Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric
Task 2 – Writing task forum

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

Type of the Individu Collaborativ Number

☒ ☐ 7
activity: al e of weeks
Unit
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermediat ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
e: 1 and 2
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 120 points
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
June 21st 2019 August 1st 2019
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.

Activities to develop
Estimado estudiante:
En esta guía usted encontrará las pautas de realización de su
producto final, que será según su elección: un afiche, un folleto o una
infografía en la que usted dé cuenta de tres aspectos:
a) contar una experiencia de un viaje;
b) hablar del clima de ese lugar y dar recomendaciones sobre qué
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, porque eso se debe
reflejar en los ejercicios de escritura que se proponen en el proceso y
así mismo en el producto final. Usted debe publicar en el foro
únicamente los ejercicios que la guía indica por cada unidad.
El resto de ejercicios los debe hacer y no debe enviar ni pantallazos
ni las respuestas al correo del tutor.

A través de este ejercicio usted fortalecerá su capacidad de

producción escrita en:

• Escritura de textos cortos y simples, en los que hable de su

contexto inmediato y de sucesos del pasado.

Ver video tutorial de la guía:

https://youtu.be/Tnh0FrO56xU
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 portfolio through the process you develop
collaboratively.

LET´S START!
 Stage 1: Going on a trip 1
Go to unit 1.4. Going on a trip in the Knowledge
environment and develop all the activities. You just have
to upload the following activities in the forum.

a. Post the indicated activities (pronunciation and Writing –do

not record yourself, just write the exercise in the forum)
from the unit in the forum.

1 Nota: Los ejercicios en línea del entorno de conocimiento no se

guardan en la plataforma. Para los ejercicios que tiene que hacer para
cada etapa, usted debe publicar las respuestas de los ejercicios
indicados en el foro o tomar pantallazos. No enviar las respuestas al
correo del tutor. Solo publicar en el foro las actividades que la guía
indica.
 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 the following guide:

 Stage 2: What's the weather like? 1.3
Go to unit 1.3. What’s the weather like? in the
Knowledge environment and develop all the activities.
You just have to upload the following activity in the
forum.

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

b. Describe the weather in the place you visited and use the following
vocabulary:

Example: Description: 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 that place? Write eight
recommendations using the expressions below (See the
 Subjunctive in unit 1.3 and the OVI) Example: Recommendation: 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 recommendations (eight):
____________________________________________________

Stage 3: You should keep your passport!

Go to unit 1.2. You should keep your passport! in the
Knowledge environment and develop all the activities.
You just have to upload the following activities in
the forum.
 a. Post the activities from the unit in the forum.
b. Read the following recommendations and write two
recommendations according to your travel experience:
a. What should people do in the place you visited last vacation?
Example: People should go to Monserrate in Bogotá.
b. 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

According to the previous writing exercises, you will design a brochure,

infographic or poster where you

Use the following tool to design your final product:

https://piktochart.com/
Example: https://create.piktochart.com/output/28176719-
new-piktochart
 Set the sharing permissions as public: “anyone can view the sharing
link”:

Stage 5: Upload the final product in the Monitoring environment.

• Complete the checklist:

QUESTIONS YES NO
Did I develop the activities of the unit 1.4?
Stage 1

Did I post the Speaking and Writing activities from the

unit 1.4 in the 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?
Stage 2

Did I describe the weather in my city using the

vocabulary given in the 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
Stage 3

unit 1.2 in the 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?
Stage

Did I tell an experience of a trip in a maximum length

4

of 100 words and taking into account what I did in

stage 1?
 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

• 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!

Environmen
t for the Collaborative environment
developmen Monitoring and evaluation environment
t
Individual:
Each student has to develop the steps of the task and
post the evidence in the forum.
The final product must be sent in the Evaluation and
Products to
Monitoring Environment.
deliver by
Collaborative:
student
Each student must give feedback to one of his/her
partners.
Each student is responsible for his/her process.

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of Each student has to develop each step of the task and
activities for post the evidence in the forum.
the The final product must be sent in the Evaluation and
development Monitoring Environment.
of
collaborative
work
Roles to
perform by Each student must give feedback to one of his/her
the student partners.
in the Each student is responsible for his/her process.
collaborative
group
Roles and
responsibilit
The final product must be sent individually in the
y for the
Evaluation and Monitoring Environment in a PDF or
delivery of
Word document.
products by
students
Use of
Always cite the references
references
In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
99, the mistakes that infringe upon the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) “To
plagiarize is to present as your own work the whole or
part of a writing, report, task or document of invention
performed by another person. It also implies the use of
cites or lack of references, or includes cites where there
is no coincidence between them and the reference” and
paragraph f)”To reproduce, or copy for profit,
educational resources or results of research products,
Plagiarism which have intellectual rights reserved for the
policy University”.

