Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 4 - Read Aloud

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación Course: English VI Code: 518011 Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 4 – Read Aloud 1. Activity Description Type of activity: Independent Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2 Highest score of the activity: 80 points The activity starts on: Sunday, March The activity ends on: Sunday, April 10, 20, 2022 2022 With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning outcomes: - read any text in which the writer adopts particular grammar structures and vocabulary through different tasks according to the CEFR level B2. - write clear, detailed texts on a wide range of subjects through different writing exercises according to the CEFR level B2. - understand the main idea(s) of general audios on concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions through lectures and conversations featured in an upper intermediate level. The activity consists of: Step 1 - Attend the second web conference of the course. Take evidence (screenshots) of your participation to be posted in the forum (1 at the beginning, 4 in the development of the web and 1 at the end). Be sure your name appears in the screenshots. If you do not participate, watch the recording of such web conference, and write a summary to be posted in the forum. The summary should have at least 200 words. It should be professionally written, with proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and proper citation. - Go to the Learning Environment and check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 2: Once Upon a Time. Read about read-aloud characteristics; practice the grammar structure of Phrasal Verbs, Relative Clauses and Reported Speech. 1

Step 2 - Go to the page Masterpiece Generator and generate your own Short Story online. Use familiar vocabulary in the required spaces and be sure your spelling is correct. - Once you finish, click on the icon “Write me a short story” - At the end of your creation, there is a message about privacy reasons saying that your creation will be removed from the web at a certain time and later deleted from the server, unless you choose to publish it. Click then in “Publish” in order to generate a link. - Share such link in the forum so that others can visualize your creation. Published creations are available to anybody with the link. 2

Step 3 - Create an interactive flipbook with animated page turning effects to organize your short story with illustrations that fully develop the characters, the setting, and the plot. Use any app you want. Information about flipbooks can be found at Winstead, S. (n.d.). Top 10 Flipbook Software Programs for Creating Interactive Books [Web Page]. https://myelearningworld.com/top-10-flipbook- software-programs-for-creating-interactive-books/. Share the link of your flipbook in the forum to confirm it works and get feedback. Step 4 - After having done the flipbook, you are to create a video reading aloud your short story. The reading time cannot exceed 5 minutes; a proper reading should take around 3 minutes total. The video must show the flipbook and your face while reading the short story aloud. Use screencast-o-matic to do so. The quality of the sound and the image are to be done the best possible. After having the video, you must upload it in an online space: YouTube, Tutv, Google Videos, etc. Share the link in the forum to confirm it works and to get feedback from your e-mates and tutor if necessary. Step 5 - Upload a PDF file. Identify your file as follows: 518011 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf For the development of the activity consider that: In the Initial Information Environment, you must: - Check the Course Agenda to organize your time. - Check the Course News for important information. - Verify the date of the Second Web Conference so that you can plan your participation accordingly. - Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype. In the Learning Environment, you must: - Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 2: Once Upon a Time. - Go to the discussion forum for the task and participate. - Give feedback to your e-mates if necessary. In the Evaluation Environment, you must: - Upload a PDF file. Identify your file as follows: 518011 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf 3

Evidence of independent work: The independent evidence to be submitted is: A PDF file named 518011 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages: 1. Cover Page 2. Table of Contents 3. Evidence of web conference participation or summary 4. Short story link from Masterpiece Generator 5. Flipbook link from chosen app 6. Video link with read aloud task 7. APA References following the 7th Edition guidelines Evidence of group work: No group work evidence is required in this activity. 2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit For Independent evidence, consider the following: ▪ Be sure to write proper citations and references for other sources you might use. ▪ Be sure to answer all the questions with your own words. ▪ Be sure to revise content, structure, and mechanics in everything you post in the forums and/or sent for evaluation. ▪ Before submitting the requested product, student should check that it meets all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide. 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 4

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 Type of activity: Independent Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2 The highest score in this activity is 80 points First evaluation High level: Student generates a story using the required criterion: webpage and posts the link in the forum on time. Attends the second web conference of the course and posts the Generate story and evidence in the forum. participate in Web Conference. If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points and 15 points This criterion represents 15 points Average level: Student generates a story but posts the link of the total of 80 in the forum too late. Does not attend the second web points of the conference of the course but watches the recording and activity. makes a summary in the forum. If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points and 11 points Low level: Student generates a story, but the link is not posted in the forum, or the student does not generate a story. Does not attend the second web conference of the course and there is no evidence for watching the recording. 5

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points and 8 points Second evaluation High level: Student is able to put the original story in an criterion: online flipbook with illustrations that fully develop the characters, the setting, and the plot. Design original and creative Flipbook. If your work is at this level, you can get between 16 points and 20 points This criterion represents 20 points Average level: Student has some difficulties to put the of the total of 80 original story in an online flipbook with illustrations that fully points of the develop the characters, the setting, and the plot. activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points and 15 points Low level: Student did not create a flipbook or student created a flipbook with no illustrations to develop the characters, the setting, and the plot. Student did not share the link. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points and 11 points Third evaluation High level: Flowed faster or slower depending on the story criterion: moods. Comfortable, speaking from experience. Smooth, natural, rhythmic, no awkward moments - pauses are Show reading fluency. consistently where they should be. Nice inflection in voice - keeps listener engaged. This criterion represents 15 points If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 of the total of 80 points and 15 points points of the activity. Average level: Stopped now and then to work in a word. Limited confidence. Reading is sometimes halting – sometimes the reader does not pause effectively at 6

sentences ends, or commas. Voice has sometimes inflection but is often monotone. If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points and 11 points Low level: Choppy, needed to stop and figure out words. No confidence yet. Piece is hard to follow, with many stops and starts – requires rereading to gain meaning. Revision needed for expressive reading – Voice is always monotone. Fourth evaluation If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 criterion: points and 8 points High level: Student pauses at full stops and commas. Use proper speech Student adequately uses intonation by rising and falling components. voice while reading. Student stresses certain parts of a sentence using correct emphasis. Student reads slow or fast depending on the pace of the speech. This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 represents 15 points points and 15 points of the total of 80 points of the Average level: Student usually pauses at full stops and activity. commas. Student uses intonation by rising and falling voice while reading. Student stresses few parts of a sentence using correct emphasis. Student sometimes reads slow or fast depending on the pace of the speech. If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points and 11 points Low level: Student does not pause at full stops and commas. Student does not use intonation by rising and falling voice while reading. Student does not stress certain 7

parts of a sentence using correct emphasis. Student does not read slow or fast depending on the pace of the speech. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points and 8 points Fifth evaluation High level: Student’s pronunciation is clear and accurate. criterion: If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 Pronounce words points and 10 points clearly. Average level: Student’s pronunciation is usually clear and This criterion accurate with a few problem areas. represents 10 points of the total of 80 If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points of the points and 7 points activity. Low level: Too many pronunciation errors to understand what the student is saying. Sixth evaluation If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 criterion: points and 5 points High level: The document meets most of the criteria for Present a PDF file presentation and references according to APA standards. according to APA The document sent for evaluation is on a PDF format. standards. If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 This criterion points and 5 points represents 5 points of the total of 80 Average level: The document partially meets the criteria points of the for presentation and references according to APA standards. activity. The document sent for evaluation is on a PDF or a Word format. If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points and 4 points 8

Low level: The document does not meet the criteria for presentation and references according to APA standards. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points and 3 points 9