Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English I
Code: 518002

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 Family tree

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 75 points
The activity starts on: Monday, April 26, The activity ends on: Monday, May 24,
2021 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Learning outcome 1: To use a basic repertoire of simple words and phrases related to
your personal data and specific situations through short written communicative acts.

Learning outcome 2: To recognize basic sentence structures, words, and expressions

to communicate limited information in simple short audios and conversations.

The activity consists of:

Individual Work

1. Go to the E-book and study the Unit 1. Develop the exercises there. These exercises
are just for practice, so you don’t need to send them or add screenshots to the final
document of the task.

2. Look at the Family Tree in the E-book and study the examples of sentences.
After that, create your own Family Tree, adding at least 10 members of your family,
you can include: cousins, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. Be
creative!
Finally, write at least five sentences presenting your family, you can follow the
samples in the E-book. Post your family tree and your sentences in the Discussion
forum (Learning Environment).

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 3. Complete the next chart with the correct vocabulary so that they are true for you
according to your likes and dislikes:

I like I don’t like

Vegetables (Example: carrots) (Example: cauliflowers)
Fruits
Free time activities / sports
Music

Then, with your own voice, record your likes and dislikes from the chart, with full sentences.

Example: I like carrots, but I don’t like cauliflowers.

You can use Vocaroo, (https://vocaroo.com/) or any other recording service, and paste your
link of recording in the final document.

Post your chart and recording link in the Discussion forum (Learning Environment).

4. Finally, use the vocabulary you wrote in the previous exercise, to ask questions to your
partners in the Discussion forum. You can choose two partners to ask your questions or
you can just post them in forum, so anyone can answer.

Example: Do you like carrots? / What kind of music do you like?

Don’t forget to answer to your partners’ questions in the forum.

5. Create a final PDF document where you include your family tree and the sentences, the
chart and the link of the recording, and the questions and answers you got in the forum.
Name the file like this:
Task 2 Student’s name.
Send it to the corresponding link in Evaluation environment.

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 unit 1 in the E-book, post your family tree, your chart and sentences, and
the questions in the Discussion Forum, and interact with your partners.
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In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Send the final PDF document to the corresponding link in Evaluation Environment.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A final PDF document where you include:

• Your family tree and the sentences about your family.

• The chart and the link of the recording about likes and dislikes.
• The questions and answers you got in the forum.

Send it to the corresponding link in Evaluation environment. Don’t forget to use a cover page
and a final reference page, if needed.

Evidences of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

The interaction with your partners in the forum.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

Participate actively and timely on the forum.

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.

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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: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 75 points
First evaluation High level: The student presents his/her family tree and at
criterion: least 5 sentences introducing some member of the family.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
Family tree and 15 points
presentation
Average level: The student presents his/her family tree but
This criterion does not present the sentences or they have some grammar
represents 15 mistakes.
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 student does not present the family tree nor
the sentences.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points
Second evaluation
High level: The student presents the chart filled.
criterion:

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
Chart about likes and 10 points
and dislikes
Average level: The student presents the chart but it is not
This criterion completely filled.
represents 10 If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
points of the total and 6 points
of 75 points of Low level: The student does not present the chart.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 3 points
Third evaluation High level: The student presents the recording link with clear
criterion: pronunciation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
Recording about and 20 points
likes and dislikes.
Average level: The student presents the recording, but it is not
This criterion complete, or the pronunciation is not clear.
represents 20 If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
points of the total and 14 points
of 75 points of
the activity. Low level: The student does not present the recording link.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 4 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student asks the questions about likes and
criterion: dislikes in the forum, and answer the questions asked by his/her
partners.
Questions and If your work is at this level, you can get between 11 points
answers in the and 15 points
forum
Average level: The student asks some of the questions in the
This criterion forum or does not answer the questions asked by his/her
represents 15 partners.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
of 75 points of and 10 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not ask his/her questions in the
forum nor answers his/her partners’ questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points

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Fifth evaluation High level: The student participates actively and timely in the
criterion: forum and send the final document to the correct link in
Evaluation environment.
Forum participation If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
and document and 15 points
submission.
This criterion Average level: The student participates in the forum but does
represents 15 not send the final document to the correct link in Evaluation
points of the total environment.
of 75 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
the activity. and 9 points

Low level: The student does not participate in the forum nor
send the final document to the correct link in Evaluation
environment.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 4 points