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Activities guide and evaluation rubric - Post-task – Final task

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación

Academic Unit
Academic Level Profesional
Academic Field Formación disciplinar
Course Name English I
Course Code 518002
Course Type Metodológico Can be enabled Yes ☐ No ☒
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Number

Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ 2
activity: of weeks
Moment of Unit
Initial ☐ ☐ Final ☒
evaluation: Intermediate:
Evaluative score of the Delivery Environment of the activity:
activity: 125 points Evaluation and Monitoring Environment
Starting date of the Deadline of the activity: December
activity: November 29th, 2018 12th, 2018

Competence to develop:
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic
phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can
introduce himself/herself and others and can ask and answer questions
about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows
and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other
person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Topics to develop:
Course contents: E-book units 1-12

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop:

Post-task: finally, the product of the task is delivered, so you can
socialize among different groups in order to compare findings, share
realities or exchange information.
Activities to develop:
As the final evaluation of the course, you are going to complete the
activities proposed below corresponding to the different language skills.

READING
Read the following texts and answer the questions.

Our Toy Shop

Hi, my name is Amy. I am twelve years old. We have a small toy shop in our
neighborhood. My father says Fridays are the busiest day in our toy shop. So
after school, my mom takes me there to help my dad. That's another reason
why I like Fridays. We allow kids to play with the toys when they are in the
store. My father says I am responsible for the toys and that I need to watch
and make sure nothing breaks. Many kids from my school and neighborhood
also come to the shop to look at our new toys. It is always noisy here. Because
it’s full of babies and small children. Little girls tend to go for dolls, boys go for
cars. Some just want to play with the toys; some actually want to buy them.
It’s a bit tiring for me but I like going to the shop and helping my father.

1. Which of the following questions you cannot answer?

A) Where is the toy shop located?
B) When is the busiest day at the toy shop?
C) Why is the toy shop so noisy?
D) What’s the name of the toy shop?

2. Which of the followings is incorrect?

A) Amy goes to school.
B) Amy enjoys helping his father in the toy shop.
C) Babies are allowed in the store.
D) Amy’s mother works at the toy shop too.

3. Why does Amy help his father on Fridays?

A) Because it’s the busiest day.
B) Because she doesn’t have school on Fridays.
C) Because she wants to play with the toys.
D) Because she doesn’t like Fridays.

4. Can children play with the toys in the store? Justify your answer.

5. What items can you buy in a toy shop? Make a list.

 Dear Melissa,
I hope you are well. Guess what! I am having a big party next week at my
house and I am inviting all my close friends. The theme of the party is going to
be Harry Potter, so all must dress accordingly. You would make a great witch!
I need to let everyone know by Wednesday since I am throwing the party next
Saturday. Sam is going to decorate the house and my mother is going bake a
cake and make lots of food. There is going to be music and dancing as well.
John is going to be the DJ. You can stay over at my house. It’s going to be
great! I hope to see you then.
Love, Sarah

1. What type of document is this? Justify your answer.

2. What kind of an organization is it?

A) It is a slumber party
B) It is a costume party
C) It is about making cake
D) It is a dance party

3. When is the party?

A) It is a fancy dress party
B) On Wednesday
C) It is next Saturday
D) There is going to be music and dancing

4. Whose party is it?

A) It is Sarah’s party
B) It is Judy’s party
C) It is Sarah’s mother’s party
D) It is Harry Potter’s party

5. Explain the following expression: You would make a great witch!

WRITING
1. Answer Sarah’s message: You cannot attend the party because you
are on vacation in another country. Apologize, describe your holidays
and wish a great party (150 words).
2. Write an e-mail to your boss. Explain why you didn’t go to work last
week. Apologize and describe the facts (you were sick, had an
accident…) (150 words).
LISTENING
1. Listen to the conversation and write a summary of the topic. Give as
many details as possible. (Final task, listening 1)

2. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions: (Final task,

listening 2)
A. Where is the woman going?
B. What are the directions the man gives?
C. Write down the places the man mentions.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Readthe text below and follow these instructions:
 Complete the blanks with appropriate vocabulary.
 Use the verbs in parenthesis in the correct form.
 Find in the text:
-synonym for store: _________________
-similar word for client: ______________
-contrary of poor: ___________________
-similar word for return: _____________
-someone who works in commerce, especially at executive level: _______
 Choose the best choice to complete the text:
1. 2. 3.
a. successful a. on a. fall
b. big b. at b. fell
c. cheap c. in c. falls

Zara
Zara is one of the biggest fashions chains in the world. The _________ of Zara
is Amancio Ortega. He is a rich man in Spain, but very few people _(know)_
his face. There are only two official photographs of him and rarely gives
interviews. Although he is a multimillionaire businessman, he_(not look like)
_one. He doesn´t like wearing _______ or _______, and prefers to wear jeans
and shirts.
When he _(be)_ young he worked as a shop assistant in a clothes store, but in
1963 he started a small company which _(make)_ women’s pajamas. In 1975,
at the age of 40, he opened his first clothes shop and _(name)_ it Zara. Now,
you can find Zara shops all over the ________, from New York, to Moscow to
Singapore.
Zara is so _(1)_ because the store _(react)_ quickly to the latest designer
fashions and produces clothes which are fashionable but inexpensive. Zara can
make a new line of clothes _(2)_ three weeks. Other companies normally take
 about nine months. The ___________ also change from week to week so
customers keep coming back to see what’s new. It produces 20.000 new
designs including jackets, skirts, and a lot of new designs that made people
_(3)_ in love with this clothes store.

