Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academica and Research Vice-Rector

Activity 2 : Writing Assignment – Guide & Rubric

1. General description of the course

School or Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Academic Unit
Level of Technical-Technological-Professional-Master
formation
Field of Common Basic Interdisciplinary formation
Formation
Course name English III
Course code 90121
Type of course Methodological Can it be Yes ☐ No ☒
retaken?
Number of 2
credits

2. Description of the activity

Type of Collaborativ Number

Individual ☐ ☒ 6
activity: e of weeks
Moment of Intermedia,
Starting ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: unidad:
Delivery environment:
Evaluative score: 120 points
Monitoring and evaluation
Starting date: April 11th,
Closing date: May 23th, 2019
2019
Competence to develop:
Writing skill: The students write short texts coherently about
academic topics related to their discipline and use the semantics
appropriately.
Topics to develop:
Compound adjectives, Modal verbs, Past Progressive, Time and
enough clauses, Uses fo –ING forms, Future.
Phases, steps or stages of the learning strategy to develop
Act. 2 : Writing Assignment
Activities to develop
Part 1: After checking the Unit 1 Topic 2: Modal Verbs, write 1
sentence using each one of the following modal verbs regarding
your role as citizen: can – could – may - must - should - ought to
– have to – need to- had better - would.

Parte 1: Después de revisar la Unidad 1 Tema 2: Verbos modales, escriba 1

oración usando cada uno de los siguientes verbos modales con respecto a su
papel como ciudadano: puede - podría - debería - debería - debería - debería -
debe - debe - debe tenía mejor - lo haría

I can access health services

Yo puedo acceder a los servicios de salud

I could enjoy the park with tranquility

Yo podría disfrutar el parque con tranquilidad

I may exercise my right to vote

Puedo ejercer mi derecho de voto

I should work tonight

Debería trabajar esta noche

I must go to the dentist again next week

Debo ir al dentista la próxima semana

I ought to know about some aliments

Debería saber sobre algunos alimentos

I have to take care the environment

Tengo que cuidar el medio ambiente.

I need to do physical activity

Necesito realizar actividad física

I had better save my money

Será mejor que ahorre mi dinero

I would go to the cinema this tonight

Iría al cine esta noche.

Example:
  I must participate in the democratic process.

Part 2: According to the topic Past Progressive (Unit 1: Topic 3),

each student must write 5 things you were doing last night and 5
things you were not:

Parte 2: De acuerdo con el tema Progreso Pasado (Unidad

1: Tema 3), cada estudiante debe escribir 5 cosas que
estaba haciendo anoche y 5 cosas que no hizo:
Mirar ejemplos
Utilizar was or was not

I was doing college assignments

Yo estaba haciendo tareas de la universidad

I was listening to music last night

Yo estaba escuchando musica anoche

I was going to the gym

Yo estaba yendo al gimnasio

I was having dinner at my house

Yo estaba cenando en mi casa

I was working in the company

Yo estaba trabajando en la empresa

I was not eating in the restaurant

Yo no estaba comiendo en el restaurante

I was not at my friend's party

Yo no estaba en la fiesta de mi amigo

I was not in my sister's house

Yo no estaba en la casa de mi hermana

I was not playing with my cat

Yo no estaba jugando con mi gato

I was not drinking beer in the park

Yo no estaba bebiendo cerveza en el parque
Example: I was reading the newspaper at home.
I was not walking my dog in the park.

