***Updated 20th November to add differentiated structured production and “Survey” task". **
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about clothes you wear" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verb Porter. It also recycles the content of unit 1 and 2, previously uploaded, as well as content from the year 7 Bundle (labelled 01 - 010).
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
Break the flow
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Gapped translation
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Missing words (no listening included)
Narrow Listening Spot the intruders (no listening included)
Narrow Listening Mispronounced words (no listening included)
LAM Faulty transcript (no listening included)
LAM Shadow reading (no listening included)
Production : Unjumble translation
Production : Tangled translation
Production : Triple paragraph writing
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on indefinite articles + tasks
Grammar explanation on adjective agreement + tasks
grammar explanation on verb PORTER
tangled translation
One pen One di
Sentence stealer
Photo description
Group composition
One for all and all for one
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Updated 24.10.2023!
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, previously uploaded, as well as content from the year 7 Bundle (labelled 01 - 010).
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
LAM Dichotomies
LAM Shadow reading
LAM Guess what comes next
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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***Edited 02.03.2024 January 2024 to add 5x communicative spoken tasks"
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about hobbies in different weathers" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Jouer, Faire, Aller & Rester with full retrieval of previous 4 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French 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 French 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 “Faire and Weather"
Grammar tasks
Staircase translation
Oral Ping Pong
No Snakes No ladders
Find someone who
Communicative drills
Sentence stealer
Act out a story
4,3,2 technique
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about clothes you wear" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verb LLEVAR. It also recycles the content of unit 1 and 2, previously uploaded, as well as content from the year 7 Bundle (labelled 01 - 010).
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
Break the flow
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading Gapped translation
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Missing words (no listening included)
Narrow Listening Spot the intruders (no listening included)
Narrow Listening Mispronounced words (no listening included)
LAM Faulty transcript (no listening included)
LAM Shadow reading (no listening included)
Production : Unjumble translation
Production : Tangled translation
Production : Triple paragraph writing
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on indefinite articles + tasks
Grammar explanation on adjective agreement + tasks
grammar explanation on verb LLEVAR
tangled translation
One pen One di
Sentence stealer
Photo description
Group composition
One for all and all for one
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Social Media” in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It covers both the present tense and past tense, and should cover a range of 8-11 lessons on this topic, as it applies heavily both tenses =)
Please note that this resource also recycles the Spanish GCSE resource present in my store on “Technology in Everyday Life”, and should be used after teaching that unit.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that
Sentence match (reading and LAM)
Find the error in my Spanish sentence
Write the missing letters
FInish my sentence
Multiple choice quiz
Sentence Bingo
Narrow Reading 1: Find the Spanish for (Present tense)
Narrow Reading 1: True or False (Present tense)
Narrow Reading 1: Find the missing words/chunks in the script (Present tense)
Listening 1: Write the 17 missing words audio included
Listening 2: Write the 21 missing words audio included
Listening 3: Faulty transcript audio included
Listening 4 & 5: Tick vs cross audio included
Narrow Reading 2: Find the Spanish for (Past tense)
Narrow Reading 2: Fill in the gaps in the English translation (Past tense)
Narrow Reading 2: Bad translation (Past tense)
Delayed copying
Structured production (Jigsaw translation)
Disappearing texts (routinisation stage)
Delayed dictation
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Pyramid translation
Staircase translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
Ladder writing
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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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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Environmental problems”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This is part 1 and focuses on describing environmental problems. Part 2 will shortly follow with “Environmental solutions”.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Write the missing letters
Sentence puzzle
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
Gapped parallel translation (LAM)
Listen and Spot the 12 mistakes as you listen (LAM)
Faulty transcript (LAM)
Structured production (Paragraph translation and structured paragraph writing)
Running dictation
Un stylo un dé
Delayed dictation
Disappearing text
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
Pull the switch
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*Updated 24.10.2023
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about food you like/dislike and why" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous 10 Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 - 010).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Spot the missing word
Beat the teacher
Multiple Choice
This or that
Break the flow
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 Gapped Translation
Narrow Listening Faulty Transcript
Structured Paragraph writing (recycling entire year 7 curriculum)
Grammar explanation on definite articles + tasks
Running dictation
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Photo description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic "My daily routine”, in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Includes modal verbs, near future, and recycling of the perfect tense.
