Activity Guide And Evaluation Rubric - Task 2 - Writing Assignment - Production (3).docx

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia Academic and Research Vice-rector Task 2 - Writing assignment 1. General description of the course Faculty or Academic Unit Academic Level Academic Field Course Name Course Code Course Type Number of Credits

Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales Professional, specialization, master Common basic interdisciplinary training English IV 90170 Methodological Can be re- yes ☐ No ☒ opened 2

2. Description of the activity Type of the activity:

Individu Collaborativ Number ☐ ☒ 5 al e of weeks Intermediat Moment of e, Unit: 2 ☒ Initial ☐ Final ☐ evaluation: Hypothetica l situations Delivery Environment: Monitoring Evaluative score: 120 and Evaluation Starting date: February 15th, Closing date: March 28th, 2019 2019 Competence to develop: Write clear, detailed text related to the topic.  Write a letter to United Nations Secretary-General1;  Talk about Effects of technology on the environment;  Talk about past events;  Use “If clauses” to express future meaning;  Use “Wish” to express hypothetical situations;  Give advice and recommendations. Topics to develop: Past events, conditionals, recommendations with “wish” and “hope”. 1

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General serves as the chief administrative officer of the United Nations.

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop: Central task - Writing assignment - Production Phase 1: Students work in collaborative groups. Phase 2: Students present a written text. Phase 3: Students give feedback and reflection on the task. Activities to carry out:

Dear Student, You must take into account three aspects:  Write a letter to the UN Secretary-General: a) Express your opinion on the positive or negative effects of technology on the environment; b) Give recommendations on what you would improve or change. It is necessary that you do online contents exercises that are related to the steps to carry out.

Dear student,  You will develop this task in the Writing forum.  At the end of this task, you will collect all the parts in a final document.  Follow each step, post all the activities in the forum and get feedback from your partners and tutor.  The final product must be sent individually. You construct your final product through the process you develop collaboratively.

Stage 1: Technology and its effects on environment (1st week) Go to unit 1.1. Time Relationships2 in the Knowledge Environment and develop the following activities:

a. Do the indicated exercises and post the answers when completed in the forum. b. Write about technological advancement and the effect on the ecosystem. -

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Text length: 100 words Write about: What do you think are negative or positive effects of technology on the environment? How did it affect to Climate Change in the last decades? Did it cause environmental pollution or natural resources scarcity? You can use the following text as an example:

Nota: Los ejercicios en línea del entorno de conocimiento no se guardan en la plataforma. Para los ejercicios que tiene que hacer para cada etapa, usted debe publicar las respuestas de los ejercicios indicados en el foro o tomar pantallazos. No enviar las respuestas al correo del tutor. Solo publicar en el foro las actividades que la guía indica.

Stage 2: Technology and global warming (2nd week) Go to unit 1.2. If clauses and results clauses in conditional sentences3 in the Knowledge Environment and develop the following activities:

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Nota: Los ejercicios en línea del entorno de conocimiento no se guardan en la plataforma. Para los ejercicios que tiene que hacer para cada etapa, usted debe publicar las respuestas de los ejercicios indicados en el foro o tomar pantallazos. No enviar las respuestas al correo del tutor. Solo publicar en el foro las actividades que la guía indica.

a. Do the indicated exercises and post the answers & written text in the forum. b. Write a paragraph answering this question: What do you think will happen if current trends of technology development and consumerism continue? You can use the following vocabulary for the text: According to… from my point of view… I consider… global warming… environmental damage… combat increasing rate of… environmental pollution… the impact of… degradation of lands… economic growth… poverty… developing countries… population growth… rapid urbanization… natural resources scarcity… if people don’t change their habits… If current trends continue… rising levels of consumption… etc…

Post your opinion in the forum. Your opinion: __________________________________________________

Stage 3: What can be done? 2.1 (3rd week) Go to unit 2.1. Wish to express hypothetical situations in the Knowledge environment and develop the following activities:

a. Do the indicated exercises and post the answers in the forum. b. Write your advice on how we can contribute to the improvement of current environmental crisis. Use the following vocabulary for the text: Governments… United Nations (UN)… measures… take actions… sustainable development… policies… climate policy… eco-friendly technology… it is necessary… I recommend… I would… etc…

Post your recommendations in the forum. Your recommendation: __________________________________________________

Stage 4: Write a letter (4th week) According to the previous writing exercises, you will design a formal letter addressed to the UN Secretary-Executive (200 words) including the following steps:

Use the following tool: https://goo.gl/wxXAZD Example: https://goo.gl/AhQjia Stage 5: Complete the checklist

Stage 4

Stage 3

Stage 2

Stage 1

QUESTIONS Did I develop the activities of the unit 1.1? Did I post the results of exercises from the unit 1.1 in the forum? Did I write a note in the forum about technology and its effects on the environment? Did I develop the activities of the unit 1.2? Did I post the writing activity from the unit 1.2 in the forum? Did I post my opinion about how do I see the future of our planet? Did I develop the activities of the unit 2.1? Did I post the practice activity from the unit 2.1 in the forum? Did I post my recommendations in the forum? Did I design a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General? Did I include in the letter my opinion? Did I include in the letter my recommendations?

