Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English IV
Code: 518009

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 - Initial activity

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, August The activity ends on: Sunday,
22, 2022 September 4, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

To understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly
encountered in work, school, leisure, home, radio TV, etc. through a description of a
routine.

The activity consists of:

1. Introduce yourself to the course and in the forum and include your likes and
dislikes, hobbies, and expectations with the course.

2. In a word document describe your daily routine. Include at least 10 the following
phrasal verbs and pictures:

Image 1. 60 Common Phrasal Verbs in English: The following image contains 60

phrasalverbs in English language. The phrasal verbs are an idiomatic phrase consisting
of a verb and another element, it is generally used with a verb, an adverb, or a
preposition, giving the verb a different meaning.

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Image 1. Grammarsimpleadmin. 60 Common Phrasal Verbs in English (2022).
(GrammarSimple.Com) https://grammarsimple.com/phrasal-verbs/60-common-
phrasal-verbs-in-english/

Example of the form of the description:

Paul's daily routine.

Hi, my name is Paul and I’m 15 years old. I live with my family in a villa in South
Los Angeles and go to school nearby at Linton High. I enjoy cycling there every
morning and coming back home after school. I also like jogging, watching TV and
collecting stamps. The place where I live is very quiet the usual suburban area
with cats and dogs and people watering their gardens. I was born on 5th October
1990 and came out of my Mom’s womb* kicking* and screaming. She can tell
you. I have 2 sisters, one older, the other one younger, but they are not too much
Put in bold the
trouble. I get along with them just fine. Sometimes we argue about this and that,
10 phrasal
but I usually win the argument because I’m very clever. verbs.

My best mate’s name is Rufus and he lives a few blocks away. We like exchanging
stamps and jogging together. Other dogs come around to hang on with us.
We’re also experts at downloading music and spend hours doing so.
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 I get up every day at 7.15 am and brush my teeth. After eating a healthy
breakfast, I always have to run for the bus. Mornings are spent at school talking
to friends and listening to boring teachers. I spend my afternoons doing what I
like, going through new challenges, well, that and homework. At 11 pm I go to
bed, tired after a long day. That’s how I live my life.

Pictures of you doing the described activities.

3. Record a video describing the daily routine. Use the pictures of the previous
step. You must appear in the video with the best attitude. Imagine you are a
famous youtuber.

Tips for you to record the video.

• Practice the text before the recording

• Always look at the camera
• Keep your hand movements to a minimum
• Stand/sit up straight
• Keep your hands to your side or gently folded in front of you (no crossed arms)
• Keep your shoulders relaxed
• Smile, especially at the beginning and the end of each response
• Make a good edition of the video, include images and music.
Information taken from https://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-
services/media-and-communications/video-marketing-and-
communications/tips-for-recording-yourself-on-video.html

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the agenda and interact in
the web conferences.

In the Learning Environment, you must: read the contents of the unit 1.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Upload your final work in Task 1 - Initial
activity.

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Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Upload a PDF document with the following content:

1. Cover page
2. The description of the daily routine
3. The link of the video

Evidences of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

Interact with your partners about their contributions; help them with ideas and
feedback.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

• Each student individually must submit the requested product in the

environment indicated by the teacher.
• Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it
meets all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
• Interaction in the forum with meaningful comments.

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
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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: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student delivers an academic document with
criterion: good presentation and the steps included in the guide in PDF
format.
Formal Criteria If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 4 points
This criterion
represents 5 Average level: The student delivers an academic document
points of the total with an inadequate presentation and/or some of the steps
of 25 points of included in the guide in PDF format.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
and 2 points

Low level: The student does not deliver the academic document
in the evaluative environment.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 1
points and 0 points
Second evaluation High level: The student describes the daily routine by using the
criterion: suggested phrasal verbs with accuracy in grammar rules and
spelling
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
and 8 points

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Content criteria of
the written Average level: The student describes the daily routine by using
document. some of the suggested phrasal verbs with some mistakes in
grammar rules and spelling.
This criterion .
represents 10 If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
points of the total and 4 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The student barely describes or did not describe the
daily routine by using some of the suggested phrasal verbs with
some mistakes in grammar rules and spelling.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
points and 1 point
Third evaluation High level: The student recorded a video with the inclusion of
criterion: the full description, images and music and the fluency and
pronunciation according to the expected level for the course.
Content criteria of If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
the video. and 8 points

This criterion Average level: The student recorded a video with the inclusion
represents 10 of some of the requested elements and/or the fluency and
points of the total pronunciation is not according to the expected level for the
of 25 points of course.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
and 4 points

Low level: The student did not record the video, or the recorded
video does not include the requested elements neither the
expected level.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
points and 1 point