Part 3: Write a text about the activities you will do on a three-day

trip next vacations. Use at least two pictures related to your
journey. You should write three paragraphs:
Parte 3: escriba un texto sobre las actividades
que realizará en un viaje de tres días en las
próximas vacaciones. Usa al menos dos imágenes
relacionadas con tu viaje. Deberías escribir tres
párrafos:
Example: I will go to the beach with my son on Sunday afternoon.
Utilizer el will

Como es future es ire hare, estare cosas asi

 Paragraph 1: First day

 Paragraph 2: Second day
 Paragraph 3: Third day

Each paragraph must have minimum four (4) sentences and

maximum six (6) sentences. It must have a title, from 220 words
to 250 and it is necessary to use and highlight the following
topics:

 Modal verbs
 Future

1. Iré desde el aeropuerto de Cali para luego aterrizar en la

ciudad de México, el vuelo demoraria cerca de 5 horas,
luego iniciaríamos la visita de la ciudad conociendo el Palacio Nacional, la
Plaza de la Constitución o zócalo y la Catedral Metropolitana así como las
principales avenidas. Traslado al hotel y alojamiento.
2. Comenzariamos el día hacia la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
donde conoceremos la basílica antigua y moderna, el Cerrito del Tepeyac, entre
otros. Continuaremos hacia la zona arqueológica de San Juan de Teotihuacán en
donde admiraremos las Pirámides del Sol y la Luna. En horas de la noche
saldríamos a la famosa Plaza Garibaldi para disfrutar de los bailes regionales, una
 copa de tequila y por supuesto de los auténticos Mariachis.
3. Al día siguiente, visitariamos los diferentes museos de la
ciudad, además visitariamos todo el Paseo de la Reforma
haciendo la parada en el Ángel de la Independencia para que
te saques la foto correspondiente para luego terminar en el pulmón
de la ciudad, el parque de Chapultepec, el parque es un deleite a la
vista. Te encontrarás con una laguna donde puedes navegar en
botecitos, está el Castillo de Chapultepec que tiene una bella vista,
además, se encuentra el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Museo del
Caracol y el Museo Nacional de Historia y Antropología. Es un bello
viaje a la historia, aquí podrás observar el original calendario Azteca.

1. I will go from the Cali airport to land in Mexico City, the flight will take about 5 hours,
then we will start visiting the city knowing the National Palace, the Plaza de la
Constitución or the Zócalo and the Metropolitan Cathedral. as the main avenues. Hotel
moving and lodging.

2. The day will begin towards the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where we will know
the ancient and modern basilica, the Cerro del Tepeyac, among others. We will continue to
the archaeological zone of San Juan de Teotihuacán where we will admire the Pyramids of
the Sun and the Moon. In the evening we would go to the famous Plaza de Garibaldi to
enjoy the regional details, a glass of tequila and of course the authentic Mariachis.

3. The next day, we will visit the different museums of the city, in addition, we will visit the
entire Paseo de la Reforma making the stop at the Angel of Independence so you can take
your photo so you can finish in the lungs of the city, the park of Chapultepec, the park is a
delight to behold. You find a lagoon where you can sail in small boats, there is the Castle of
Chapultepec that has a beautiful view, in addition, you can find the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Museo del Caracol and the National Museum of History and
Anthropology. It is a beautiful journey into history, here you have to observe the original
Azteca calendar.

Part 4: Students must comment about the partners’contributions

and make corrections if necessary.

Remember: All the participations must be written directly in the

forum. Please do not attach any files because they won’t be taken
into account!

Environme
nts to its Collaborative Learning – Monitoring and Evaluation
developme
nt

Individual:
Part 1: Send 10 sentences using the modal verbs
of obligation and advice.

Part 2: Send 10 sentences using past progressive

taking into account what you were doing last night.

Part 3: Write your own text about the activities

you will do on a three-day trip and send it in the
forum.

Products to
submit by
the
students

Collaborative:
Part 4: Send in the forum your comments about
the partners’ contributions.

