Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Academic Unit
Academic Level Professional, specialization, master
Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común
Course Name English 2
Course Code 90021
Course Type Methodological - Can be yes ☐ No ☒
practical enabled
Number of Credits 2

2. Description of the activity

Number
Type of the
Individual ☐ Collaborative ☒ of 6
activity:
weeks
Moment of Unit
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 95 points
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
22nd February 2018 3rd April 2018
Competence to develop:
Write short and simple texts related to immediate contexts.
 Talk about short trips and recreational activities
 Talk about past events
 Talk about the weather
 Give advice and recommendations
Topics to develop:
Past events, recommendations with should, subjunctive.
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop
Task based learning. The student uses His/her English in a particular
communicative context, in order to carry out a task: planning,
describing, inviting, giving advice, etc.
3. Activities to develop

Estimado estudiante:
La presente GUIA tiene las pautas para realizar su trabajo final de
ESCRITURA, que podrá presentar una de las siguientes estrategias de su
elección: un afiche, un folleto o una infografía.
De acuerdo con la estrategia elegida, usted debe dar cuenta de tres
aspectos:
a) Contar una experiencia de un viaje.
b) Hablar del clima de ése lugar y dar algunas recomendaciones sobre
qué se debe tener en cuenta, de acuerdo con el clima.
c) Dar recomendaciones para planear un viaje al lugar que usted
describió.
Es necesario que usted haga los ejercicios de los contenidos en línea que
se relacionan al inicio de cada paso; de esta manera, podrá dar cuenta de
lo aprendido en los ejercicios de escritura que se proponen en el proceso
y así mismo en el producto final.
Descriptor de autoevaluación de acuerdo con el Marco Común Europeo de
Referencia para la producción escrita:
 Soy capaz de escribir notas y mensajes breves y sencillos relativos
a mis necesidades inmediatas.

Dear student,
 You will develop this task in the Writing task forum.
 At the end of this task, you will collect the evidence of the task in an
infographic, brochure or poster through the tool Picktochart.
 Follow each step, post all the activities in the forum and get
feedback from your partners and tutor.
 The final product must be sent individually. You construct your
final product through the process you develop collaboratively.
 Stage 1: Going on a trip (1st week)
Go to unit 1.4. Going on a trip in the Knowledge
environment and develop the following activities:

a. Post the indicated activities (pronunciation and Writing) from the

unit in the forum.
b. Write a short note in the forum telling what you did last
vacation/holidays/weekend.

- Use time markers (see unit 1.4)

- Text length: 70 words
- Write about: Where did you go?, How long did you stay there?, Who did you go with?,
How much did you pay for that?, Which place did you like the most?
- You can use this guide:
 warm snowy cloudy sunny breezy icy freezing muddy cool

Stage 2: What's the weather like? 1.3 (2nd week)

Go to unit 1.3. What’s the weather like? in the
Knowledge environment and develop the following
activities:

a. Post the indicated activities from the unit in the forum.

 b. Describe the weather in the place you visited and use the
following vocabulary:
Example: The weather in Bogotá changes every day. In the
morning it is usually cloudy, but it becomes sunny at noon.
c. What do you recommend to do in your city? (See the
Subjunctive in unit 1.3) Example: It is recommended that
people wear an umbrella in Bogotá.

It is recommended that … It is necessary that … It is important that… It is

good idea that… It is better that…

 Post your description and recommendations in the forum.

Your description: _____________________________________________________
Your recommendation:
___________________________________________________________________

Stage 3: You should keep your passport! 1.2 (3rd

week)
Go to unit 1.2. You should keep your passport! in the
Knowledge environment and develop the following
activities:
 a. Post the activities from the unit in the forum.
b. What should people do in the place you visited last vacation?
Example: People should go to Monserrate in Bogotá.
c. What shouldn’t people do in the place you visited last vacation?
Example: People shouldn’t go to Monserrate by cable railway in
Bogotá.


Post your recommendations in the forum. Use modals verbs of advice (see unit
1.2)
What people should do:
___________________________________________________________________
What people shouldn’t do:
____________________________________________________________________

Stage 4: Consolidate an infographic, brochure or poster (4th and

5th week)
According to the previous writing exercises, you will design a brochure,
infographic or poster where you:
1. Tell an experience of trip. 100 words (Unit 1.4-Stage 1).
2. Give 8 tips or recommendations related to what to do in the place
you described (Unit 1.3-Stage 2).
3. Give advice related to what people should or shouldn’t do in that
place (Unit 1.2-Stage 3).
4. Use real pictures.
5. Example: https://create.piktochart.com/output/28176719-
new-piktochart
6. Use the following tool to design your final product:
https://piktochart.com/
Stage 5: Complete the checklist.
 Complete the checklist:
YES NO
QUESTIONS
Did I develop the activities of the unit 1.4?
Did I post the Speaking and Writing activities from the unit 1.4 in the
Stage 1

forum?
Did I write a short note in the forum telling what I did last
vacation/holidays/weekend?
Did I develop the activities of the unit 1.3?
Did I post the Speaking activity from the unit 1.3 in the forum?
Did I describe the weather in my city using the vocabulary given in the
Stage 2

unit 1.3?
Did I give recommendations related to the place I visited using the given
structure in the unit 1.3?
Did I post my description and recommendations in the forum?
Did I develop the activities of the unit 1.2?
Did I post the Practice 5 and writing activity from the unit 1.2 in the
Stage 3

forum?
Did I give recommendations related to what people should and shouldn’t
do in the place I visited?
Did I post my recommendations in the forum?
Did I design an infographic, brochure or poster?
Did I tell an experience of a trip in a maximum length of 100 words and
taking into account what I did in stage 1?
Stage 4

Did I give 10 tips or recommendations related to what to do in the place I

visited, and taking into account what I did in stage 2?
Did I give advice related to what to should and shouldn’t do in the place I
visited, and taking into account what I did in stage 3?
Did I use real pictures?

