Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B2
Code: 900005
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 - Plans, Hopes and Expectations

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 100 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Saturday, March
February 20, 2023 18, 2023

With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

The student will be able to describe his current achievements using Present Perfect.
Besides, the student will be able to write about his/her future goals in a mid and long-
term using mixed future tenses such Future Simple, Be Going To, Future Continuous
and Future Perfect.

The activity consists of:

Design and create a group’s presentation in Genially including all the members
narrative texts with the three paragraphs about “your current achievements and
future mid-term and long-term goals”, for that, you must do the following:

● Select your role in the collaborative work and do the corresponding activity.
● Write about your current achievements using Present Perfect.
● Describe your future mid-term goals using future simple, be going to and future
continuous.
● Share your long-term goals using the future perfect tense.
● Write a three-paragraph narrative text.

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Dear Student,

You must consider the following aspects to write a narrative text. It must contain
three paragraphs, as follows:

- Introduction: Personal and professional achievements.

- Development: Short term Goals and expectations (5 years).

- Closing: Long Term Goals and Hopes (10 years or more)

You and your e-mates must choose a role (leader, evaluator, alerts, compiler, and
Deliveries). Read Annex 1 for more information about the Roles for the Collaborative
Work at UNAD.

Share the link of your online work in the WRITING FORUM to be checked and get
feedback by your tutor.

Each student must be attentive to his/her role to do the corresponding activity in the
forum, at the end of this task, deliver the final document on time. The delivery is
made by just one student per group.

1st Week

Step 1:

Create the spot in Genially and add all the participants in the group to be able
to edit

The student with the role of compiler will create a presentation in Genially and add all
the participants so anyone in the group can upload his/her narrative text. See Annex
2 for more information about Genially.

Step 2:

Write the first paragraph with your current achievements

Write a paragraph (minimum 150 words) introducing yourself and describing your
current achievements using the present perfect tense. It's important to write at least
3 sentences in present perfect tense and highlight them.

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 2nd Week

Step 3

Write the second paragraph with your mid-term goals

Write a paragraph (minimum 200 words) explaining your future mid-term goals (5
years down the line) including examples with future simple (will), be going to and
future continuous. You should write at least one sentence with each future form. It’s
important to highlight the required sentences.

3rd Week

Step 4

Write the third paragraph with your long-term goals

Write a paragraph (minimum 200 words) explaining your future long-term goals (10
years down the line) including examples with future perfect tense. You should write at
least 3 sentences with this tense. Highlight those sentences.

Step 5

Collaborative work - Doing peer-assessment

Based on the leader's decision every single student will assess an e-mate considering
the peer assessment form that can be found in the Annex 3

4th Week

Step 6

Self-assessment

After each student has written his/her narrative text, he/she will include a self-
assessment paragraph answering the questions presented in the Annex 3.

Step 7

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Final delivery - Consolidate your work

Consolidate the information of all the stages in the Genially and submit it to the
Evaluation Environment. The final document will be submitted by a student who
has the Deliveries Role.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

• Check the agenda out to verify the opening and closing dates of the task

In the Learning Environment, you must:

• Check out and study the Online Content (Level B2 from module 1 to module 4).
Enter the forum and participate in the development of Individual and
Collaborative tasks.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

• Upload one Word format document with all the information required.

Evidence of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A Narrative Text in which the student demonstrates his/her knowledge in the language
to express his/her achievements, plans, hopes and expectations, as follows:

1st Paragraph: Minimum 150 words introducing yourself and describing your current
achievements using the present perfect tense.

2nd Paragraph: Minimum 200 words explaining your future mid-term goals (5 years
down the line) including examples with future simple (will), be going to and future
continuous. You should write at least one sentence with each future form.

3rd Paragraph: Minimum 200 words explaining your future long-term goals (10
years down the line) including examples with future perfect tense. You should write
at least 3 sentences with this tense.
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Final Paragraph: A self-assessment paragraph about his/her performance in the
individual and group work for the activity’s development.

Evidence of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

Each student must select a role according to Annex 1 and accomplish the activities
assigned to it.

Based on the leader's decision every single student will assess an e-mate considering
the peer assessment form that can be found in the annexes.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

• Each student must participate selecting a role and accomplishing the duties
corresponding to it.

• Each student must present his/her individual narrative text including the specific
information for each paragraph in the Genially Presentation.

• Each student must do the peer – assessment. At the end, each student must do
his/her self-assessment.

• In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested product in
the Evaluation Environment.

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

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• Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during the
time assigned for the activity should be included as authors of the submitted
product.

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:

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 100 points

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 High level: The student presents their narrative text with
First evaluation excellent cohesion and coherence, connecting his/her ideas with
criterion: the main topic.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
Cohesion and and 30 points
Coherence
Average level: The student shows lack of coherence and
This criterion cohesion between their ideas and the main topic in their
represents 30 narrative text.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 19 points
of 100 points of and 10 points
the activity.
Low level: The student doesn’t mention the main topic in the
narrative texts, or they don’t present the narrative text.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 9
points and 0 points

High level:
The narrative texts are grammatically correct, including the
sentences and statements required for each paragraph to
develop the topic properly. The vocabulary and connectors are
Second evaluation appropriated and used correctly.
criterion:
If your work is at this level, you can get between 40 points
Grammar and and 31 points
Vocabulary
Average level: The narrative text presents imprecise sentences
This criterion with an inconsistent style. It shows some lack of control in the
represents 40 grammar and vocabulary required for each paragraph.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
of 100 points of and 30 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not use the grammar structures
and vocabulary required for each paragraph. Or the student
doesn’t present the narrative text.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 14
points and 0 points

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 High level: The student selects a role and accomplishes the
corresponding duties and participates in the forum sharing each
Third evaluation one of the steps to complete his/her narrative text to compile in
criterion: Genially. It is well-presented, organized, and complete with the
steps required.
Collaborative If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
Work and 20 points

This criterion Average level: The student selects a role but doesn’t
represents 20 accomplish the corresponding activities. The online space is not
points of the total complete. It does not look well organized or does not contain the
of 100 points of stages required
the activity. The student did not participate on time in the forum and
he/she couldn’t be included in the collaborative activity. He/she
presented the activity alone.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 14 points
and 5 points

Low level: The student doesn’t present the final activity.

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

Fourth evaluation High level: The student presents his/her self-assessment

criterion: answering all the questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get 10 points
Self-Assessment
Average level: The student presents his/her self-assessment
This criterion but doesn’t answer all the questions.
represents 10 If your work is at this level, you can get 7 points
points of the total
of 100 points of Low level: The student doesn’t present the self-assessment.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get 0 points.