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Module 2 – Viajes

Intro – ¡Descubre Andalucía! (Discovering Andalusia)

Take your students on a virtual trip around Andalusia with this engaging and comprehensive GCSE Spanish resource!

This lesson introduces students to Andalusia, its attractions, weather and popular tourist destinations, while developing a range of core GCSE language skills.

What's included?

• Retrieval starter on se puede + infinitive, with activities based around things you can do in Andalusia.

• Reading comprehension about Andalusia, including its location, tourism and reasons why people visit.

• Weather retrieval and a map-based weather activity to consolidate key weather phrases.

• A detailed reading text about five Andalusian destinations: Seville, Ronda, Estepona, Córdoba and Sierra Nevada.

• Vocabulary activities focusing on key expressions and verbs from the reading.

• Translation practice from Spanish into English and English into Spanish.

• A clear grammar focus on me gusta + noun, me gusta + infinitive and me gustaría + infinitive.

• Photo description exam practice, including useful language for describing people, locations and activities.

• Scaffolded photo-description activities followed by opportunities for students to describe photos independently.

• Extension activities throughout for students who need an additional challenge.

• A final 40-word vocabulary list, alphabetised for easy reference, plus space for students to record additional vocabulary from the lesson.

The resource is designed to provide plenty of scaffolding and repetition while gradually moving students towards more independent GCSE-style production.

Ideal for: GCSE Spanish lessons on travel and tourism, particularly as an introductory lesson to a module or unit on holidays and Spain. 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. The vocabulary sheet contains 40 key words and phrases, followed by space for students to record up to 20 additional words they have learnt from the lesson. Please make sure to download your files after purchase, as download links have an expiration date.