Unit 1 - Task 2 - My hidden talent - Evaluation rubric and activity submission

Jenny Villalba Sanchez. Cód. 1075689898

Estudiante

Curso: (90121A_1701)

Donamar Fernando Duque

Docente

Universidad nacional abierta y a distancia

Ingles III
2023
The activity consists of:
Step 1: Check vocabulary (individual work)
Find and match these phrases in bold with the pictures:

1.Make 2.Letter
1 a speech in front of more than fifty E
people.
2 a meal for more than eight people. A
3 a phone call in a foreign language C
4 A decision that changed your life for F
the better.
5 a project with a big team A
6 Business in another language. D
7 Well/badly in an exam. B
8 your homework on the way to school.

Now, write, at least, 5 talents ort skills you have.

Example: I have talked to a hundred-people audience, because I am good at showing off my
points of view
1. I have advanced in my career because I have the ability to work hard and want to be
someone in life.

2. I have managed to make different positive changes in my life thanks to my ability to live
life and want to get ahead.

3. I have learned great things through experiences over time since I have the ability to learn

4. I have done great charitable works with animals that need help since I have the ability to
be empathetic

5. I have supported my family to get ahead and I have helped my friends and colleagues in
the face of any difficulty since I have leadership skills.
 Step 2: let’s listen (individual work)
Look at the pictures and listen to an interview with Mario, the boy in the story. As you listen,
answer the three questions. Click on the link to listen the interview https://url.unad.edu.co/UZtSc

1. Now, answer these questions:

 What was Mario’s hidden talent? Mario likes to cook since he learned by watching his
mother in the kitchen.
 When did he start to use his talent? Then in my twenties i started to make meals for my
Friends and well
 How did he use his talent to change his job? He brought food to office parties and had
the idea of selling the food at work, telling friends and colleagues and then other people
at work and then he opened his cafeteria in the office.

2. Listen again and complete the extracts.

- I’ve always enjoyed cooking.

- Then in my twenties I started to make mealss for my friends.
- I had the idea to sell my food at work.
- I wanted to do something more interesting.
- I´ve you ever thought, ‘Oh, I prefer my old office job’?
- It’s the best decision I’ve ever made
 Step 3: Take a look! (collaborative work)
1. Correcting mistakes: Read the paragraph below. Fine nine mistakes and correct them.
For identifying the mistake, you must use these symbols:

GR= grammar mistake P= punctuation SP= Spelling

My hidden talent
My talent is that I can sing really well. I’ve always like music,(p) I sing all kinds of songs,
including rock, pop and classical music, (p)I first discovered this ability when I was young. I’ve
(GR) often listened to music and sang (SP) at the same time. I’ve doing it many times at parties,
in front of my friends, and in karaoke bars. There is no magic secret, (p) I just listen carefully
and I (GR) am practicing on my own.
1.1 In the STT session, you were asked about these questions:

- Which is your hidden talent?

- When did you discover it?
- Who knows about it?
My hidden talent is taking photos with beautiful landscapes. I discovered this talent when I was
18 years old and they gave me my first cell phone and we went on a trip with my family to the
island of San Andres. My brother knows my talent because he likes me to take him. photos on
every walk
2. Complete the chart with the past participle of the following verbs

1. Present Simple 2. Past Simple 3. Present Simple 4. PastSimple

Catch Caught Give Gave
Keep Kept Swim Swam
Make Made Sleep Slept
Drive Drove Lose Lost
Do Did Win Won
Fly Flew Buy Bought
Come Came Pay Paid
Cross Crosed Grow Grew

2.1 Using the past participle of the verbs above, create 6 Have you ever…? questions to do to
your tutor or classmates in the STT session. You can use in the box to help you.
Examples:
- Have you ever bought clothes on Internet?
- Have you ever caught a fly with your hands?
-Have you ever lost the keys to the house?
- Have you ever paid on account?
-Have you ever slept in your pajamas?
-Have you ever driven that old car?

3. Do a list of 5 talents or achievements you have done, then, share it to your tutor and
classmates.

Examples:
- I have done cycling for 5 years and I have never fallen down.
- When in my house something is broken, I have fixed them up.

- I have skated in recent years and I have fallen a couple of times.

- I have prepared delicious desserts and I have participated in the school bazaars
- I have learned to drive a motorcycle and I have traveled to faraway places.
- I have started an English course and now I have carried out my teacher's tasks
- I have made crafts and I have made money selling them to my colleagues

STEP 4: Describing your hidden talent (individual work)

1. Describe your talent:

Now, choose one of the talents you wrote in point 3 Step 3. In a paragraph (between 100 and
120 words) describe your talent by giving descriptions using Present Perfect tense. For that,
you can consider these questions to create your text:
- When did you discovered that talent?
- How have you taken advantage of that?
- Do people know about this talent? Why?
- Do you feel your talent has been useful?
My hidden talent is that in recent years I have learned to drive a motorcycle. I discovered this
talent two years ago when my brother bought his first motorcycle and taught me how to drive
it. I have taken advantage of this talent by traveling to distant places, on vacation and moving
towards my work, my family and friends know about this talent because they have traveled
with me and know that I drive responsibly, this talent has been useful to see different places
on vacation and to transport me to my work in the same way it has been a support because I
can work in the afternoons doing homes.
URL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJl2Z3-agxE&t=1s

Step 5: Self-evaluation (individual work)

In this step, you must check your performance during the time this task is developed. For
that, you must answer the following questions in a scale from 0 to 2. You can answer the
questions within the chart is given. This step must appear in the consolidation step. These are
the questions:
1. Did I follow accurately the steps according to what the worksheet requires?
2. Did I attend and participate in the STT (synchronous meeting) that the task required?
3. Did I take into account tutor’s recommendations on the forum?
4. Did I record the video according to all the indications in the worksheet?
5. Did I consolidate all the steps in the final document to be posted on the Evaluation
Environment?

1. QUESTION 0 1 2
1 X
2 X
3 X
4 X
5 X
TOTAL 9