UPDATED LESSON!

Module 1 – ¡Diviértete!

Unit 2 – ¡Disfrutamos al máximo! (Free Time Activities)

Help your students talk confidently about their free time with this engaging, GCSE-style lesson designed for the Edexcel GCSE Spanish (2024) specification. Students learn how to talk about sports, hobbies and leisure activities while revising key irregular verbs (jugar, hacer, tocar and montar) and mastering opinion verbs such as gustar, encantar and interesar. Through a wide range of carefully scaffolded activities, students develop the confidence to express and justify their opinions about free time using high-frequency GCSE vocabulary.

This lesson is designed for mixed-ability classes, with clear support for all learners alongside extension activities to stretch higher-attaining students.

The lesson includes:

• Retrieval practice and starter activities

• Vocabulary-building tasks using only vocabulary checked against the Edexcel GCSE Spanish (2024) prescribed vocabulary list

• Reading, translation and comprehension activities

• Grammar practice on the irregular verbs jugar, hacer, tocar and montar

• Grammar practice with gustar, encantar and interesar, including singular and plural agreement

• Activities to develop opinions and justify answers using porque and a range of adjectives

• GCSE-style listening activity (includes audio file)

• Structured speaking activities to develop confidence for the GCSE Speaking assessment

• Writing and translation activities with built-in scaffolding and extension tasks

• A printable student workbook

• Answers to all activities

Ideal for Year 10 or Year 11 students, this lesson provides excellent practice of one of the key GCSE topic areas while reinforcing essential grammar, vocabulary and exam skills. All vocabulary has been carefully checked against the Edexcel GCSE Spanish (2024) prescribed vocabulary list, ensuring complete specification coverage and giving teachers confidence that students are practising relevant exam language.

NOTE: In the vocabulary sheet, words marked with an asterisk (*) are intended for Higher Tier students. Words that are both bold and marked with an asterisk (*) are not part of the Edexcel GCSE Spanish (2024) prescribed vocabulary list but have been included because they are useful within the context of the lesson.

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