The academic punishments that the student will face

are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic
work or evaluation, the score achieved will be zero
(0.0) without leading to disciplinary measures.
b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic work
of any nature, the score achieved will be zero (0.0),
without leading to disciplinary measures.

To know how the documents must be cited, check the

 following document:
Centro de Escritura Javeriano ( ) Normas APA. Sexta
edición. Taken from
http://centrodeescritura.javerianacali.edu.co/index.php
?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=

4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Collaborative
Activity type: Individual Activity ☒ ☐
Activity
Unit
Intermediate:
Moment of the Unit 1 & 2 -
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation Giving
advice/Getting
a job!
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity
Score
Aspects High score Media score Low score
•Posts the •Develops some of
• Doesn’t
speaking and the activities from
upload the
writing activities the stage 1.
activities from
from unit 1.4 in the Writes a short
stage 1.
forum. •Writes a note in the forum,
•Does the activity
short note in the but it doesn’t
during the last
forum describing a show the previous
week of the task.
past event related activities from the
Stage 1: Going •Shows serious
to a trip. •Writes online contents 25 points
on a trip and frequent
short and simple indicated in the
problems with
sentences for unit 1.4. •Shows
word choice or
describing a past imprecise
subject-verb
event and using sentences with an
agreement.
time markers from inconsistent style.
•Doesn’t show a
the unit. •Writes a •Shows some lack
process of writing
note with a of control in
in the forum.
maximum of 70 grammar. •The
 words. note exceeds the
indicated length.
(up to 25 points) (up to 17 points) (up to 9 points)
• Develops some
of the activities
from the stage 2.
•Writes in the
forum short and
Doesn’t upload the
•Posts the simple sentences
activities from
speaking activity for giving
stage 2. •Does the
from the unit 1.3 recommendation,
activity during the
in the forum. • but it doesn’t
last week of the
Writes short and show the previous
task. •Shows
simple sentences activities from the
Stage 2: serious and
for giving online contents 25
What’s the frequent problems
recommendations indicated in the points
weather like? with word choice
using the unit 1.3. •Shows
or subject-verb
subjunctive imprecise
agreement.
structure, sentences with an
•Doesn’t show a
indicated the unit inconsistent style.
process of writing
1.3. •Shows some lack
in the forum.
of control in
grammar. •The
recommendation
exceeds the
indicated length.
(Up to 25 points) (up to 17 points) (up to 9 points)
 Develops some of
the activities from
the stage 3.
•Writes in the
forum short and
simple sentences Doesn’t upload the
Posts the Practice for giving activities from
5 and the writing recommendation, stage 3. Does
activity from the using modal the activity during
unit 1.2 in the verbs. However, it the last week of
forum. •Writes doesn’t show the the task. Shows
Stage 3: You short and simple previous activities serious and
25
should keep sentences for from the online frequent problems
points
your passport! giving contents indicated with word choice
recommendations in the unit 1.2. or subject-verb
using modal verbs, •Shows imprecise agreement.
indicated the unit sentences with an Doesn’t show a
1.2. inconsistent style. process of writing
•Shows some lack in the forum.
of control in
grammar. •The
recommendation
exceeds the
indicated length.
(Up to 25 points) (up to 17 points) (up to 9 points)
• Designs the • Designs the
• Doesn’t design
brochure, poster brochure, poster
the brochure,
or infographic or infographic,
poster or
through the tool but in a different
infographic.
Picktochart. tool from the
• Doesn’t develop
• The final product indicated in the
any of the
is a complete guide.
activities from 30
evidence of the
the stage 1 to 3. points
Stage 4: process • Develops some
It is not evident
Infographic/br developed in the of the activities
the coherence
ochure/poster forum. from the stage 1
between online
• The final product to 3.
contents provided
has the three
in the guide and
stages of the • The final product
the final product.
writing exercise: doesn’t show a
 a) telling a past complete
experience; b) evidence of the
giving 8 tips for process
going to a place; developed in the
c) giving forum.
recommendations
concerning what The final product
to do and not to doesn’t show a
do in a place. variety of pictures
• It is evident the of visual 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 30 points) (up to 20 points) (up to 10 points)
• Deliveries the • Deliveries the Doesn’t deliver the
link of the final link of the final final product.
product in a product in a
Word Word document. Delivers the final
document. However, product in a
• Completes the doesn’t adds the different way from
checklist. completed the Evaluation and 15 points
• Adds the checklist. Monitoring
Stage 5: Final checklist in the • Uploads the final Environment.
product Word document in the Delivers the final
delivery document. Evaluation and product out of the
• Uploads the Monitoring delivery date.
final document Environment
in the before the due
Evaluation and date.
Monitoring
Environment
before the due
date.
Up to 15 points Up to 10 points Up to 5 points
120
Final score
points