Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B2
Code: 900005
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 – My wonderful dreams

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 100 points
The activity starts on: Thursday, The activity ends on: Saturday, March
February 22, 2024 16, 2024

With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

The student will be able to describe his current achievements using Present Perfect and
to write about his/her future goals in a mid and long-term using mixed future tenses
such as Future Simple, Be Going To, Future Continuous and Future Perfect.

The activity consists of:

Create and make a narrative text with three paragraphs about “your current
achievements and future mid-term and long-term goals”, for that, you must do the
following:

● Write about your current achievements using present perfect.

● Describe your future mid-term goals using future simple, be going to and future
continuous.
● Share your long-term goals using the future perfect tense.

Dear Student,

You must consider the following aspects to write a narrative text. It must contain
three paragraphs, as follows:

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 - First paragraph: Personal and professional achievements.

- Second paragraph: Short-term goals and expectations (5 years).

- Third paragraph: Long term goals and hopes (10 years or more)

Share each paragraph in the WRITING FORUM to be checked and get feedback by
your tutor.

Add comments about your e-mates’ paragraphs to exchange opinions and feedback to
correct your own narrative texts.

Follow the next steps to complete this task:

Step 1:

Write the first paragraph with your current achievements.

Write a paragraph (minimum 80 words) introducing yourself and describing your

current achievements using the present perfect tense. You must write at least 3
sentences in present perfect tense and highlight them. See Annex 1 Task 2.

Step 2:

Write the second paragraph with your mid-term goals.

Write a paragraph, minimum 100 words, explaining your future mid-term goals (5
years down the line) including examples with future simple (will), be going to and
future continuous. You must write at least one sentence with each future form and
highlight the required sentences. See Annex 1 Task 2.

Step 3:

Write the third paragraph with your long-term goals.

Write a paragraph, minimum 100 words, explaining your future long-term goals (10
years down the line) including examples with future perfect tense. You must write at
least 3 sentences with future perfect tense. Highlight those sentences. See Annex 1
Task 2.

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Step 4

Self-assessment

After each student has written his/her narrative text, he/she will write a self-
assessment paragraph answering the questions. Include a minimum 50 words. See
Annex 1 Task 2.

Step 5

Final delivery - Consolidate your work.

Consolidate the information of all the stages in a PDF document and submit it to the
Evaluation Environment. The final document will be submitted individually.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

● Check the agenda out to verify the opening and closing dates of the task.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

● Check out and study the Online Content (Level B2 Unit 1 from module 1 to
module 4). Enter the forum and participate in the development of individual and
collaborative tasks.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

● Upload one PDF format document with all the information required. Include
bibliographic references.

Evidence of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

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A Narrative Text in which the student demonstrates his/her knowledge in the language
to express his/her achievements, plans, hopes and expectations, as follows:

1st Paragraph: Minimum 80 words introducing yourself and describing your current
achievements using the present perfect tense.

2nd Paragraph: Minimum 100 words explaining your future mid-term goals (5 years
down the line) including examples with future simple (will), be going to, and future
continuous. You must write at least one sentence with each future form.

3rd Paragraph: Minimum 100 words explaining your future long-term goals (10
years down the line) including examples with future perfect tense. You must write at
least 3 sentences with this tense.

Final Paragraph: A self-assessment paragraph about his/her performance in the

individual work for the activity’s development.

Evidence of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

Each student must add at least a comment to all of the e-mates paragraphs to
exchange opinions and suggestions about the narrative texts.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

● Each student must share his/her individual narrative text including the specific
information for each paragraph in the writing forum

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● Each student must write a self– assessment in a paragraph.

● Before submitting the requested product, students should check all the
requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

● Each student must submit the final document through the Evaluation
Environment.

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.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1

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The highest score in this activity is 100 points

High level: The student presents their narrative text with

excellent cohesion and coherence, connecting his/her ideas with
First evaluation the main topic.
criterion: If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
and 30 points.
Cohesion and
Coherence Average level: The student shows lack of coherence and
cohesion between their ideas and the main topic in their
This criterion narrative text.
represents 30 If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
points of the total and 19 points.
of 100 points of
the activity. Low level: The student doesn’t mention the main topic in the
narrative texts, or they don’t present the narrative text.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points.

High level:
The narrative texts are grammatically correct, including the
sentences and statements required for each paragraph to
develop the topic properly. The vocabulary and connectors are
Second evaluation appropriated and used correctly.
criterion:
If your work is at this level, you can get between 31 points
Grammar and and 40 points.
Vocabulary
Average level: The narrative text presents imprecise sentences
This criterion with an inconsistent style. It shows some lack of control in the
represents 40 grammar and vocabulary required for each paragraph.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
of 100 points of and 30 points.
the activity.
Low level: The student does not use the grammar structures
and vocabulary required for each paragraph. Or the student
doesn’t present the narrative text.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 14 points.

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 High level: The student comments the most of his/her e-
mates’ paragraphs, giving opinions and suggestions about the
Third evaluation subject.
criterion: If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 20 points.
Participation in
the writing forum Average level: The student comments some of his/her e-
mates’ paragraphs, giving opinions and suggestions about the
This criterion subject.
represents 20 If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
points of the total and 14 points.
of 100 points of
the activity. Low level: The student writes only a comment or doesn’t write
any comment to his/her e-mates giving opinions or suggestions
about the subject.

The student doesn’t include a relevant opinion or suggestion in

his/her comments.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 4 points.

Fourth evaluation High level: The student presents his/her self-assessment

criterion: answering all the questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
Self-Assessment and 10 points.

This criterion Average level: The student presents his/her self-assessment

represents 10 but doesn’t answer all the questions.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
of 100 points of and 4 points.
the activity.
Low level: The student doesn’t present the self-assessment.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 points.