Year 8 Spanish Free Time Lesson 1

A complete, ready-to-teach Year 8 Spanish lesson introducing free time vocabulary and the key verb structures juego (I play), hago (I do) and voy (I go). This 11-slide PowerPoint takes students from retrieval starter through to independent writing and includes a cultural spotlight on Mexico’s Estadio Azteca.

The lesson covers essential free time vocabulary including sports, places and activities, with clear grammar input on using juego + al/a la/a las, hago + activity and voy + a + place. Students practise through a mini whiteboard translation task, a noughts and crosses speaking game, a sentence builder race in pairs and a differentiated silent writing task with core, stretch and third person challenge levels. A peer assessment slide with model answers and common errors rounds off the lesson.

This resource is ideal for non-specialist teachers or cover supervisors as the slides are fully sequenced with answers revealed on click. Every activity is scaffolded and self-contained so no additional preparation is needed. The PowerPoint is fully editable, allowing you to adapt timings, vocabulary or tasks to suit your class.

Grammar focus: juego/hago/voy, a + el = al, prepositions with places. Vocabulary focus: sports, free time activities, frequency phrases. Suitable for Year 8 or higher-ability Year 7 students following the AQA or Edexcel GCSE Spanish specification.