Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English Literature
Code: 551029

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 Chronological Overview

Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 175 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday, October
September 5, 2022 16, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

- Identify the different periods in the history of English literature through a

chronological journey.
The activity consists of:

Step 1: Starting Point

- Go to the Learning Environment and check all the Course Contents and
Bibliographic References in Unit 1 - Literature Generalities.
- Attend the first web conference of the course or watch the recording to make a
summary to be posted in the forum.

Step 2: Timeline
- Design a Timeline that accounts for the chronological overview of English literature
including literature that emerged in each time fitting specific authors, works and
topics. Use https://www.timetoast.com/, https://time.graphics/ or
https://www.adobe.com/express/create/timeline/express to create your timeline. Post the
public link in the forum for Task 2 at least 3 days prior to due date to be revised by
your mates and tutor.

Step 3: Feedback
- After you have posted your working link, respond to two of your classmates’
timelines. Base your responses around the key concepts for responding to the work
of others engaging with your colleagues’ ideas, don’t address grammar or
correctness, instead, ask questions, be generous, begin sentences with “I really
like…”, “How wonderful…”, etc.

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Step 4: Delivery
Send to the Evaluation Environment a PDF file with:
- Cover page
- A screenshot of your web conference participation and/or summary published in
the forum
- The timeline link
- The feedback provided to two different e-mates.
- Bibliographic References

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 First Web Conference so that you can plan your
participation accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype, as well as the course skype
group.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1.

- 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:

Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidence. Identify your file as follows:
551029 - Task 2 - Your Full Name.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 551029 - Task 2 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:

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1. Cover Page.
2. Screenshot of your web conference participation and/or summary published in the
forum.
3. Screenshot of participation in forum
4. Timeline link (must be public)
5. APA References 7th edition used to complete the task.

Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

1. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidence, 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; Plagiarism is banned according
to University’s policies.
- 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.

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.

2. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 175 points
First evaluation High level:
criterion: The student attends the first web conference of the course and
sends the evidence for evaluation. The student actively
Participate Actively participates in the forum by posting the timeline on time and
in task. providing two or more positive feedbacks to two or more
different e-mates.
This criterion
represents 50 If your work is at this level, you can get between 42 points
points of the total and 50 points
of 175 points of
the activity. Average level:
The student does not attend the first web conference of the
course but watches the recording and makes a summary in the
forum. The student participates in the forum by posting the
timeline and providing less than two positive feedbacks to e-
mates.
.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 41 points
and 30 points

Low level:
Does not attend the first web conference of the course and
there’s no evidence of summary for watching the
recording. The student did not participate in the forum on time
or did not participate at all.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 30 points
Second evaluation High level:
criterion: The information shows that the student explored
and analyzed the provided references. It is evident that the
Use active Reading. student understood and mastered the topics.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 42 points
This criterion and 50 points
represents 50
points of the total Average level:
of 175 points of The information partially shows that the student explored and
the activity. analyzed the provided references. It is partially evident that the
student understood the concepts and mastered the topics.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 41 points
and 30 points

Low level:
The information hardly shows that the student explored and
analyzed the provided references. It is hardly evident that the
student understood the concepts and mastered the topics.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 30
points and 0 points.

Third evaluation High level:

criterion: The timeline presented is complete. It includes
examples and definitions of each period of English Literature.
Design creative The timeline is well written with no spelling, grammar, syntax
timeline. and/or punctuation mistakes, and an appropriate usage of the
language. The Timeline Link is uploaded correctly, it works
properly, and it is public.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 60 points
represents 60 and 52 points
points of the total
of 175 points of Average level:
the activity. The timeline presented is partially complete.
It includes examples but not definitions of each period of
English Literature or it includes definitions but not examples of
each literary period. The timeline has some spelling, grammar
and/or punctuation mistakes, lacks syntax and/or an

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 inappropriate use of language. Or the link was sent but it does
not work correctly.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 51 points

and 40 points

Low level:
The timeline presented is incomplete. It does not have all the
periods, or it does not have examples, or it does not have
definitions of each period of English Literature. The timeline has
many spelling, grammar, syntax and/or punctuation mistakes,
and an inappropriate use of language. No editing or revising is
noticeable. Or no link was sent for evaluation.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 40

points and 0 points
Fourth evaluation High level:
criterion: The document meets the criteria for presentation according to
APA standards 7th edition.
Present a PDF file If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
according to APA and 13 points
standards.
Average level:
This criterion The document partially meets the criteria for presentation
represents 15 according to APA standards 7th edition.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
of 175 points of and 9 points
the activity.
Low level:
The document does not meet the criteria for presentation
according to APA standards 7th edition.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
and 0 points