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NO

Stage 6: Upload the final product in the Evaluation and Monitoring Environment  Compile the letter and the checklist of stage 5 in one PDF document and upload it in the Evaluation and Monitoring Environment. END OF THE TASK! Environmen t for the developme nt Products to deliver by student

Collaborative Learning Collaborative: Upload the Final Document in PDF or Word format in the Evaluation and Monitoring Environment.  Each student must give feedback to one of his/her partners.  Each student is responsible for his/her process.

3. General guidelines for the collaborative work Planning of activities for the development of collaborative work Roles to perform by the student in the collaborative group Roles and responsibiliti es for the delivery of products

Each student has to develop each step of the task and post the evidence in the forum.

Each student must give feedback to one of his/her partners. Each student is responsible for his/her process.

The final product must be sent individually in the Evaluation and Monitoring Environment in a PDF or Word document.

Use of references

Plagiarism policy

It is necessary to use the APA standards in order to provide a bibliography of the sources cited in the document. According to Diccionario de la Real Academia Española “Plagiarism is the action of substantially copying other people's works, presenting them as own creation." Therefore, plagiarism is a serious offense; academically speaking it is equivalent to theft. A student who plagiarizes does not take his education seriously, and does not respect the intellectual work of others. There is no small plagiarism. Using any portion of another person's work, without acknowledging the author or source is plagiarism. Now, it is evident that we all take some ideas from others when it comes to presenting ours, and that our knowledge is based on someone else’s knowledge. But when we rely on the work of others, academic honesty requires that we explicitly announce the fact that we are using an external source, either by citing or by paraphrasing (these terms will be defined below). When we cite or paraphrase, we clearly identify our source, not only to give recognition to its author, but also to allow the reader to look up in a reference text. There are certain academic events in which it is not acceptable to quote or paraphrase the work of others. For instance, if a teacher assigns his or her students a task in which they are clearly required to answer using their own ideas and words, then the student should not consider external sources regardless if they are properly referenced.

4. Evaluation rubric Evaluation rubric Activity Collaborative ☒ Individual Activity ☐ type: Activity Intermediate, Moment of Unit: 2 ☒ Final the Initial ☐ ☐ Hypothetical evaluation situations Performance levels of the collaborative activity Assessed Score Aspect High score Media score Low score Writes a note in the Posts the activities forum, but it from unit 1.1 in the doesn’t show the forum; writes a note previous activities Doesn’t in the forum about from the online upload the technology and its contents indicated activities from effects on the in the unit 1.1; stage 1. environment with a shows imprecise Stage 1 15 maximum of 70 sentences with an words and using inconsistent style; time markers from shows some lack of the unit. control in grammar. (Up to 0 (Up to 15 points) (Up to 7 points) points) Posts the writing Writes his/her activity from the opinion in the unit 1.2 in the forum, but it forum; Writes a doesn’t show the paragraph about previous activities what will happen if Doesn’t upload from the online Stage 2 current trends of the activities 15 contents indicated technology from stage 2. in the unit 1.2; development and shows imprecise consumerism sentences with an continue, using the inconsistent style; structure indicated shows some lack of in the unit 1.2.

control in grammar. (Up to 15 points)

Stage 3

(Up to 0 points)

Writes in the forum giving recommendations, however, it doesn’t show the previous activities from the online contents indicated in the Doesn’t upload unit 2.1; shows the activities imprecise from stage 3. sentences with an inconsistent style; shows some lack of control in grammar; the recommendation exceeds the indicated length. (Up to 0 (Up to 10 points) points)

20

Designs the letter to Designs the letter UN Secretary – to UN Secretary – General; General; Doesn’t design The final product is a Develops some of the letter to complete evidence of the activities from UN Secretary – the process the stage 1 to 3; General. developed in the The final product Doesn’t forum; doesn’t show a develop any of The final product has complete evidence the activities the three stages of of the process from the stage the writing exercise developed in the 1 to 3. (talking about the forum; past; expressing the opinion; giving recommendations.);

55

Posts the practice activity from the unit 2.1 in the forum; Writes complex sentences for giving recommendations.

(Up to 20 points)

Stage 4

(Up to 7 points)

It is evident the coherence between online contents provided in the guide and the final product. (Up to 55 points)

Stage 5

Deliveries the link of the final product in a Pdf or a Word document. Completes the checklist. Adds the checklist in the Word document. Uploads the final document in the Evaluation and Monitoring Environment. (Up to 15 points)

(Up to 30 points) Deliveries the link of the final product in a Pdf or a Word document. However, doesn’t adds the completed checklist. Uploads the final document in the Evaluation and Monitoring Environment. (Up to 6 points)

(Up to 0 points)

Doesn’t deliver the final product.

15

(Up to 0 points) Final score

120