This unit of work also recycles the previous five units I have uploaded so far (as labelled 1-5).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
white board translations
Faulty echo
Multiple choice quiz
This or that?
reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
The missing words and the extra words
Gap fill
Word hunt parallel text
structured production (writing/translations)
Jigsaw translation task for structured production
Sentence stealer
Grammar tasks focusing on modal verbs
Sentence Puzzle
Faulty translation
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Staircase translation
Listen and write a summary in English
Group composition
4,3,2 technique task
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Describing where I live" in SPANISH 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
Reading and Listening tasks (Narrow reading and Listening) (no Audio - teacher to read)
Faulty transcript
Bad translation
Delayed copying
Structured paragraph writing
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Mad dictation
Picture description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the KS2/KS3 topic “My name and my age" in SPANISH 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
Reading and Listening tasks (Narrow reading and Listening) (no Audio - teacher to read)
Structured production translation sentences
Structured paragraph writing
Grammar explanation
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Running dictation
Un dado un lápiz
Delayed dictation
Picture description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe a typical day at school”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This unit of work also recycles the previous seven units I have uploaded so far (as labeled 1-7).
Activities include:
white board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Put the actions in chronological order
Write the missing letters
Probable & Improbable
Gapped translation
Sentence puzzle
Reading tasks
Listening: Find the French for audio included
Listening: Listening to the text and correct the statements audio included
Listening: Correct the spelling/grammar mistakes audio included
Listening: Answer the questions in English audio included
Listening: Highlight the mispronounced words audio included
Listening: Write the missing words audio included
Listening: Les mots qui manquent & les mots en trop (LAM) audio included
structured production (Narrow Translation)
Grammar tasks
Sentence stealer
Faulty translation
Un stylo un dé
RETRIEVAL GRID
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Oral Ping Pong
Quelque Chose
NO SNAKES NO LADDERS
Full circle
Dictogloss
Act a story
Group compositions
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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 and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
Gapped parallel translation (LAM)
Les mots qui manquent & les mots en trop (LAM)
Listen and Spot the 12 mistakes as you listen (LAM)
Faulty transcript (LAM)
Jigsaw Listening (LAM)
Structured production (Narrow Translation)
Grammar task
Faulty translation
Un stylo un dé
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Mad dictation
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
All for one and one for all
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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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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 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
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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This powerpoint covers the FRENCH 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 French 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
Oral Ping Pong
“Faster!”
Disappearing text
Dictogloss
Group compositions
This unit recycles content from the previous two units uploaded, as labelled.
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Technology in every day life” in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It covers both the present tense, present participle and perfect tense.
This sequence should be enough for 8-11 lessons, depending on individual schools’ timetable.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Sentence match (reading and LAM)
Find the error in my Spanish sentence
Write the missing letters
Sentence puzzle
Multiple choice quiz
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
Gapped parallel translation (LAM)
Find the missing words (LAM)
Faulty transcript (LAM)
Structured production (Structured paragraphs to write)
Disappearing texts (6 levels)
Disappearing texts (routinisation stage)
One pen one di
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Sentence stealer
Mad dictation
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
Ladder writing
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This powerpoint offers a full GCSE unit, in SPANISH, on the topic of “Past/Future activities” and can cover 7-8 lessons. It applies the Full MARS EARS sequence and the EPI metholology.
It also recycles some content of the previous powerpoints uploaded (labelled 1-4).
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Write the missing letters
Correct the English transcript
Sentence puzzle
Multiple choice quiz
Grammar / Conjugation task
Complete the hidden sentences
More grammar tasks
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
Structured production (writing/translations)
One pen one dice
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Pyramid translation
Relay
Group Composition
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