Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English A2
Code: 900002

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 - English is easy and fun.

1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Collaborative
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 100 points
The activity starts on: Thursday, February The activity ends on: Sunday, March
22nd, 2024 17th,2024
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

To understand and recognize the different topics in the e-book (modules 1 - 3),
through producing sentences, reading small descriptions, and other language
activities, using the vocabulary and linguistic structures according to level.

Para esta tarea tenga en cuenta:

Las participaciones o aportes compartidos en el foro dentro de los 3 últimos días antes
de cerrar la tarea no serán realimentadas por su tutor y serán evaluados acorde con el
nivel medio o el nivel bajo descrito en la rúbrica de evaluación. Resolución rectoral
006808 del 19 de agosto de 2014 que habla sobre los trabajos colaborativos y uso de
medios diferentes al foro https://bit.ly/3lplLYx
Se espera que la producción escrita sea de autoría propia y por ningún motivo tomada
de internet u otra fuente. De igual manera, el uso de traductor y cualquier IA debe ser
de forma mesurada y solo de consulta. En caso de identificar plagio, su tarea será
calificada con cero (0,0).
The activity consists of:

Step 1
As a group, create a drive where you are going to construct your activity. Share the
link in the forum.

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During this term, it is necessary to study the entire e-book which is a great complement
for this course and will help you to exercise your communication skills. The E-Book is in
the learning environment.
The specific modules for this task are:
Module 1, Module 2, Module 3
After you study the suggested modules, select and complete three (3) exercises (One
per module).
Make sure not to choose an exercise previously selected by another course mate.
Student’s name:
Screenshot Module 1

Screenshot Module 2

Screenshot Module 3

Student’s name:
Screenshot Module 1

Screenshot Module 2

Screenshot Module 3
Student’s name:

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Screenshot Module 1

Screenshot Module 2

Screenshot Module 3

Student’s name:
Screenshot Module 1

Screenshot Module 2

Screenshot Module 3

Student’s name:
Screenshot Module 1

Screenshot Module 2

Screenshot Module 3

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Step 2 - Participation in the Student’s Talking Time (STT).

Each student must participate in at least two (2) STT (Ver cronograma en el foro de la
actividad).
Durante cada STT el tutor encargado tomará un momento donde le indicará la
evidencia que debe poner en su trabajo como asistencia al STT. (Sea una imagen,
respuesta a algunas preguntas, completar un texto de acuerdo a lo realizado, etc). Por
lo tanto, debe estar atenta y atento durante todo el taller para cuando el tutor le de
esa instrucción.
Student’s name:
STT 1 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

STT 2 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

Student’s name:
STT 1 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

STT 2 Date:

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Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

Student’s name:
STT 1 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

STT 2 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

Student’s name:
STT 1 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

STT 2 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

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Student’s name:
STT 1 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

STT 2 Date:
Topic:
Tutor:
Evidence asked in the STT:

Grammar time
Simple past – Explanation
Did
(I / she / he / it / we / you / they)
Construcción grammatical
Positiva: Pronombre + verbo en pasado + complemento
He drank soda in the park.
They jumped on the bed.
Negativa: Pronombre + auxiliar + not + verbo en presente+
complemento
He did not drink soda in the park.
They did not jump on the bed.
Pregunta: Auxuliar + pronombre + verbo en presente+ complement + ?

Did he drink soda in the park?

Did they jump on the bed?

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 Past Progressive – Explanation
Was / were

She, he, it, I We, you, they

Construcción grammatical
Positiva: Pronombre + auxiliar + verbo con ing + complemento
He was drinking soda in the park.
They were jumping on the bed.

Negativa: Pronombre + auxiliar + not + verbo con ing + complemento

He was not drinking soda in the park.
They were not jumping on the bed.

Pregunta: auxiliar + pronombre + verbo con ing + complement +?

Was he drinking soda in the park?
Were they jumping on the bed?
Step 3 – Organize the sentences.

Considering the previous explanation of the Past Progressive and Simple Past Tenses.
Check the following list of sentences, they are in disorder. So that, you should choose 4
sentences to put them in the correct order. 2 sentences in Past Progressive and 2
sentences in Simple Past (Total 4 sentences per student). Please, do not repeat the
sentences chosen by your partners.
Click the following link to select the sentences:
Sentences Step 3

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Complete the chart with the selected sentences:

1. Student’s name Past Progressive Simple Past

Sentences Sentences

1. 3.

2. 4.

2. Student’s name Past Progressive Simple Past

Sentences Sentences

1. 3.

2. 4.

3. Student’s name Past Progressive Simple Past

Sentences Sentences

1. 3.

2. 4.

4. Student’s name Past Progressive Simple Past

Sentences Sentences

1. 3.

2. 4.

5. Student’s name Past Progressive Simple Past

Sentences Sentences

1. 3.

