Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Talking about animals" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous six Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01, 02, 03, 04, 05 & 06).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
This or that
Unjumble the sentences
Faulty translation
Complete with the missing letters
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in English
Narrow Reading: Complete the table
Narrow Listening Find the French in the text (Audio included)
Narrow Listening Answer the questions in English (Audio included)
LAM: Mispronounced words (Audio included)
LAM: Missing words (Audio included)
Tangled translation
Shadow tracking
Sentence chaos
Find your match
7 Levels disappearing text
Explicit grammar on adjective agreement and nouns
Sentence stealer
Delayed dictation
Mind reading
Full circle
Group composition
Photo description
All for one and one for all
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Updates 7th October 2023 to add recordings for LAM, tasks in the form of worksheets, as well as a NO SNAKES NO LADDERS ACTIVITY
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Talk about your family members”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It recycles content of the previous units 01 & 02 - Getting on with family members) and will cover 7-9 EPI lessons.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that
Listen and correct the English translation
Write the missing letters
Match up
Listening (LAM): Find the French for audio included
Listening (LAM): Answer the questions in English audio included
Listening (LAM): Faulty transcrip audio included
Listening (LAM): Listen and fill in the gaps audio included
Reading (RAM): Find the French for
Reading (RAM): Answer the questions in English
Reading (RAM): Find the 12 errors in the English translation
Mini production
Gapped parallel translation
Listen and Spot the 12 mistakes as you listen (LAM)
Faulty transcript
Structured production (Narrow Translation)
Back to back translation
Sentence chaos
Un stylo un dé
Delayed dictation
Mad dictation
All for one and one for all
No snakes no ladders
Auction your family out
4,3,2 technique (fluent production/retrieval)
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about where I live and the room sin my house" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs HABITER with full retrieval of THE previous 6 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Finish my word
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
Complete with the missing letters
Ghost time shadow reading
This or that
Gapped translation
Faulty translation
Unjumble the sentences
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Find someone who
Narrow Reading gapped translation
LAM - Find the mispronounced words Audio included
LAM - Find the intruders Audio included
LAM - Fill in the missing words Audio included
LAM Spot the error Audio included
LAM Shadow tracking Audio included
Production : Translation
Production : Tangled translation
Production: Sentence chaos
Production: Quelque chose
Grammar SB on verb Habiter (all persons)
Grammar tasks on Habiter (all persons)
Sentence stealer
One pen one die
Disappearing text
Full circle
Picture description
Group composition
one for all and all for one
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Updated January 2025 to add recording files
This powerpoint offers a full GCSE unit on the topic of “Saying what I do to help at home”, in FRENCH, and can cover 7-9 lessons. It applies the Full MARS EARS sequence and the EPI metholology by Gianfranco Conti.
Activities include:
white board translations
Faulty echo
Find the error in my sentences
Multiple choice translation
Probable or Improbable?
Write the missing letters
Reading: Find in the text
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Spot the 12 errors in the English translation
Listening: Listen and Find the French for (audio included)
Listening: Listen and complete the English transcript (audio included)
Listening: Listen and write the missing words (audio included)
Listening: Listen and choose the correct translation (AI video included)
Modal verbs conjugation task
Multiple choice quiz (LAM)
structured production (TANGLED Translation)
Sentence stealer
Sentence Puzzle
Faulty translation
Delayed copying
Grammar checkpoint table
Grammar tasks on modal verb (positive and negative) and perfect tense
Un stylo un dé
Mind reading
Shadow Tracking
Find Your Match
Sentence Chaos
Quelque chose
Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar)
Delayed dictation
Pyramid translation
Running dictation
Mad dictation
Disappearing text
Full circle
Sentence Puzzle race
Picture description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about one’s daily routine and telling the time" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also includes full retrieval of the previous 6 units and some year 7 content. It covers this unit in the Present tense and Near future.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
Modelling of Present tense:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Finish my word
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
Ghost time shadow reading
Spot the foreign sounds
Multiple choice quiz
Gapped translation
Unjumble the sentences
Modelling of Near future tense:
This or that
Find the missing word
Narrow reading: Find the French For
Narrow Reading: Find someone who
Narrow Reading: gapped translation
LAM Sentence Bingo (no listening included)
Narrow Listening 1 (Present tense): Find the French for Audio included
Narrow Listening 1 (Present tense): Faulty translation Audio included
Narrow Listening 2 (Near future): Answer in English 3x AI videos included
Narrow Listening 2 (Near future): True or false 3x AI videos included
Narrow Listening 2 (Near future) Match the statements 3x AI videos included
LAM Spot the error 3x AI videos included
LAM Shadow reading
Production : Rock Climbing
Production : Triple paragraph writing (Present tense)
Production: Paragraph translation (Near future)
Grammar explanation on reflexive pronoun “me” (Present and Near future)
4x Grammar exercises present and near future
Sentence stealer
One pen one die
Mad dictation
Oral Ping pong (Present and near future)
Oral Communicative drills (Present and near future)
Plus vite ! (Present and near future)
Group composition
One for all and all for one
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Discussing previous holidays”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This unit of work also recycles content from the resource : FRENCH GCSE Resource - Les vacances (Part 1 - Past holidays) EPI / MARS EARS as well as content from all other units uploaded so far.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Listen and correct the English translation
Write the missing letters
Match up
Sentence puzzle
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Correct the mistakes in the English transation
Gapped parallel translation (LAM) (audio included)
