EXCURSION TO GRANADA (report)

Goal of trip:
First of all, I am going to explain that during the past month of October, in our class, we studied in history “The Catholic Kings”, for this reason I decided to organize o day trip to Granada. So, the mail goal was to learn about this subject while we visited different places. For instance, “The Alhambra” or “Royal Chapel of Granada Cathedral”, in which the Catholic Kings are buried.
What we did:
In the first place, we travel o bus until Granada. When we arrived there, we began a sightseeing tour in “The Alhambra” with a guide, who explains us all about this amazing monument. Later we ate and rested for an hour. When we finished, in the afternoon, we walked until “Granada Cathedral”, in which we could look different personal belongings of Catholic Kings and their tombs too.
Remarks:
The one-day excursion was a successful because my students showed more interest than in my regular classes and consequently they learnt a lot about Spanish history. Therefore, I think it is very important motivate to our students with this kind of activities.

Hola María:

Está bien. No quiero machacarte, pero aquí tienes mi versión. Entiendo que es difícil cuando no se traduce directamente - tenemos otra forma de decir cosas y a veces eso solamente se puede aprender con practica.

Goal of the Trip:

In October our class had been studying The Catholic Kings for history, so I decided to organize a day trip to Granada. The main goal was to learn about this subject by visiting different places, such as “The Alhambra” or “Royal Chapel of Granada Cathedral”, in which the Catholic Kings are buried.

What we did:
When we got off the bus in Granada we began a sightseeing tour of “The Alhambra” with a guide, who told us all about this amazing monument. After an hour's break to rest and have lunch, we walked up to the “Granada Cathedral”, in which we could see different personal belongings of the Catholic Kings and their tombs, too.

Remarks:
The one-day excursion was a success because my students showed more interest than in my regular classes and consequently they learnt a lot about Spanish history. Therefore, I think it is very important to motivate our students with these kind of activities.

"told us" - nos contó

"walked up to" - aquí "up" no significa arriba; up to - hasta, no "until", que normalmente es hasta en relación al tiempo, una hora, por ejemplo.

"see" - ver. "look" - mirar.

En los examenes los profesores quieren ver frases conectadas, así que revisa los conectores. En el segundo párrafo, la segunda frase has hecho bien con, "the guide WHO...". Luego tienes, "Later we ate and rested for an hour." Puedes conectarla a la siguiente frase.

Pero tranquila, por lo menos practicas, y con la practica sería perfecto.

Saludos:

Simón.