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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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Talking about hobbies" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Jouer, Faire and Aller with a second sentence builder that introduces all personal pronouns later down the sequence. This is fully recycled in the next unit, as well as in the Year 8 bundle.
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 French For
Narrow Reading Comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Bad translation
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Tick or Cross (audio included)
Narrow Listening Gapped translation (audio included)
LAM Faulty transcript (audio included)
LAM Shadow reading (audio included)
Production : Jigsaw translation
Production : Narrow translation
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on “Jouer + sport / instruments”
Grammar explanation on “Faire + activities”
Running dictation
Sentence stealer
Oral Ping Pong
No Snakes No Ladders
Survey
Trapdoor
Chain story
Photo description
Group composition
One for all and all for one
Extra consolidation worksheet
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Updated January 2025 to add audio files
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Opinions about my teachers" using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the first six units uploaded, labelled (01 - 06).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Match up
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
This or that
Faulty translation
Guess my word
Likely or unlikely?
Listen and fill in the gaps
Narrow reading - Find the French for
Narrow Reading - Answer the questions in English
Narrow Reading - Faulty translation in the English
Listening - Sentence bingo
Narrow Listening - Find the French for (audio included)
Narrow Listening - Answer the questions in English (audio included )
Narrow Listening - Fill in the gaps in the English translation (audio included)
Structured production: Tangled translation
Au voleur
Expansion: adjective agreement
Expansion: choose the corrective possessive pronoun between mon/ma
Expansion: practice and explanation of elision (de vs d’)
Autonomy: Delayed dictation
Autonomy: Pyramid translation
Spontaneity: Oral ping pong
Spontaneity: No snakes no ladders
Spontaneity: Picture description
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Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Making comparisons" in FRENCH 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 (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Gapped translation (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Find the correct translation (AI video included)
Narrow Listening: Match picture with audio (audio included)
Translation Auction
Narrow Translation
Sentence stealer
Pyramid Translation
Mind reading
Chain Reaction
Photo description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Talking about jobs" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous seven Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 - 07).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Spot the missing word
Beat the teacher
This or that
Unjumble the sentences
Fill the gaps
Likely or unlikely?
Listening Bingo
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in English
Narrow Reading: Complete the table
Narrow Listening: Find the French for (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Correct the mistakes in the transcript (audio included)
Narrow Listening; Gapped translation (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Listen and choose the correct translation (audio included)
Jumbled translation
Mosaic translation
Explicit grammar on Travailler and ĂŠtre
Sentence stealer
Delayed dictation
Mind reading
Staircase translation
Photo description
Dictogloss
4,3,2 Technique
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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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Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Describing myself and others - how I get on with my family" using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous five Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01, 02, 03, 04 & 05).
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: Find someone who
Narrow Reading: Find the mistakes in the English translation
Narrow Listening: Mispronounced words (audio included)
Narrow Listening: The missing words (AI video included)
Narrow Listening: Listen wirte the missing chunks (audio included)
Narrow Listening: Spot the error (audio included)
Structured paragraph writing
Sentence stealer
Oral Ping Pong
Delayed dictation
Mind reading
Group composition
Communicative drills
Find someone who
Auction someone out
Plus vite !
All for one and one for all
Vocab/Chunk test
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Updated January 2025 to add audio recording/AI video
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Describing myself and others - Physical and personality descriptions" 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
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Find someone who
Narrow Reading: Correct the mistakes in the English translation
Listening: Fill in the blank
Narrow Listening: Find the French for (AI video included)
Narrow Listening: Gapped translation in English (AI video included)
Faulty transcript LAM (AI video included)
Structured paragraph writing
Sentence stealer
Oral Ping Pong
Extensive grammar practice
No Snakes no ladders
Communicative drills
100% comprehensible input parallel text dialogues x2
Mind reading
Mad 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 : /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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About this resource:
This is the 9th 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:
/teaching-resource/resource-12848995
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 9 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)
About this resource:
This is the 8th 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:
/teaching-resource/resource-12847820
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 8 units)
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 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:
/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)
**About this resource:
**
This is the 6th 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:
/teaching-resource/resource-12843900
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 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 KS3 - Year 8 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 MANGER, BOIRE, PRENDRE, JOUER, ALLER, FAIRE and PORTER in the present and near future tenses (je form) with full retrieval of THE previous 6 units.
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 Audio included 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 x5
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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