Languages and literacy
Spanish practice: read Diego and listen for facts
Read Diego’s Spanish postcard, then listen to a separate passage about Marta and record seven facts. Two pupil pages combine reading questions, a listening fact file and personal sentence starters. The companion supplies the reading key and a newly authored Marta script for the teacher to read twice.
Look at the pet choices, then listen for Marta’s facts. The teacher reads the supplied script twice.
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Read Diego’s Spanish postcard, then listen to a separate passage about Marta and record seven facts. Two pupil pages combine reading questions, a listening fact file and personal sentence starters. The companion supplies the reading key and a newly authored Marta script for the teacher to read twice.
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LEARNING GOAL Find facts in a short Spanish text, then listen for facts. SUCCESS CRITERIA I can find facts in a Spanish text. I can decide if a sentence is true or false. I can listen for facts and write them down. Read the postcard Tick the right answer 1 How old is Diego? 14 15 16 2 When does he play football? Saturday morning Saturday evening Sunday morning 3 Where does he eat on Sundays? at a restaurant at his grandmother’s house at school True or false? 1 Diego lives in Madrid. T True F False 2 He is sixteen. T True F False 3 His grandmother cooks well. T True F False 4 He plays football on Sundays. T True F False Answer in English 1 What does he do on Saturday afternoons? 2 What is his favourite dish? SPANISH AGES 12 TO 15 READING AND LISTENING Meet Diego Read about Diego, then answer the questions. NAME CLASS DATE 1 Hola, me llamo Diego. Tengo quince años y vivo en Madrid. Los sábados por la mañana juego al fútbol con mis amigos. Por la tarde voy al cine o escucho música. Los domingos como en casa de mi abuela. Mi abuela cocina muy bien. Mi plato favorito es la tortilla española. A 3 marks B 4 marks C 2 marks Pupil activity | Page 1 of 2
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Your teacher will read this out loud, twice. There is no audio on this sheet. Listen the first time. Write on the second time. Answer in English. Marta’s fact file Write what you hear. A short word or two is fine. Tick the picture Which pet does Marta have? Tick one picture. Each has a letter and a word. dog cat rabbit Go further: about you Write two things about yourself in Spanish. Finish any two of these starters. Me llamo Tengo años. Me gusta Add more if you can: SPANISH AGES 12 TO 15 LISTENING Listen to Marta 1 7 marks FACT FILE Marta Age Pet Pet’s name Pet’s colour LIKES (TWO THINGS) 1 2 DISLIKES (ONE THING) 1 2 1 mark A B C 3 Pupil activity | Page 2 of 2
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Teacher companion Spanish practice: read Diego and listen for facts Diego reading key, 9 marks A: 15; Saturday morning; grandmother’s house (3). B: true, false, true, false (4). C: Saturday afternoon he goes to the cinema or listens to music; favourite dish tortilla española (2). Marta script: read twice Hola, me llamo Marta. Tengo catorce años. Tengo un gato. Mi gato se llama Luna y es negro. Me gusta la música y me gusta el fútbol. No me gustan los deberes. Marta listening key, 8 marks Age 14; pet cat; pet’s name Luna; colour black; likes music and football; dislikes homework (7 facts, one each). Picture B, cat (1). Review and extension This new script supports the exact fact-file task Agree pronunciation, pacing and support with a Spanish educator. About-you extension accepts accurate, appropriate Spanish for the selected starters; no numerical mark is assigned. Teacher companion | Page 1 of 1
A teaching sequence
Pupils should find and verify facts in Diego’s postcard, identify seven details in Marta’s spoken passage and choose the matching pet picture. They should use familiar Spanish starters accurately in two suitable statements about themselves.
Read Diego and locate supporting phrases
Read the postcard and answer the multiple-choice, true-or-false and English questions. Ask pupils to point to the phrase supporting a judgement and correct any false statement from the text.
Which phrase supports or corrects this answer about Diego?
Listen twice for Marta's facts
Preview Marta’s fact-file headings without supplying her answers. Read the script once for listening, then a second time while pupils record short English notes.
Have you kept Diego's written facts separate from Marta's spoken passage?
Look at the pet choices, then listen for Marta’s facts. The teacher reads the supplied script twice.
Read the complete materialCheck facts and the selected pet
Check the seven facts and the pet picture against the spoken passage. Ask which phrase distinguished the pet’s name from its colour, or likes from dislikes.
Which spoken phrase identifies the pet's name, colour or likes?
Write and review personal starters
Complete two Spanish personal starters and review their meaning and language. Return to the passage or starter when a response transfers Diego’s facts to Marta or to the pupil.
Does the sentence describe the pupil rather than borrow either character's facts?
Before you teach
Look for the thinking behind an answer, choose the support your class needs and leave room for an independent response.
What to look for
A useful reading response gives Diego’s age as 15 and football on Saturday morning. For Marta, look for age 14, a black cat named Luna, music and football, and a dislike of homework. If a pupil writes Diego’s age in Marta’s file, ask which passage supplies that fact and revise the record.
Give a little support
Highlight one question’s key word and find its matching phrase in the postcard before answering. For listening, keep the fact-file headings visible and accept brief English notes. Revisit the relevant script sentence after the two readings where name, colour or preference has been confused.
Take the idea further
Compare a fact from Diego’s reading with a fact from Marta’s listening, naming the evidence for each. Then add another accurate personal sentence beyond the two starters. Keep these statements separate so that reading, heard detail and personal writing do not merge into an invented account.
Things to keep in mind
No audio recording is supplied. Agree pronunciation, reading pace and support with a Spanish teacher.
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Reread Reminder
The two-page paper first uses Diego’s postcard for multiple choice, true/false and short responses, then switches to a teacher-read Spanish passage about Marta and a pet picture choice. The sheet states that no audio is supplied.
The Curious Pencil
The reading checks details such as age, football, Sunday lunch and favourite dish before the listening section asks pupils to record facts on the second pass. Two short statements about the pupil provide a separate production task.
Helpful Highlighter
The page says the teacher reads the passage twice and allows short notes, which can reduce writing during listening. Keep the reading answers distinct from Marta’s spoken facts so pupils do not carry information across tasks.
Chalk & Chai
This paper tests response to a teacher-read passage, not a recording or unfamiliar audio. Confirm the complete Marta answer key and ensure the pet picture matches the supplied script before use.