Don’t forget to add this chart at the end of the Word document.
Stage 6: Upload the final product in the Evaluation and
Monitoring Environment
 Copy the link of your brochure, infographic or poster in a Word
document.
 Add the checklist of stage 5 and upload the document in the
Evaluation and Monitoring Environment.
END OF THE TASK!
 4. Evaluation rubric
Assessed Performance levels
Score
aspects High score Media score Low score
 Posts the speaking  Develops some of the  Doesn’t upload the
and writing activities activities from the activities from stage 1.
from unit 1.4 in the stage 1.  Does the activity during
forum.  Writes a short note in the last week of the
 Writes a short note in the forum, but it task.
the forum describing a doesn’t show the  Shows serious and
past event related to a previous activities frequent problems with
trip. from the online word choice or subject-
Stage 1:  Writes short and contents indicated in verb agreement. 20 points
Going on a trip simple sentences for the unit 1.4.  Doesn’t show a process
describing a past  Shows imprecise of writing in the forum.
event and using time sentences with an
markers from the unit. inconsistent style.
 Writes a note with a  Shows some lack of
maximum of 100 control in grammar.
words.  The note exceeds the
indicated length.
Up to 20 points Up to 15 points Up to 10 points
  Posts the speaking  Develops some of the  Doesn’t upload the
activity from the unit activities from the activities from stage 2.
1.3 in the forum. stage 2.  Does the activity during
 Writes short and  Writes in the forum the last week of the
simple sentences for short and simple task.
Stage 2: What’s giving sentences for giving  Shows serious and
the weather recommendations recommendation, but frequent problems with
like? using the subjunctive it doesn’t show the word choice or subject-
structure, indicated previous activities verb agreement. 20 points
the unit 1.3. from the online  Doesn’t show a process
contents indicated in of writing in the forum.
the unit 1.3.
 Shows imprecise
sentences with an
inconsistent style.
 Shows some lack of
control in grammar.
 The recommendation
exceeds the indicated
length.
Up to 20 points Up to 15 points Up to 10 points

 Posts the Practice 5  Develops some of the  Doesn’t upload the

and the writing activities from the activities from stage 3.
activity from the unit stage 3.  Does the activity during
1.2 in the forum.  Writes in the forum the last week of the
 Writes short and short and simple task.
simple sentences for sentences for giving  Shows serious and
giving recommendation, frequent problems with
Stage 3: You recommendations using modal verbs. word choice or subject-
should keep using modal verbs, However, it doesn’t verb agreement.
your passport! indicated the unit show the previous  Doesn’t show a process 20 points
 1.2. activities from the of writing in the forum.
online contents
indicated in the unit
1.2.
 Shows imprecise
sentences with an
inconsistent style.
 Shows some lack of
control in grammar.
 The recommendation
exceeds the indicated
length.
Up to 20 points Up to 15 points Up to 10 points
 Designs the brochure,  Designs the brochure,  Doesn’t design the
poster or infographic poster or infographic, brochure, poster or
through the tool but in a different tool infographic.
Picktochart. from the indicated in  Doesn’t develop any of
 The final product is a the guide. the activities from the
complete evidence of stage 1 to 3.
the process developed  Develops some of the  It is not evident the
in the forum. activities from the coherence between
 The final product has stage 1 to 3. online contents provided
Stage 4: the three stages of the in the guide and the
Infographic/bro writing exercise: a)  The final product final product.
chure/poster telling a past doesn’t show a
experience; b) giving 8 complete evidence of
tips for going to a the process developed 20
place; c) giving in the forum. points
recommendations
concerning what to do  The final product
and not to do in a doesn’t show a variety
place. of pictures of visual
  It is evident the aids.
coherence between
online contents
provided in the guide
and the final product.
 The final product
shows a variety of
pictures or visual aids.
Up to 20 points Up to 15 points Up to 10 points
 Deliveries the link of  Deliveries the link of Doesn’t deliver the final
the final product in a the final product in a product.
Word document. Word document.
 Completes the However, doesn’t adds Delivers the final product
Stage 6: Final checklist. the completed in a different way from
product delivery  Adds the checklist in checklist. the Evaluation and
the Word document.  Uploads the final Monitoring Environment. 15 points
 Uploads the final document in the Delivers the final product
document in the Evaluation and out of the delivery date.
Evaluation and Monitoring
Monitoring Environment before
Environment before the due date.
the due date.
Up to 15 points Up to 10 points Up to 5 points
TOTAL 95 points