Les mots qui manquent & les mots en trop (LAM) (audio included)
Listen and fill in the gaps (LAM) (audio included)
Faulty transcript (LAM) (AI video included)
Structured production (Narrow Translation)
Thorough explanation of Perfect tense
Variety of grammar tasks
Un stylo un dé
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
No Snakes No ladders
Mad dictation
Communicative drills
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
All for one and one for all
Pull the switch - Parallel Fench / English dialogue
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About this resource:
This is the first 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/01-french-year-7-unit-1-my-name-and-my-age-epi-mars-ears-12834653
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 and the furniture” in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It covers prepositions too and recycles content from the previous three Spanish resources uploaded, as labelled per number.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the Spanish for
Probable / Improbable
Multiple choice quiz
Faulty translation
Missing letter
True or false (picture based)
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
Structured production (writing/translations/tangled translation)
Sentence stealer
Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar)
Disappearing text
Picture description
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About this resource:
This is the 7th 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/resource-12845198
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 (based on all 7 videos)
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)
Updated in January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about what I do and how often" in FRENCH 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 French for in the SB
Faulty echo
Find the error in my sentence
Multiple choice
Beat the teacher
Likely or unlikely
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading English comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Bad translation
LAM - Listening Chunk Bingo
LAM - Narrow Listening Find the French for (audio included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Find someone who (audio included)
LAM - Les mots qui manquent et les mots en trop (audio 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
Oral Ping Pong
No Snakes No Ladder
Full Circle
Picture description
Group composition
Creative writing
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This resource has been updated in January 2025 to add all recordings for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about food you eat, drink and have" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Manger, Boire and Prendre with the partitive articles.
It also recycles the content of unit 1.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Finish my sentence
Beat the teacher
Complete with the missing letters
This or that quiz
Ghost time shadow reading
Spot the foreign sound
Break the flow
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Fill in table (comprehension task)
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening: Find the French for (AI videos narrated by AI Einstein, Anne Hathaway, and Henry Cavill as Superman!)
Narrow Listening: Gapped Translation (Same AI videos as above)
LAM Dichotomies (audio included)
LAM Shadow reading (audio included)
LAM Guess what comes next (Teacher to read as purpose of game)
Production : rock climbing
Production : mosaic translation
Production : tick and write
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on partitive articles + tasks
grammar explanation on verb prendre
tangled translation
One pen One di
Oral Ping Pong
Sentence stealer
Dictogloss
Pull the switch
One for all and all for one
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Updated in January 2025 to include the recordings for the Listening sections
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about one’s daily routine and telling the time" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also includes full retrieval of the previous 5 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Finish my word
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
Ghost time shadow reading
Spot the foreign sounds
This or that quiz
Gapped translation
Unjumble the sentences
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Find someone who
Narrow Reading gapped translation
LAM Sentence Bingo
Narrow Listening Find the French for (audio included)
Narrow Listening Faulty translation (no listening included)
LAM Spot the error (audio included)
LAM Shadow reading (audio included)
Production : Rock Climbing
Production : Triple paragraph writing
Beginner grammar explanation on reflexive pronoun “me”
Sentence stealer
One pen one die
Mad dictation
Oral Ping pong
Oral Communicative drills
Plus vite !
Group composition
One for all and all for one
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Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS2/KS3 topic “My name and my age" using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
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
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Find someone who
Narrow Reading: Find the mistakes in the French translation
Narrow Listening: Find the French for (audio included)
Narrow Listening; Gapped translation (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Listen and choose the correct translation (audio included)
Structured production translation sentences
Structured paragraph writing
Grammar explanation
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Running dictation
Un stylo un dé
Oral Ping Pong
Delayed dictation
Picture description
Group composition
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Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Describing where I live" using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous three Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01, 02 & 03).**
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Sentence match
This or that
Unjumble the sentences
Gapped translation
Map: True or False
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Find someone who
Narrow Reading: Find the mistakes in the English translation
Narrow Listening: Find the French for (audio included)
Narrow Listening; Answer the questions in English (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Bad translation (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Faulty transcript (AI video included)
Bad translation
Delayed copying
Structured paragraph writing
Sentence stealer
Oral Ping Pong
No snakes no ladders
Mind reading
Mad dictation
Picture description
Group composition
2x Parallel text dialogues
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Hobbies in the Present and Near future" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs JOUER, ALLER, FAIRE in the present and near future tenses (je/tu/il/elle form) with full retrieval of the previous units.
**PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR THIS UNIT TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE USED AFTER THE PREVIOUS UNIT ON FREE TIME (UNIT 011 : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13171530) **
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Beat the teacher
Ghost time shadow reading
This or that
Gapped translation
Faulty translation
Unjumble the sentences
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Find someone who
Narrow Reading gapped translation
LAM - Find the mispronounced words (Audio included)
LAM - Find the intruders x3 texts (Audio included)
LAM - Fill in the missing words x3 texts (Audio included)
LAM - Find the correct translation (AI video included)
Production : Sentence Translation
Production : Narrow translation
Production: Sentence chaos
Production: Quelque chose
Grammar Table on verbs Aller, Faire, Jouer, Manger, Boire, Prendre, Porter in the present and near future
Grammar tasks to practice x4
Sentence stealer
One pen one die
Oral Ping Pong Regular
Oran Ping Pong Super Challenge
Full circle
No Snakes No Ladders
Picture description
Group composition
one for all and all for one
Pull the switch / Parallel dialogue (Regular)
Pull the switch / Parallel dialogue (Extended challenge )
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Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Talking about School items" in FRENCH 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 (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Find someone who (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Les mots qui manquent et les mots en trop (audio included)
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 7 topic “Talking about future holidays" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is the near future using the “je” and “nous” pronouns.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Faulty echo
Match up
Multiple choice x2
Beat the teacher
Broken words
Sentence match
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading English comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM - Listening : Collocations / Colligations training
LAM - Narrow Listening Find the French for (audio included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Gapped translation (audio included)
LAM - Which is the correct translations? (AI video 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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Updated January 2025 to add recordings and AI video for listening section
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe a typical day”, in FRENCH, and applies 3 tenses (perfect tense, near future / present indicative) throughout 73 slides. This sequence will cover 7-9 lessons on this topic, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Find the errors in the sentences
Match up task
Finish my sentence
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Find the correct translation
Listening: Find the French for (Audio included)
Listening; Listen and fill in the gaps (Audio included)
Listening: Answer the questions in English (Audio included)
LAM Spot the errors (Audio included)
LAM (Les mots qui manquent et les mots en trop) (Audio included)
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 / Dialogue
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Discussing previous holidays”, in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This unit of work also recycles content from the resource : SPANISH GCSE Resource - Las vacaciones (Part 1 - Past holidays) EPI / MARS EARS as well as content from all other units uploaded so far.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that
Listen and correct the English translation
Write the missing letters
Match up
Sentence puzzle
Reading: Find the Spanish for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Faulty translation
Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included)
Listening: Answer the questions in English (audio included)
Listening: Listen and fill in the gaps in the transcript (audio included)
Listening: Faulty transcript (LAM) (audio included)
Listening: Highlight the mispronounced words (audio included)
Listening: Listen and add the missing words (audio included)
Structured production (Narrow Translation)
Grammar task
Faulty translation
Un dado un lápiz
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Mad dictation
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs (audio included)
Todos para Uno, Uno para Todos
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Year 10 French Bundle / GCSE FRENCH BUNDLE 2 Updated and re-adapted for January 2025!
🔹 What’s New?
-Builds up from the updated Year 7, 8 and 9 Bundles!
-Each unit offers 7-9 lessons, ensuring comprehensive coverage, and following the MARSEARS framework
-Lessons include interleaving and interspacing, recycling content from previous units to reinforce learning.
-Added listening audio files or AI video narrations in every unit to enhance the listening sections.
Please ensure that once purchased, you download the files on your device! =)
Resources include:
Unit 1: Describe self and others
Unit 2: Why I get along with my family (+Interleaving Unit 1)
Unit 3: Why I do not get along with my family (+Interleaving Units 1-2)
Unit 4. Role models (+Interleaving Units 1-3)
Unit 5: Childhood (+Interleaving Units 1-4)
Unit 6: Food (Present tense) (+Interleaving Units 1-5)
Unit 7: Food (Past, Present, Near future) (+Interleaving Unit 6)
Unit 8: Healthy living (+si clause) (+Interleaving Units 6-7)
Unit 9: Global problems (Environmental)
Unit 10. Global solutions (+Interleaving Unit 9)
If you’ve used the resource, your feedback would be appreciated!