Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Didactics of English
Code: 518007

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 4 Life Stories

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 85 points
The activity starts on: Monday, October The activity ends on: Monday, October
3, 2022 24, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
Learning Outcome 2: Use the highest frequency vocabulary, common expressions,
and phrases, to handle very short social exchanges in synchronous encounters or oral
presentations.
Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate comprehension of shorts audios or videos related
to areas of most immediate personal relevance when basic everyday vocabulary and
expressions are used.
Learning Outcome 4: Identify specific and explicit information from short and simple
written texts on familiar matters through various reading tasks.

The activity consists of:

Step 1. Download Template task 4 from the learning environment - activity guide
task 4; solve the exercises proposed there and use that template to solve the
activities stated here.

Step 2. Study the vocabulary related to milestones in the following link:

https://quizlet.com/_brbvpb?x=1qqt&i=1fcep9

Step 3. Study the vocabulary about feelings and emotions in the following link and
complete the chart with 10 positive and 10 negative emotions and answer the
questions : https://quizlet.com/_dgws9?x=1jqt&i=1fcep9

Positive emotions Negative emotions

amazed angry
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What makes you feel grateful?
What makes you feel angry?
What makes you feel frustrated?
What makes you feel disappointed?
What makes you feel irritated?
- Post your answers in the forum.

Step 4. Study the Past simple rules and past time expressions. Answer the following
questions related to present simple: (solve this exercise in the template task 4)

Use of past simple:

Affirmative form:
Negative form:
Question form:
The most common time expressions:
Write 10 regular verbs: Write 10 irregular verbs:

Need – needed Go - went

Step 5. Study the rules of pronunciation of regular verbs in past (-ed) and use
vocaroo (vocaroo.com) to record yourself pronouncing the verbs from step 4, it
means, the regulars and irregular ones in their present and past form.

Step 6. Use padlet (https://es.padlet.com/) to create a timeline where you describe

your 10 most important milestones, in those 10 you must include the following ones:

- The happiest day of your life

- An accident or mishap
- Your favorite trip
- A sad moment
Each milestone must follow the criteria:

- Use past simple to describe the events and use connectors to join the ideas.
- Use the vocabulary about feelings and emotions to describe how you felt in
each situation. Each milestone must have at least 5 lines of description.

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 - you must record and include the audio to each milestone.
- Consider the following questions to help you describe each event:
When did it happen?
How did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Who was with you?
How did you feel?
- Name your padlet: My timeline -Name
Watch the following tutorial on how to create a timeline in padlet:
https://youtu.be/LFyG_3dmCQM

Step 7. Turn the template task 4 into a PDF document where you include all steps in
the guide and name the document as follow: task4_fullname_ID.pdf (Do NOT share the
final document in the forum)

Step 8: Speaking Encounters*

Participate in 2 English Speaking Sessions per week via skype or hangouts (Use of
video camera and microphone is mandatory).
- Talk and participate actively during your session. Your grade will depend on your
participation.

Note: No evidence is required in this part if you subscribed in the Google form at the
beginning of this period to participate in these encounters. Your tutor will report your
grade.
For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Check the agenda of the course and the synchronous encounters by web conference
and skype attention schedule.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Participate in the forum by sharing the answers to the questions on time.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Send the final pdf document individually.

Evidences of individual work:

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The individual evidence to be submitted is:

The final document is the template task 4 in pdf format where you add:
- The listening and reading exercises solved
- All the steps from the activity guide solved
- The link to your vocaroo recording
- The link to you padlet
- Bibliography

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:

• The document must have a front-page including information such as: title or
name of the activity, student’s name, student’s code, tutor’s name, university,
school, program, course and date. (Remember to check the APA style)

• Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets
all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

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

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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: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 85 points
First evaluation
High level: The student completes the reading and listening
criterion:
exercises with no or a few mistakes.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
The student
and 10 points
develops the
listening and
Average level: The student completes the reading and listening
reading
exercises with some mistakes.
comprehension
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
exercises
and 7 points
This criterion
Low level: The student completes the reading and listening
represents 10
exercises with many mistakes, or he/she doesn’t complete them.
points of the total
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
of 85 points of
points and 4 points
the activity.
Second evaluation
High level: The student successfully completes the written
criterion:
exercises showing whole understanding of the past simple and
uses the tense correctly and organically, it means without using
The student
translator tools.
develops the written
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
exercises in the
and 10 points
activity guide.

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This criterion Average level: The student partially completes the written
represents 10 exercises and/or the past simple tense is not used correctly and
points of the total organically, it means without using translator tools.
of 85 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
the activity. and 7 points

Low level: The student does not complete the written exercises,
or he/she does but there are many mistakes and the use of
translator is evident.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 4 points
Third evaluation High level: The padlet is complete as it includes the indicated
criterion: steps and displays a correct use of the past simple with few or
no grammar and spelling mistakes and the student records
The student creates his/her voice to each milestone with a clear pronunciation and a
the padlet good pace.
presentation If your work is at this level, you can get between 24 points
following the and 30 points
requested criteria.
Average level: The padlet is somewhat complete as it includes
This criterion the indicated steps and but displays an incorrect use of the past
represents 30 simple with some grammar and spelling mistakes and the
points of the total student records his/her voice to each milestone but there are
of 85 points of some pronunciation mistakes.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
and 23 points

Low level: The padlet is incomplete as it does not include the

indicated steps and there are many grammar and spelling
mistakes and the student records his/her voice to each milestone
with mispronounced words and phrases that make it difficult to
understand or the padlet is not sent.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points
Fourth evaluation High level:
criterion: The student interacts on time in the forum by sharing the
answers to all the questions proposed.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 5 points

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The student Average level
participates in the The student posts answers to some of the questions proposed
forum on time. and or their answers are not meaningful.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
This criterion and 3 points
represents 5
points of the total Low level:
of 85 points of The student doesn't interact in the forum or he/she does but out
the activity. of the given date.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
Fifth evaluation High level: The student has participated in at least 6 or 7
criterion: speaking encounters.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 25
The student points and 30 points.
participates in the Average level: The student has participated in at least 4 or 5
speaking encounter. speaking encounters.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15
This criterion points and 24 points.
represents 30 Low level: The student has participated in 3 or less speaking
points of the total encounters. Or the student has not participated in any
of 85 points of encounter.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 14 points