SPEAKING
Talk about a friend of you. Provide his/her personal information, describe
him/her and talk about his/her tastes. Say also what things you both have
in common. Additionally, describe a past experience you had with him/her.
Record this information in a video and upload it. Paste the link in the final
document.
Environment
for the The activity does not need a forum to be developed.
development
Individual:
A word or pdf document containing the whole activities
Products to asked in the guide. Organize the different activities in a
deliver by document and make sure it does not contain language
student mistakes and is well-presented.
Collaborative:
No collaborative work is required.

3. General guidelines for the collaborative work

Collaborative work is essential in the development of the

activities of the course since through it, learning is
organized, the development of tasks is planned,
communication is developed, strategies are established
Planning of and knowledge is finally constructed.
activities for Keep in mind that your individual work is imperative
the because if there is no interest on your part to participate,
development this can affect the personal work of others and have a
of negative impact on the process and products to be
collaborative delivered.
work Once the collaborative task is established, first a role
must be chosen (read below) and assume the
responsibility of fulfilling its own functions. Through these
roles, the development of the task is planned, the
different contributions are made, the parties and
 contents of the activity are organized and the assigned
task is delivered.
As you can see, if one of the roles is missing,
communication and procedures may be affected, since
there is no collaborative work.
The proposed roles are:
• Leader: He is in charge of coordinating and organizing
the team's efforts, as well as communication. Seeks to
develop a good work process.
• Producer: It is the person who critically questions the
work of the team, with the purpose of ensuring that all
the information generated is relevant to the case and
that efforts are not diverted.
• Tracker: He is in charge of maintaining the attention
Roles to of the team in solving the problem. It must make the
perform by team avoid the loss of time and the vagaries of ideas.
the student • Rapporteur: Is responsible for organizing the
in the information and documentation generated by the team
collaborative and keeping it up to date when it is needed. He is also
group responsible for delivering the final version of the written
report.
• Timekeeper: The person responsible for taking note of
the activities of each of the team members.
The proposed roles are:
• Compiler: consolidates the document that is
constituted as the final product of the debate, taking into
account that the contributions of all the participants have
been included and that only the participants who
Roles and participated in the process are included. He must inform
responsibilit the person in charge of the alerts to notify those who did
y for the not participate, that they will not be included in the
delivery of product to be delivered.
products by • Reviser: ensures that the writing complies with the
students rules for submission of work required by the teacher.
• Evaluator: ensures that the document contains the
criteria present in the rubric. He must inform the person
in charge of the alerts so that he informs the other
members of the team in case there is an adjustment to
be made on the subject.
 • Deliveries: alerts about the delivery times of the
products and sends the document in the stipulated times,
using the resources destined for the shipment, and
indicates to the other colleagues that the delivery has
been made.
• Alerts: ensures that the members of the group are
notified of the novelties at work and informs the teacher
through the work forum and the course's messaging, that
the document has been sent.
Use of All references considered for this activity have to be cited
references using APA Style. http://normasapa.com/
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” and
paragraph f)”To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational
resources or results of research products, which have
intellectual rights reserved for the University”.

The academic punishments that the student will face are:

Plagiarism
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic
policy
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?o
ption=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=
 4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric
Activity Individual Collaborative
☒ ☐
type: Activity Activity
Evaluation Unit Intermediate
Initial ☐ ☐ Final ☒
moment: 1:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity
Score
Aspects High score Media score Low score
The student read The student read
but partially but did not
The student read
understood the understand the
and understood
the texts. The texts. The answers texts. The
answers to the to the questions answers to the
are partially questions are not 15
Reading questions are
correct and fully correct and correct and do not points
respond them. partially respond respond them.
them.

(up to 15
(up to 7 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
The written texts The written texts
The written texts partially respond to do not respond to
respond to the the guidelines. The the guidelines.
guidelines. The
language used is The language
language used is
partially clear, has used is not clear,
clear, has
enough enough not enough 20
Writing 1 vocabulary, vocabulary,
vocabulary, points
grammar grammar grammar
structures, structures, structures,
connectors, and connectors, and connectors, and
good use of good use of bad use of
punctuation. punctuation. punctuation.
 (up to 20
(up to 10 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
The number of The number of The number of
words is words is partially words is not
appropriate, the appropriate, the appropriate, the
text do not texts present some texts present
present important language important 20
Writing 2 important mistakes, syntax is language points
language partially correct. mistakes, syntax
mistakes, syntax
is not correct.
is correct.
(up to 20
(up to 10 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
The answers The answers
The answers
provided are provided are
provided are
partially complete neither complete
complete and
accurate, the and accurate; the nor accurate; the
Vocabulary student partially student does not
student shows 15
and shows good use of show good use of
good use of points
grammar vocabulary and vocabulary and
vocabulary and
grammar rules. grammar rules. grammar rules.

(up to 15
(up to 7 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
The video The video
The video presented partially presented does
presented
responds to the not respond to
responds to the
task asked. the task asked.
task asked.
Pronunciation is Pronunciation is Pronunciation is
clear and the clear but the not clear and the 20
Speaking student is student is
student is points
interested in interested in interested in
speaking rather reading rather than reading rather
than reading. speaking. than speaking.

(up to 20
(up to 10 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
The student fully The student The student did 20
Listening
completed the partially completed not complete the points
 tasks. the tasks. tasks.
Descriptions are Descriptions are Descriptions are
accurate. partially accurate. not accurate.

(up to 20
(up to 10 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
The final The final document The final
document is is delivered in the document is not
delivered in the Evaluation delivered in the
Evaluation Environment; it’s Evaluation
Environment; it’s partially complete, Environment; it’s
Document
complete, well- well-presented, not complete,
format and 15
presented, no some important well-presented,
use of points
important language mistakes. many important
language
language
language
mistakes.
mistakes.

(up to 15
(up to 7 points) (up to 1 points)
points)
125
Final score
points