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Recognition task

PRE-ELEMENTARY

ACTIVIDAD DE APRENDIZAJE No. 1:

ACTIVITY No. 1:
Introducing yourself, talking about life and interests

Program
Transversal

Course

Pre-elementary

RECOGNITION STAGE

In this stage, you will learn about how to communicate basic and close needs regarding your
immediate context. You will be presented with situations related to your daily life, physical
and personality descriptions of people. Also, you will start using the comparatives and
superlative. This unit aims to allow you to talk about what people is like and their appearance
by using the verb to be and the present simple.

Being able to describe people and their personalities is quite important. Every day, you deal
with descriptions in different contexts. In your personal life, at work, at the university, with
your friends. So, the idea here is that you can use what you learned during the unit and
describe people effectively. Besides, you will use the comparative and superlative forms to
establish similarities and differences of people or objects.

ACTIVITY

You will write a short essay (200-300 words) to a friend introducing yourself. Also, you are
going to describe your best friend or a family member, you must mention first, an introduction
about who that person is for you. Second, write a description of the person. Finally, write a
conclusion of why that person is your friend.

Individual Work.

This task will allow you to use the content practiced during the stage of recognition. As
individual task you will have to write:

1. A mail (short essay) to a friend introducing yourself, after, you are going to describe
your best friend or a family member. First, introduce your friend by saying who that
person is for you. Second, write a description of the person. Finally, write a
conclusion of why that person is your friend.

The activity must include the following information:

1. Follow the structure proposed for the activity.

 2. It must be a 200-300 words.
3. Use of linking words.
4. Your name.
5. Your age.
6. Your studies and where you study.
7. Your profession and where you work.
8. An introduction of the person stating who that person is for you.
9. Write a description of the person.
10. Write a conclusion of why that person is your friend.
11. If any of the key points does not match your reality, please use your imagination to
complete the activity.

NOTE: Make sure to EXPORT and DOWNLOAD your text at the end. You will need to
POST it in the next FORUM activity so the tutor can revise it.
Collaborative Work:

2. This task will allow you to read two of your classmates’ texts and provide some feedback to
help them improve their skills. Groups will be created randomly. This activity will affect your
final grade. Therefore, it is important to complete it.

1. Upload your text of the recognition stage in the collaborative activity.

2. Provide feedback to two of your classmates’ texts in the collaborative activity.

Follow these steps:

1. Read the descriptions for each criterion.

2. Choose one descriptor per criterion according to your classmate’s work.
3. Submit your feedback in the activity resource.

5 4 3 2 0

5 4 3 2 0
• The text • The text • The text • The text My classmate didn't
presented is presented complies presented barely presented only submit the activity.
consistent with the the task and complies with the responds to a part
1. TASK task and exceeds responds to the activity and of the activity and
COMPLETION the expectation. established partially satisfies does not fully
communicative the established satisfy the
need. communicative established
need. communicative
need.
5 4 3 2 0
• The text is • The text is • The text is • The text is not My classmate didn't
successfully organized in organized in organized in submit the activity.
organized in paragraphs. Some paragraphs, but the paragraphs, there
paragraphs. Each paragraphs may main argument in are isolated
2.
paragraph has a have more than the paragraphs is sentences or a
ORGANIZATION
clear main one main not clear. single long
AND LAYOUT
argument. argument, but they • The ideas in the paragraph.
• The text has a are clear. text do not follow a • The ideas in the
clear development • The text has a logical sequence. text do not follow
and a logical good development any sequence.
sequence. and a sequence.
5 4 3 2 0
•Has a good range •Has control of the •Has some control •Has a limited My classmate didn't
of grammatical grammatical forms, of basic control of basic submit the activity.
3. GRAMMAR forms and shows no vocabulary. grammatical forms, grammatical forms,
AND difficulties to •Can convey vocabulary. vocabulary.
VOCABULARY. convey complete complete ideas. •Can convey •Can convey some
ideas. complete ideas with ideas.
some difficulty.
 5 4 3 2 0
• The ideas in the • The ideas in the • The ideas in the • The ideas in the My classmate didn't
text are presented text are presented text are presented text are presented submit the activity.
in clear and short in clear and long in long sentences without using
sentences sentences using and using commas commas or periods,
separated by periods. instead of periods, except maybe at
4. PUNCTUATION
periods. • The comma may yet you can the end of the text.
• The comma is be used to separate understand the Ideas are hard to
used after some ideas instead main ideas. understand.
connecting words of periods. • The comma is
and to list objects. overused along the
text.

Deliverables:

1. Individual Work:

1.1. Written essay in the final activity. (Word or PDF)

2. Collaborative Work:

2.1. Feedback of 2 of your classmate’s text in the collaborative activity.

SOCIALIZATION SPACE

In accordance with the goals of the unit on Confidence and wild places, this is an academic
space of interaction and collective construction of knowledge, in which your participation and
that of your classmates continue to strengthen the knowledge of the course.

For this, you will answer the following questions in the forum Socialization Space:
1. Why is it important to talk about people’s personality or appearance? Explain your
reasons.
2. When do you talk about your personality or your physical appearance? Why?
3. Which country do you think offers the best quality of life? Is it better or worse than
the quality of life in Colombia? Explain your reasons.

Check deadline for your participation in the forum in Moodle.

NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITY

Resources
Technical, technological Internet, dictionary, text processor (word, etc),
and materials computer, tablet, phone.
Moodle, Ucompensar virtual campus, unit of the
Learning environment
course.
 Formative section, English I virtual
Mandatory
campus, unit 7-8. Recognition stage.
Bohlke, D. 2017. Keynote 1, Unit 7-8
Bibliographic resources Confidence and Wild places page
Complementary 77,87. CENGAGE Learning
Custom Publishing

TASK PERCENTAGES

Activity Percentage
Individual work 15%
Collaborative work 5%