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Tarjetas de Las Vacaciones.

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Slideshow · Lesson 1

Lesson 1 — ¿Adónde vas a ir?

Holiday destinations in Spanish — España, Francia, Italia, Grecia, México, Argentina, Chile, Cuba — and the immediate-future structure voy a ir a… / vamos a ir a…. Includes a cultural moment on Chichén Itzá.

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🔵 Lesson 1 Blue Zone — reading

Match countries, fill the gap with voy a ir a or vamos a ir a, translate sentences and read about Lucía's holiday. 30 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 2

Lesson 2 — ¿Cómo vas a viajar?

Forms of transport (avión, barco, tren, coche, autobús, autocar) and the structure voy a viajar en… with journey opinions.

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🔵 Lesson 2 Blue Zone — reading

Read about Diego, Lucía and their grandparents, then complete V/F, English Q&A, find-the-Spanish and ¿Quién? activities. 30 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 3

Lesson 3 — ¿Dónde vas a quedarte?

Types of accommodation (hotel de lujo · hotel barato · camping · la casa de mi familia), the reflexive verb quedarse and voy a pasar… allí for length of stay.

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🔵 Lesson 3 Blue Zone — listening

Press play on the embedded audio. Four students — Ana, Bruno, Carmen and David — tell you where they're going to stay and for how long. Complete the grid + answer in English. 20 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 4

Lesson 4 — Mis planes (todo junto)

Combine destination, transport, accommodation and stay length into one five-part sentence with a justified opinion.

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🔵 Lesson 4 Blue Zone — grammar

Gap-fill the verb chunk, translate both ways and unscramble jumbled sentences. 30 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 5

Lesson 5 — ¿Qué vas a hacer?

Holiday activities (nadar, tomar el sol, bailar, descansar, montar en bici, sacar fotos…) with voy a + infinitive and me gustaría + infinitive.

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🔵 Lesson 5 Blue Zone — listening

Press play. Four students — Elena, Marcos, Sofía and Tomás — tell you what they're going to do. Complete the grid + answer V/F. 20 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 6

Lesson 6 — Mis vacaciones ideales

Joining sentences with y · también · pero · porque and justifying opinions with será… porque….

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🔵 Lesson 6 Blue Zone — grammar

Voy a forms, choose-the-connective, complete the paragraph from a word bank, and extended translation. 30 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 7

Lesson 7 — Tres tiempos

Talking about holidays in three time frames: pasado (pasé, fui, fue), presente (paso, me gusta) and futuro (voy a pasar, será).

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🔵 Lesson 7 Blue Zone — grammar

Spot the tense, translate both ways and change-the-tense exercises across past / present / future. 30 marks · self-marking.

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Slideshow · Lesson 8

Lesson 8 — Escribe sobre tus vacaciones

The extended-writing lesson. Sentence starters, success criteria and a WAGOLL model paragraph.

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🔵 Lesson 8 Blue Zone — extended writing

Tick-off success criteria, writing frame + word banks, autosave textarea with live word counter (target 90–120 words) and a model answer reveal.

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