This powerpoint covers the Year 7 topic “Describing myself and others - Physical and personality descriptions" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous four Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01, 02, 03 & 04).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
This or that
Unjumble the sentences
Complete with the missing letters
Reading and Listening tasks (Narrow reading and Listening) (no Audio - teacher to read)
Faulty transcript LAM
Bad translation RAM
Gapped translation LAM
Structured paragraph writing
Sentence stealer
Extensive grammar practice
Second sentence builder for all persons of verb SER
Mind reading
Mad dictation
Picture description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about hobbies in different weathers" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs JUGAR, HACER, IR & QUEDARSE with full retrieval of previous 4 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the Spanish for in the SB
Gapped Translation
This or that
Spot the error
Finish my sentence
Faulty translation
This or that quiz
Unjumble the sentences
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading Comprehension questions
Narrow Reading triple table
LAM Spot the intruders (no listening included)
LAM The missing words (no listening included)
LAM Mispronounced words (no listening included)
LAM Spot the error
Production : Delayed copying
Production : Tangled translation
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on “Quedarse"
Grammar tasks
Staircase translation
Sentence stealer
Act out a story
4,3,2 technique
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about what I do and how often" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on reflexive vers with retrieval of the previous 7 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the Spanish for in the SB
Faulty echo
Find the error in my sentence
Multiple choice
Beat the teacher
Likely or unlikely
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading English comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Bad translation
LAM - Listening Chunk Bingo
LAM - Narrow Listening Find the Spanish for (no listening included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Find someone who (no listening included)
LAM - Las palabras que faltan y las palabras adicionales (no listening included)
Production : Translation
Production: Rewrite sentences in correct order
Production : Tripled Structured Paragraph wiriting
Grammar tasks on Reflexive verbs (all persons)
Sentence stealer
Mind reader
Running dictation
Picture description
Group composition
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This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit on Physcial Activity, part of the “Expériences" theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Find the error in the sentence
This or that
Comment dit-on?
Reading and listening tasks - Text to Speech audio included
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Gapped translation
Mini production - L1 -> L2 translation
Listening 1: Listen to the text and rearrange the English translation chronologically
Listening 2: Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listening 3: Listen and answer VRAI ou FAUX
Listening 4: Listen to the text and answer the questions in French
Structure production: Bidirectional translation (BDT method)
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Oral Ping Pong
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
Spontaneity: Production écrite niveau NM (without SB) + model answer provided
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Childhood”, in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also recycles the previous two units uploaded (15 & 16 on Getting on / Not getting on with family members). It contains 68 slides (all corrections included) and should last for 7-9 lessons.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that
Match up
Gapped translation
Write the missing letters
Finish my sentence
Multiple choice quiz
Reading: Find the Spanish for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Find the 15 errors in the English translation
Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included)
Listening: Correct the statements (audio included)
Listening: Correct the spelling / grammar (audio included)
Listening: Complete the paragraph with the missing words (audio included)
Listening: Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (audio included)
Listening: Listen and write the missing words (audio included)
Las palabras que faltan y las palabras extra (audio included)
Structured production: Triple paragraph writing
Grammar explanation
One pen one di
Delayed dictation
Mind reader
Mad dictation (audio included)
Group compositions
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Updated 30/09/24 to fix spelling and added Communicative drills and Survey tasks!
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Describing hair and eyes" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous two Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 & 02).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Spot the missing word
Complete with the missing word
Complete with the missing letters
Reading and Listening tasks (Narrow reading and Listening)
(no Audio - teacher to read)
Las palabras que faltan y las palabras adicionales
Structured production translation sentences
Structured paragraph writing
Grammar explanation
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Running dictation
Communicative drills
Surveys
Un dado un lápiz
Delayed dictation
Picture description
Group composition
Disappearing text
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Making comparisons" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous eight Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 - 08).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Spot the missing word
Beat the teacher
Sentence match
Fill the gaps
Faulty translation
Narrow reading Tick and Cross
Narrow Reading Comprehension
Narrow Reading Faulty translation
Listening Bingo
Narrow Listening Find the French for
Narrow Listening Gapped translation
Narrow Listening find the correct translation
Narrow Listening match text with picture
Translation Auction
Narrow Translation
Sentence stealer
Pyramid Translation
Mind reading
CHain Reaction
Photo description
Group composition
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Each unit covers the full MARS EARS cycle based on EPI, and has enough material for 6-8 lessons depending on curriculum time. This is based on 2 lessons a week and has been designed to cover a full academic year.