2. 4.

Step 4 – The Biography

Check the following Biographies, each student is going to select 1 biography. After
selecting the biography, complete the blanks with the correct form of verb and then
organize it coherently.

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Student’s name:
Angelina Jolie
Student’s name:
Cristiano Ronaldo
Student’s name:
Princess Diana
Student’s name:
Fernando Botero
Student’s name:
Lionel Messi

Step 5 - Reflection and personal growth

Esta etapa está orientada a su reflexión y crecimiento personal donde usted como
estudiante debe realizar una autoevaluación en español:
Cada estudiante va a escribir un texto donde exprese:
• ¿Cómo se sintió con la actividad?
• ¿Qué siente que debe mejorar en su proceso académico?
• ¿Cómo cree que esta actividad le aportó a su proceso académico?
• ¿Cómo percibe usted la importancia de aprender un segundo idioma?

Product:
In the evaluation environment a student of the group uploads a document in pdf with:
• Front page
• The steps of the guide.
NO MORE.

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For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Check constantly the course agenda.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

• Study and develop the activities in the e-book – Modules 1- 3

• Read the activity guide exhaustively.
• Write directly on the discussion forum Unit 1 Task 2.
• Avoid attaching files to receive feedback from your course mates and tutor.
• Participate in the forum since the beginning of the task.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

• Upload the final product in a .pdf document.

• Name of the activity: Group WritingTask. Example: Group_876_WritingTask

Evidences of individual work:

No individual evidence is required in this activity.

Evidences of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

• Compile all the steps of the all participants in one document.

• One student uploads the document in the evaluation environment.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Collaborative evidence, consider the following:

• Each student is responsible for his/her process.

• 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.
• Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during the time
assigned for the activity should be included as authors of the submitted product.
• In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested product in

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 the environment indicated by the teacher.

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 selects 3 activities (one per module)
criterion: in the E-book Online Content and work on them. The student
shares the module activities in the forum correctly executed.
Module activities.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
This criterion and 10 points.
represents 10
points of the total Average level: The student selects less than 3 activities (one
of 100 points of per module) in the E-book Online Content and work on them.
the activity. The student shares the module activities in the forum correctly
executed.
The student shares the module activities in the forum with
mistakes.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points

and 6 points.

Low level: The student doesn’t select the activities of the

module to work on them.
The student doesn’t share the module activities in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 2 points

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Second evaluation High level: The student presents the evidence asked by the
criterion: tutor of at least 2 STT.

Participation in If your work is at this level, you can get between 15

the STT points and 20 points.

This criterion Average level: The student presents the evidence of his/her
represents 20 participation in 2 STT by watching the recordings.
points of the total
of 100 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
the activity. and 14 points.

Low level: The student does not present evidence of his/her

participation in any STT.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 8 points
Third evaluation High level: The student shows comprehension of the required
criterion: topics in the guide and organize the given sentences correctly.

academic If your work is at this level, you can get between 15

contents. points and 20 points.

This criterion Average level: The student shows comprehension of the

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represents 20 required topics in the guide but the given sentences have some
points of the total mistakes in the final construction.
of 100 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
and 14 points.

Low level: The student does not show a complete

comprehension of the required topics in the guide and makes
many mistakes in the organization of the sentences.

The student doesn’t organize the sentences.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 9 points.
Fourth evaluation High level: The student completes the selected biography
criterion: correctly and organize it with coherence.

Writing If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
development and 25 points.

This criterion Average level: The student completes the selected biography,
represents 25 but it has some mistakes in the text and organize it with
points of the total coherence.
of 100 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 19 points.

Low level: The student completes the selected biography, but

it has many mistakes in the text and/or the student does not
organize it with coherence.
The student doesn’t complete the biography.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 14 points
Fifth evaluation High level: The student participates in the forum on time to let
criterion: the tutor provide feedback to his/her activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 13
Forum points and 15 points.
Participation
Average level: The student participates in the forum in the

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This criterion last days (3 days before the closing) of the activity and the tutor
represents 15 cannot provide feedback to his/her activity.
points of the total
of 100 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
the activity. and 12 points.

Low level: The student does not participate in the forum.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 5 points.
Sixth evaluation High level: The student demonstrates reflective thinking in all
criterion: of the questions included in this task, (step 5). The student self-
assess critically his/her score for this criterion.
Reflection and
personal growth. If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
and 10 points.
This criterion
represents 10 Average level: The student shares the answers to some
points of the total questions of his reflection and personal growth in relation to his
of 100 points of performance, (step 5).
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 6 points.

Low level: The student does not share the answers to the
questions of his reflection and personal growth; and / or does
not self-assess or share his/her score.
The student does not participate in the forum; and / or
plagiarism is demonstrated in her/his work.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 points.

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