Submit the final product taking into account this:

Consolidate activities and the texts (Step 1 to 4).
PDF file which will be sent at Monitoring and
Evaluation Environment.
File Name: Final_Writing_Group---
Example: Final_Writing_Group110
 General guidelines of the collaborative work for
developing the activity

• Each student must choose a role according to his

abilities and competences and tell it to his
partners.
 To read the unit contents taking into account the
references because they support the activities.
Planning  Each student must participate active and
activities to thoughfully in collaborative activities.
develop the  To share the appropriate contributions on time
collaborativ for each activity.
e work  To work together developing all the activities
according to this guide.
 To check continuously the time of developing
and submiting collaborative assignments
according to the Course agenda and activity
guide.
Roles to
Collector
perform by
Reviewer
the student
Evaluaror
in the
Submissions
collaboative
Alerts
group
Collector: Articulate the contributions of all the
participants of the collaborative group in order to
consolidate the final paper; including only those
who took part of the whole process.
Roles and
responsibili
Reviewer: To verify that the final paper and
ties to
process meet all the requirements established by
produce the
the teacher.
submitions
by the
Evaluator: To verify that the final paper meets
students
the criteria established by the rubric. The
evaluator must inform the group about any
corrections or adjustments regarding the quality of
the document.
 Submissions: To keep track and inform the group
about the submission time, upload the final paper
on time, using the link provided by the teacher or
established by the activity guide. To notify the
group members the final paper was submitted.

Alerts: To notify all the group members about

changes or news related to the submission or
elaboration of the final paper. To notify the teacher
through the collaborative forum and the course
mail that the final paper was submitted.
It is necessary to use the APA standards in order
to provide a bibliography of the sources cited in
the document
Use of
references Use this link as reference:
http://normasapa.com/formato-apa-presentacion-
trabajos-escritos/

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”
Plagiarism and paragraph f)”To reproduce, or copy for profit,
policy educational resources or results of research
products, which have intellectual rights reserved
for the 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:n
ormas-apa&catid=45:referencias-
bibliograficas&Itemid=
 4. Evaluation Rubric

Evaluation Rubric
Individual Collaborative
Type of activity: ☐ ☒
activity activity
Intermedia,
Moment of evaluation Starting ☐ ☒ Final ☐
unit
Peformance level of individual activity
Item Score
High score Media score Low score
The student
Grammar used
did not handle
in the writing
gramar
assignment
structures in
shows a good
the writing
handle of The student
assignment
structures. The did not
according to
student participate
Grammar the level. The
expressed in the 25 points
student used
situations using activity.
different
modal verbs,
structures from
phrasal verbs
the established
and future tense
ones in the
appropriately.
guide.
(Up to 25 (Up to 13
(0 points)
points) points)
Ideas and
It was possible
grammatical
to understand
construction in The student
clearly the
the writing did not
message and
Coherence were not participate
main idea of the
and coherent, it was in the 20 points
text. The
cohesion disorganized activity.
content met the
and the aim
guidelines.
was not clear.
(Up to 20 (Up to 10
(0 points)
points) points)
In the text the It lacked a The student
Vocabulary
student used good use of did not 20 points
and Spelling
appropriately the proper participate
 vocabulary vocabulary in in the
addressed in the the writing activity.
units and it is assignment,
according to the besides it was
guidelines. The too limited.
student used
properly the
order of
adjectives to
describe his
feelings.
(Up to 20 (Up to 10
(0 points)
points) points)
The student
developed and
submitted the
The student
final paper but
submitted
it was The
appropriately the
incomplete. The student did
final paper
assignment met not
following the
Final the structures participate
instructions. The 20 points
product partially. The in the
student met all
students did activity.
the steps of this
not send the
activity.
final task in the
correct
environment.
(Up to 20 (Up to 10
(0 points)
points) points)
Performance levels of collaborative activity
Item Low Score
High score Media score
score
Participations The student’s
were meanigful, participations The
Participatio
linked and were poor student
n and
contribute to the and/or did not did not
interaction 35 points
construction of met the participate
in the
the final paper. requirements. in the
forum
The student The student did activity.
contributed not choose a
 appropiately and role nor made
meaningful comments about
according to his his partners’
role. The contributions.
student’s
contributions
follow the
netiquette rules
and were sent on
time. The student
met his roles.
(Up to 35 (Up to 18 (0
points) points) points)
Final score 95 points