an infographics “My travel guide to…” to show your travel guide to the
unknown destination. Include the information requested in the previous chart.
LEARNING TIP: Use conditionals, modal verbs (must / mustn't - have to) and
phrasal verbs. You can use: Canva, Genially, piktochart and other tools.
4.1. At this point you are invited to exchange information with your classmates and
to give feedback on their work. Check your classmates’ answers and make 2
comments about their work or the infographics.
A comment is not to write a compliment, not just saying “good work”, this will not be
considered as a valid comment.
5.1 Consolidate all the activities done in this Task in a PDF document and upload it
individually on the Evaluation environment. Remember that the product of this task
must comply with the APA standards.
In the Initial Information Environment, you must: Check for the initial and
closing dates.
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Participate and upload individual & collaborative activities in Discussion forum - Unit 1
- Task 2 – Looking for a destination.
• All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the activity.
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 the 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)
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If your work is at this level, you can get between 14 points
and 29 points
Low level: The sentences used in Steps 1, 2 & 3 are not well-
constructed. There is no use of conditionals, modal verbs, and
phrasal verbs and/or have many grammar or spelling mistakes.
Punctuation marks and capital letters use is not correct, and the
message cannot be easily understood. In the audio the student
does not show a good pronunciation, intonation, fluency, and
rhythm.
The student doesn't participate in this task.
Development of
Step 3 If your work is at this level, you can get between 25 points
(Individual activity) and 35 points
This criterion Average level: The student creates the travel guide according
represents 35 to some of the instructions given in Step 3, including a few
points of the total suitable pictures. The student shares his/her travel guide directly
of 100 points of in the forum (no files attached).
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
and 24 points
Low level:
The student does not create the travel guide according to the
instructions given in Step 3 and does not include suitable
pictures. The student does not share his/her travel guide in the
forum.
The student doesn't participate in this task.
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If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points
Third evaluation High level: The student posts all the evidence of individual
criterion: activity steps in the forum and his/her comments are accurate
Participation and relevant for the improvement his/her classmate's work. The
assessment contributions are posted respecting the given schedule.
Participation in If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
Collaborative and 15 points
activity
Average level: The student posts some evidence of individual
This criterion activity steps in the forum and his/her comments are not enough
represents 15 accurate and relevant for the improvement of his/her
points of the total classmate's work. The contributions are posted respecting the
of 100 points of given schedule.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 11 points
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The final document is consolidated individually in a PDF format
but is not uploaded in the Evaluation Environment. It includes
all the items requested in the “Evidence of individual work”.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
and 7 points