The units included are the ones below:
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 10: Talk about school items & retrieval of previous 9 units (EPI/MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 9: Making comparisons & retrieval of previous 8 units (EPI/MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 8: Talking about jobs & retrieval of previous 7 units (EPI/MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 7: Talking about animals & retrieval of previous 6 units (EPI/MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 6: Family descriptions + total recall of previous 5 units (EPI / MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 5: Describing myself and others - Physical & Personality (EPI / MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 4: Describing where I live (EPI / MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 3: Describing hair and eyes (EPI / MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 2: Talk about my birthday (EPI / MARS EARS)
SPANISH Year 7. Unit 1: My name and my age (EPI / MARS EARS)
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Talking about School items" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous nine Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 - 09).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Spot the missing word
Beat the teacher
Multiple Choice
Likely or unlikely?
Faulty translation
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Faulty translation
Listening Bingo
Narrow Listening Find the French for
Narrow Listening Find someone who
Narrow Listening Missing and Added words
3x translation tasks for structured production
Tangled Translation
1x Grammar Sentence builder all persons for AVOIR
4 grammar tasks to match Sentence Builder
1 Pen 1 di
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Photo description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about hobbies" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Jugar, Hacer and Ir with full retrieval of previous 3 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
Complete with the missing letters
Multiple choice quiz
Sentence match
This or that quiz
Break the flow
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading Comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Bad translation
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Tick or Cross (no listening included)
Narrow Listening Gapped translation (no listening included)
LAM Faulty transcript (no listening included)
LAM Shadow reading (no listening included)
Production : Jigsaw translation
Production : Narrow translation
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on frequency words
Grammar explanation on “Ir + activities”
Running dictation
Sentence stealer
Photo description
Group composition
One for all and all for one
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Each unit covers the full MARS EARS cycle based on EPI, and has enough material for 6-8 lessons depending on curriculum time. This is based on 2 lessons a week and has been designed to cover a full academic year.
The units included are the ones below:
Year 8 Unit 9: SPANISH: Talk about future holidays (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 8: SPANISH: Talk about what I do and how often + Retrieval (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 7: SPANISH: Where I live + Rooms in my house + Retrieval (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 6: SPANISH: Talk about daily routine + Telling the time + Retrieval (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 5: SPANISH: Talk about hobbies + Whether + Retrieval (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 4: SPANISH: Talk about hobbies (Jugar / Hacer / Ir) + Retrieval (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 3: SPANISH: Talk about clothes you wear (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 2 SPANISH: Talk about food you eat / drink / have (EPI / MARS EARS)
Year 8 Unit 1 SPANISH: Talk about food you like / dislike + why + Year 7 retrieval (EPI / MARS EARS)
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about future holidays" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is the near future using the “Yo” and “Nosotros” pronouns in the near future. Final exercise recycles the entire Year 8 curriculum (previous 8 lessons).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the Spanish for in the SB
Faulty echo
Match up
Multiple choice
Beat the teacher
Broken words
Sentence match
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading English comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM - Listening : Collocations / Colligations training
LAM - Narrow Listening Find the Spanish for (no listening included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Gapped translation (no listening included)
LAM - Which is the correct translations? Narrow Listening (no listening included)
Production : Narrow translation (3 paragraphs)
Grammar explanation on near future + practice
Sentence stealer
Disappearing text
Mad dictation
Group composition
4,3,2
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This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit part of the “social organisation” theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Write the missing letters
Reading as modelling: Find the French for
Reading; Answer the questions in French
Find the mistakes in my English translation (RAM)
Listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
LAM find the French for
LAM true or false
LAM Gap fill
Structured production (Mosaic Translation)
Disappearing text
Chunk test
Photo description
NM Writing task
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This powerpoint offers a full unit on the topic of “What’s in your neighbourhood” and can cover 7-9 lessons. It applies the Full MARS EARS sequence and the EPI metholology.
