Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English 2
Code: 90021

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 (Write your obligations and needs in
your daily job.)

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, March
February 20, 2023 12, 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
The student will be able to comprehend texts to extract the main idea and answer
some questions according to this, besides the student writes text about his/her
obligations and needs with coherence, using the structures learned in the course that
allows them better learning.

The activity consists of:

Step 1: Reading comprehension exercise.

Go to the Learning Environment, and enter to E-book / Online Content (Contenido en
Linea) to develop the activities of the E-book.

Image that labels the Online content found in Learning environment.

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Go to module 2, exercise 5. Read the text you find there where the modal verb
Must is used, and answer the following questions.

Image that shows the Module 2. Topic 5 of E-book

a. What is the main idea of the text?

b. What is the driving program's purpose when it demands to pass the written test
and the driving test?
c. Considering the requirements to have a driver’s license in the USA, do you think
we could apply the same requirements in Colombia? Explain.
d. Write four obligations people must do to obtain a driver's license in the United
States.

Share the answers in the collaborative forum.

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Step 2: Writing obligations and necessities.
Read the following:

Learning doesn’t stop once when you land a job. If you want to increase
your professional life, learning must be constant. Is necessary for you
identify your functions and role in your job to do all the activities.

If you improve and expand your skillset, it won´t only make your job easier,
but it will also help you become better at what you do, to be motivated and
to have a good performance, at the same time to improve your chances of
getting promoted, and further your career.

According to the previous information think about the obligations you have to fill daily
in your job and do a list of duties you have and don´t have to do, which must and
must not do.

If you are not working, write the obligations and needs you consider you need to do
to be a good professional in the area you are studying. Use have to, don’t have to,
must, and must not.

Besides you must Use phrasal verbs to build sentences. You can study this topic of
Unit 1, module 1, and modal verbs of module 2.

Example: -In my office, I must warm up from the beginning.

-I must be keeping on working on my computer doing statistics.

How to write the text.

Write an introductory paragraph with your name, telling where you work, how
many years or months you have in this job, what are you studying and how you feel
in that job.
In the second and third paragraph explain your functions in that job, write at least
ten obligations, and ten necessities besides three activities you do but that are not
obligations.
The final paragraph is a closing paragraph, it should logically conclude your writing,
just like your concluding sentences logically conclude your body paragraphs.

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Step 3: Give feedback to your partner:
Read the answer to step 1 that your partner gave and published in the forum, and
say if they are according to the reading and if they present the correct structure or if
they present mistakes.
Then read the text of the step 2 that your partners wrote about obligations and needs
that they have and don´t have to do, which must and must not do, and give your
feedback to them. Say if the structure is good or not, and verify if your partner
applied the use of have to, don’t have to, must, and must not.
Write what he/she can improve, or if the grammatical structure presents mistakes.

Step 4: Participation in Student Talking Time (STT).

As a way to help students improve their English level, pronunciation, and speaking
skills, each teacher will develop some practical workshops named Student Talking
Time.

Be attentive to the tutor's invitation to these workshops, which you must attend to
improve and learn English. During these sessions, you will practice your English. The
invitation will be sent by mail. The teacher will share with you the schedule in which
these workshops will be developed.
You will have to attend at least two times to gain some points for your final grade.

Take a screenshot while in the workshop, register your attendance, and add this to
the final task.
In this Student Talking Time, you can share your opinions in English with the tutor
and partners.
The evidence must show your name and face; therefore, you must open the camera
during your participation.

Step 5: Self-evaluation.
After developing all the steps of the activity, answer the self-evaluation you find like
Appendix 1 - Self-evaluation Task 2, then take a screenshot that shows you did
this, and add this to the final task.

Step 6: Organize your final task.

Use the Appendix 2 - Template - Final Task 2 - Write your obligations and
needs in your daily role and organize in a PDF document all the steps required in
the guide.
Add in a document the following:
Add in a document the following:
Step 1: The four answers to the Reading comprehension exercise.

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Step 2: Text written by paragraph talking about obligations, and necessities using
must, must not, have to, don´t have to, and phrasal verbs.
Step 3: evidence of feedback given to the partner's group.
Step 4: Evidence of attendance Student Talking Time (STT)
Step 5: Evidence of Self-evaluation
For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: review the course agenda to
work within the established dates.

