Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English I
Code: 518002

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 9 - Final Task

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Final
Highest score of the activity: 75 points
The activity starts on: Tuesday, The activity ends on: Monday, December
December 1, 2020 14, 2020
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Learning outcome 5: To demonstrate comprehension of very short and simple texts,

phrases, and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate
personal relevance when it comes to reading, listening, and the usage of simple
grammatical structures and sentence patterns.

The activity consists of:

Below, you will find some activities related to each one of the skills:

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1. Read the text below and follow these instructions:
• Complete the blanks with appropriate vocabulary.
• Use the verbs in parenthesis in the correct form.
• Find in the text:
-synonym for store: _________________
-similar word for client: ______________
-contrary of poor: ___________________
-similar word for return: _____________
-someone who works in commerce, especially at executive level: _______
• Choose the best choice to complete the text:
1. 2. 3.
a. successful a. on a. fall
b. big b. at b. fell
c. cheap c. in c. falls

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 Zara
Zara is one of the biggest fashions chains in the world. The _________ of Zara
is Amancio Ortega. He is a rich man in Spain, but very few people _(know)_
his face. There are only two official photographs of him and rarely gives
interviews. Although he is a multimillionaire businessman, he_(not look like)
_one. He doesn´t like wearing _______ or _______, and prefers to wear jeans
and shirts.
When he _(be)_ young he worked as a shop assistant in a clothes store, but in
1963 he started a small company which _(make)_ women’s pajamas. In 1975,
at the age of 40, he opened his first clothes shop and _(name)_ it Zara. Now,
you can find Zara shops all over the ________, from New York, to Moscow to
Singapore.
Zara is so _(1)_ because the store _(react)_ quickly to the latest designer
fashions and produces clothes which are fashionable but inexpensive. Zara can
make a new line of clothes _(2)_ three weeks. Other companies normally take
about nine months. The ___________ also change from week to week so
customers keep coming back to see what’s new. It produces 20.000 new
designs including jackets, skirts, and a lot of new designs that made people
_(3)_ in love with this clothes store.

READING
Read the following texts and answer the questions.

Our Toy Shop

Hi, my name is Amy. I am twelve years old. We have a small toy shop
in our neighborhood. My father says Fridays are the busiest day in our
toy shop. So after school, my mom takes me there to help my dad. That's
another reason why I like Fridays. We allow kids to play with the toys
when they are in the store. My father says I am responsible for the toys
and that I need to watch and make sure nothing breaks. Many kids from
my school and neighborhood also come to the shop to look at our new
toys. It is always noisy here. Because it’s full of babies and small
children. Little girls tend to go for dolls, boys go for cars. Some just want
to play with the toys; some actually want to buy them. It’s a bit tiring
for me but I like going to the shop and helping my father.

1. Which of the following questions you cannot answer?

A) Where is the toy shop located?
B) When is the busiest day at the toy shop?
C) Why is the toy shop so noisy?
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D) What’s the name of the toy shop?

2. Which of the followings is incorrect?

A) Amy goes to school.
B) Amy enjoys helping his father in the toy shop.
C) Babies are allowed in the store.
D) Amy’s mother works at the toy shop too.

3. Why does Amy help his father on Fridays?

A) Because it’s the busiest day.
B) Because she doesn’t have school on Fridays.
C) Because she wants to play with the toys.
D) Because she doesn’t like Fridays.

4. Can children play with the toys in the store? Justify your answer.

5. What items can you buy in a toy shop? Make a list.

Dear Melissa,
I hope you are well. Guess what! I am having a big party next week at
my house and I am inviting all my close friends. The theme of the party
is going to be Harry Potter, so all must dress accordingly. You would
make a great witch! I need to let everyone know by Wednesday since I
am throwing the party next Saturday. Sam is going to decorate the
house and my mother is going bake a cake and make lots of food. There
is going to be music and dancing as well. John is going to be the DJ. You
can stay over at my house. It’s going to be great! I hope to see you then.
Love, Sarah

1. What type of document is this? Justify your answer.

2. What kind of an organization is it?

A) It is a slumber party
B) It is a costume party
C) It is about making cake
D) It is a dance party

3. When is the party?

A) It is a fancy dress party
B) On Wednesday

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 C) It is next Saturday
D) There is going to be music and dancing

4. Whose party is it?

A) It is Sarah’s party
B) It is Judy’s party
C) It is Sarah’s mother’s party
D) It is Harry Potter’s party

5. Explain the following expression: You would make a great witch!

WRITING
1. Answer Sarah’s message: You cannot attend the party because you are on
vacation in another country. Apologize, describe your holidays and wish a great
party (150 words).
2. Write an e-mail to your boss. Explain why you didn’t go to work last week.
Apologize and describe the facts (you were sick, had an accident…) (150
words).

SPEAKING
Talk about a friend of you. Provide his/her personal information, describe him/her
and talk about his/her tastes. Say also what things you both have in common.
Additionally, describe a past experience you had with him/her.
Record this information in a video and upload it. Paste the link in the final document.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Check the Course Agenda to be sure about starting and closing dates.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Study the units 5 to 8 in the E-book.

Discuss the city aspects with your partners. Post your shop information, the event
invitation paragraph, and the recording link in the Discussion Forum.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

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Send the final PDF document to the corresponding link in Evaluation Environment
(only one file per group).

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

The worksheet developed and presented in PDF in the correct link in Evaluation
environment.
Evidences of collaborative work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

Send your final PDF document with all the requirements, a cover page and a final
reference page to the correct link in 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:

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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: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 80 points
First evaluation High level: The answers provided are complete and accurate,
criterion: the student shows good use of vocabulary and grammar rules.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
Vocabulary and and 15 points
grammar
Average level: The answers provided are partially complete
This criterion and accurate; the student partially shows good use of vocabulary
represents 15 and grammar rules.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
of 75 points of and 9 points
the activity.
Low level: The answers provided are neither complete nor
accurate; the student does not show good use of vocabulary and
grammar rules.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 points
Second evaluation High level: The student read and understood the texts. The
criterion: answers to the questions are correct and fully respond them.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
Reading and 20 points

This criterion Average level: The student read but partially understood the
represents 20 texts. The answers to the questions are partially correct and
points of the total partially respond them.
of 75 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
the activity. and 14 points

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 Low level: The student read but did not understand the texts.
The answers to the questions are not correct and do not respond
them.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 7 points
Third evaluation High level: The written texts respond to the guidelines. The
criterion: language used is clear, has enough vocabulary, grammar
structures, connectors, and good use of punctuation.
Writing If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 20 points
This criterion
represents 20 Average level: The written texts partially respond to the
points of the total guidelines. The language used is partially clear, has enough
of 80 points of vocabulary, grammar structures, connectors, and good use of
the activity. punctuation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
and 14 points

Low level: The written texts do not respond to the guidelines.

The language used is not clear, not enough vocabulary, grammar
structures, connectors, and bad use of punctuation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 7 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The video presented responds to the task asked.
criterion: Pronunciation is clear and the student is interested in speaking
rather than reading.
Speaking
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 20 points
This criterion
represents 20 Average level: The video presented partially responds to the
points of the total task asked. Pronunciation is clear but the student is interested
of 80 points of in reading rather than speaking.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 14 points

Low level: The video presented does not respond to the task
asked. Pronunciation is not clear and the student is interested
in reading rather than speaking.

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If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points