Please note that it also recycles language from the previous Spanish unit I uploaded, as labeled.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Find the French for
Form logical sentences
Write the missing letters
reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
structured production (writing/translations)
Sentence stealer
Sentence Puzzle
Faulty translation
Un stylo un dé
Mind reading
Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar)
Delayed dictation
Pyramid translation
Pyramid translation
Relay
Mad dictation
Pull the Switch
Picture description
Group composition
This unit also recycles content from the previous unit uploaded, as labelled.
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This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit part of the “Human Ingenuity theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Find the error in the sentence
This or that
Spot my error (phonological error)
Find the intruder in each sentence
Comment dit-on?
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio included - teacher to read)
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Gapped translation
Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listen and answer the questions in French
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Un stylo un dé
Expansion: Table of key grammar/chunks in this sub-unit
Autonomy-Routinisation: Mad Dictation
Autonomy-Routinisation: Pyramid Translation
Autonomy-Routinisation: No Snakes No Ladders
Spontaneity: Questions and answers in class
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
Spontaneity: Production écrite niveau NM (without SB)
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About this resource:
This is the 4th short story of the series in French to supplement the Year 7 EPI unit I have already published. Each short story matches its own EPI units for further consolidation, and enjoyment with reading.
What is included in this story:
This short story related to the following unit:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/04-french-year-7-unit-4-describing-where-i-live-epi-mars-ears-12841918
It includes the following:
The sentence builder used in the EPI unit and on which this dialog has been based
A dialogue/conversation with the English translation included as parallel text. 100% comprehensible input.
A variety of exercises to complete to practice meaning and form
(with answers included at the end)
An AI generated conversation uploaded on my Youtube channel to make it more interactive for kids.
Easily editable format (Word and PDF included)
About this resource:
This is the second of many short stories in French to come. Each short story matches its own EPI units for further consolidation, and enjoyment with reading.
What is included in this story:
This short story related to the following unit:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/02-french-year-7-unit-2-talk-about-my-birthday-epi-mars-ears-12840807
It includes the following:
The sentence builder used in the EPI unit and on which this dialog has been based
A dialogue/conversation with the English translation included as parallel text. 100% comprehensible input.
A variety of exercises to complete to practice meaning and form
(with answers included at the end)
An AI generated conversation uploaded on my Youtube channel to make it more interactive for kids.
Easily editable format (Word and PDF included)
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe where you live” using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Please note that this unit of work also recycles elements from the previous two Spanish units uploaded (as labeled).
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Write the missing letters
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
LAM Narrow translation (no audio - to be made by teacher)
Unjumble sentences
Faulty translation (LAM)
Reading and LAM comprehension tasks
Structured production (writing/translations)
Complete with the missing word
Running dictation
Delayed Dictation
One pen one dice
Disappearing text
Dictogloss
Group compositions
This unit recycles content from the previous two units uploaded, as labeled.
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe a typical day”, in SPANISH, and applies 3 tenses (perfect tense, near future, present indicative) throughout 71 slides. This sequence will cover 7-9 lessons on this topic, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
This powerpoint also heavily recycles content from the previous 8 units I have uploaded so far, labelled 1-8.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Find the errors in the sentences
Match up task
Finish my sentence
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
LAM Spot the erros
LAM (Las palabras que faltan y las palabras adicionales)
LAM Post-it Hunt
7 levels disappearing text
Narrow translation
Structured paragraph writing
2x Grammar conjugation tables across three tenses
Delayed dictation
Sentence stealer
Un stylo un dé
Mind reading
Pyramid translation
Mad dictation
Group compositions
Pull the switch
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About this resource:
This is the 5th short story of the series in French to supplement the Year 7 EPI unit I have already published. Each short story matches its own EPI units for further consolidation, and enjoyment with reading.
What is included in this story:
This short story related to the following unit:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/05-french-year-7-unit-5-describing-myself-and-others-physical-and-personality-epi-mars-ears-12842972
It includes the following:
The sentence builder used in the EPI unit and on which this dialog has been based
A dialogue/conversation with the English translation included as parallel text. 100% comprehensible input.
A variety of exercises to complete to practice meaning and form
(with answers included at the end)
An AI generated conversation uploaded on my Youtube channel to make it more interactive for kids.
Easily editable format (Word and PDF included)