In the Learning Environment, you must: Study all the English contents found in
the Online content - English level II, to develop each step that you find in the
guide. Besides, the students find the Activities guide and evaluation rubric with
all the instructions to develop, the template to organize the final task and the Forum
of the activity where the students must socialize the development of each step
indicated in the guide. Besides you must look for the Appendix 2 - Template -
Final Task 2 - Write your obligations and needs in your daily role.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: send the final Writing task, organized in
a template and in a PDF document, with all the steps required in the guide and with
the cover page.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:
Step 1: Reading comprehension exercise. Answers to the four questions.
Step 2: Text written by paragraph talking about obligations, and necessities using
must, must not, have to, don´t have to and phrasal verbs.
Step 4: evidence of attendance Student Talking Time (STT)
Step 5: Evidence of Self-evaluation
Step 6: Organization of the final task in the template.

Evidences of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

The evidence of feedback sent to their partners in the step 1 and step 2 labeling the
mistakes and good development.

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2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following: The development of all the steps
required in the guide and the final task organized in a PDF document given in
Evaluation environment

 All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the activity.

 Before submitting the requested product, students 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)

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: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 100 points
First evaluation High level: The student answers all the questions of the reading
criterion: comprehension with correct structure and according to the text.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 25 points
Reading and 30 points
comprehension
Average level: Some questions of the reading comprehension
This criterion exercise are answers but some of them are not according to the
represents 30 text and present some grammatical mistakes.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 18 points
of 100 points of and 24 points
the activity.
Low level: The student answers the questions but they present
mistakes in the structures or the student doesn´t answer the
questions of the reading comprehension exercise.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 17 points
Second evaluation High level: The grammatical structures used in the text are
criterion: good used. They are according to the requirement in the guide.
In the text is evident the correct use of vocabulary worked in the
Grammatical course unit and according to what the guide requires.
structure, If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
vocabulary and and 15 points
spelling.
in the text. Average level: The written production presents some mistakes
in the use of grammatical structures nevertheless, some ideas
This criterion give answers to the guide requirement.
represents 15 Although the vocabulary is according to the units, it is limited
points of the total and presents some difficulties in the written of some words.
of 100 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
the activity. and 11 points

Low level: The grammatical structures applied are simple or

present many mistakes with difficulty to understand the text.

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 The vocabulary used in the text is poor and not according to the
units of the course.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 6 points

Third evaluation High level: The written production presents a good connection
criterion: of phrases and paragraph, using connectors. It looks as a
complete unit, the text is clear and complete.
Cohesion and If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
coherence. and 20 points

This criterion Average level: The text presents inconsistencies in the building
represents 15 and organization of some ideas, some parts are not clear
points of the total however, some message can be understandable.
of 100 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
the activity. and 14 points

Low level: The ideas and phrases presented in the text are not
well related, are in disorder or the text is not clear. The text is
not presented like the guide required.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 7 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student sends the feedback to his/her partners'
criterion: group. In it, he/she sign if the structure applied is good or not
and if the activity presents mistakes or not.
Feedback If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
and 10 points
This criterion
represents 10 Average level: The student sends the feedback to his/her
points of the total partners' group, but in it, he/she doesn´t sign if the structure
of 100 points of applied is good or not and if the activity presents mistakes or
the activity. not.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 6 points

Low level: The student doesn´t the feedback to his/her

partners' group, in it, he/she doesn´t sign if the structure
applied is good or not and if the activity presents mistakes or
not.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 3 points
Fifth evaluation High level:
criterion: The student participates actively in at least two practical
Student talking time, giving the answer to the exercise and
Participation in interacting with the tutor and partners.
student talking time If your work is at this level, you can get between 15
points and 20 points
This criterion
represents 20 Average level: The student participates only in one practical
points of the total Student talking time; the interaction was not so visible but
of 100 points of he/she evidences attendance.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 7
points and 14 points

Low level:
The student doesn´t participate in any practical workshop, and
he/she doesn’t interact with the tutor and partners.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 6 points

Sixth evaluation High level: The student answer all the questions of the self-
criterion: evaluation.
Self-evaluation If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 10 points
This criterion
represents 10 Average level: The student evidences the answer to only some
points of the total questions of the self-evaluation.
of 100 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
the activity. and 5 points

Low level: The student doesn´t develop the self-evaluation and

doesn´t answer any question with evidence.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 4 points