Week 03 - Task Assignment - Let me introduce my family

L𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘀, 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗿𝗲

𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮.

Hello everybody!

Now it's time for you to do the task for this week, so I invite you to check the instructions
below. Remember that if you need to review a topic, you can always check the course
material as often as needed. Keep in mind that you have to present this task during week
3.

1. Learning Outcome
Unidad 1: Looking back to the past.
At the end of the unit, the student explains past situations to develop in the English
Language at level A2 by using relevant grammar and vocabulary.

2. Lesson Outcome
At the end of the lesson, you and your team talk about the most important events of
your families by using the simple past (regular verbs) and vocabulary presented during
the week.

3. Description
a. Step 1:
i. Choose the most important events in your family history. Think
about the most important events in your family history. For
example your birthday,  your baptism, your parents’ wedding,
 etc.
ii. Each student selects two events.
iii. Look for photos of those events. 
b. Step 2: Write a conversation
i. Choose one or two partners.
ii. Think about the events you selected.
iii. Start your dialog by greeting your friend(s).
iv. Then, show your pictures to your friends to make them ask you
questions about them. For example:
v. Where were you in the picture?
vi. How old were you when the event happened?  
vii. When did this event happen?
viii. Where did you celebrate it?
ix. Why was it important for your family?
c. Step 3: Perform your conversation
 i. Attend the workshops, reinforce, and practice the topics of the
week to do the task. You can register at Portal del Estudiante or
UTP+: Refuerzo Académico.

4. Considerations to record the video

a. Before recording the video
b. Work in pairs or groups of three.
c. Keep in mind the time you have for the task.
d. Use the grammar and vocabulary you have studied during the week.
e. Avoid using translators and make sure your ideas are coherent.
f. Practice your pronunciation, intonation, and vocalization.
g. Use a quiet place to record your conversation.
h. At the moment of recording the video
i. Show yourselves to the camera in a close-up or medium shot, without
covering your face.
j. Avoid recording yourselves in the shadows or giving your back to the
light.
k. Greet your audience and introduce yourselves at the beginning of the
video.
l. Use correct pronunciation, intonation, and vocalization.
m. Use the correct volume of voice; it should be neither too high nor too
low.
n. Use body language and show interest when listening to your partners.
o. Avoid reading your conversation.
p. Use the time allotted for the task.
q. Finish the video by saying goodbye to your audience.
r. After recording the video
s. Double-check your video before submitting it.
t. If you have a link, make sure the access to your video is open.

5. Material
a. Grammar: The past of regular verbs 
b. Vocabulary: Family events 
c. Canvas material: Week 3 
d. Additional material:
i. Dictionary Cambridge online:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/essential-american-
english/
ii. Oxford American English Dictionary:
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/978019
5392883.001.0001/acref-9780195392883
iii. Englisch-Hilfen: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/
iv. All things Grammar:
https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/present-simple.html
 v. Raymond Murphy - English Grammar In Use Book:
https://idoc.pub/documents/1-raymond-murphy-english-
grammar-in-use-with-answers-elementarypdf-6ng2exg9rjlv

6. Presentation
a. Number of participants: 2 – 3
b. Cover: Present a cover at the beginning of the video or in a Word /PDF
document with the Youtube/Drive link. (See the example below.)
c. Format: Canvas multimedia or Word/PDF format with the YouTube/Drive
link
d. Video length: 3 - 4 minutes (apart from your introductions and farewells)
e. Attempts: 1
f. Deadline: Sunday of week 3
 Criterio Estándar esperado En proceso 2 En proceso 1 Inicial

The content responds to Most of the content responds Half of the content responds Less than half of the content
Elaboration of the dedications of the to the indications of the to the indications of the responds to the indications of
contents activity. activity. activity. the activity.
4 3 2 1
The student elaborates The student elaborates sentences The student elaborates sentences
The student elaborates sentences
sentences and questions and questions following the and questions following the
and questions following the
following the grammatical grammatical structures with up to grammatical structures with 6 or
Use of grammar grammatical structures with up to
structures without any 5 mistakes. more mistakes.
3 mistakes.
mistakes.
3.5 2.5 1.5 0.5
The student uses the The student uses the vocabulary
The student uses the vocabulary The student uses the
vocabulary studied in the unit studied in the unit with up to 5
Use of vocabulary studied in the unit with up to 3 vocabulary studied in the unit
without any mistakes. mistakes.
mistakes. with 6 or more mistakes.

3.5 2.5 1.5 0.5

During the presentation, the
During the presentation, the During the presentation, the During the presentation, the
student makes more than 7
student makes up to 3 student makes up to 5 mistakes student makes up to 7 mistakes
Use of pronunciation mistakes that make difficult to
mistakes but the message is but most of the message is that make difficult to understand
and intonation understand most of the
understood. understood. half of the message.
message.
5 3.5 2 0.5
The student looks at the The student looks at the The student looks at the audience The student looks at the
audience (camera) directly and audience (camera) directly and (camera) directly and does not audience (camera) directly
Oral presentation
does not depend on his/her does not depend on his/her depend on his/her notes through less than half of the
notes throughout the video. notes throughout most of the throughout half of the video. video and depends on his/her
 video. notes throughout most of the
video.
2 1.5 1 0.5

The student vocalizes all the The student vocalizes most of The student vocalizes half of the The student vocalizes less than
Deliver of speech or dialogue with the speech or dialogue with speech or dialogue with audible half of the speech or dialogue
speech/dialogue audible voice volume. audible voice volume. voice volume. with audible voice volume.
2 1.5 1 0.5