This powerpoint covers a variety of GCSE topic with a focus on the indirect object pronoun "EN”, predominantly in the PRESENT tense, with some examples using the perfect tense, near future, imperfect, conditional, and future simple.
This unit is also based on Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applies the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Find the missing words x2
This or that
Faulty translation
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in French
Reading: Vrai ou faux
Reading: Paragraph translation to English
Listening 1: Listen to the text and underline the mispronounced words (LAM) audio included
Listening 2, 3 & 4: Listen to the text and write the missing words (LAM) audio included
Listening 5, 6 & 7: Listen highlight all the intruders (LAM) audio included
Listening 8: Listen choose the correct translation for the text (LAM) AI video included
Structured production: Tangled Translation
Oral Ping Pong
Full circle
One pen one di
Expansion: Grammar explanation table on the uses of pronoun EN
Expansion: 4 grammar exercices
Expansion: Further grammar explanation on pronoun EN in other tenses
Expansion: 6 grammar exercices
Autonomy Routinisation : One pen One
Autonomy Routinisation: Full circle
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: Pull the switch / parallel text dialogue
Updated January 2025 to add recording files for Listening section, and one AI video
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Healthy Living” and recycles the perfect tense in the context of food, as well as the present and near future, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also introduces the SI CLAUSE (Si + imparfait + conditionnel). =)
More effective if used after units 06 & 07 previously uploaded on Food =)
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Whiteboard sentence translations
Find the missing word in the sentences
This or that
Spot my error (phonological error)
Find the intruder in each sentence
Vrai ou faux
Mind readers in pairs
Find the missing word in each sentence and write in on your whiteboard
Reading and listening tasks (NO AUDIO included - teacher to read)
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Naerow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Gapped translation
Listen to the text in French and reorganise the translation chronologically (LAM) (AI video included)
Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM) (audio included)
Listen and write the missing words and cross out the intruders (LAM) (audio included)
Listen and answer the questions in French - focus on short answers (LAM) (audio included)
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Oral ping pong
Structure production: Delayed copying
Expansion: Sentence Builder on Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Expansion: Grammar explanation Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Expansion: Fast and Furious Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Expansion: Sentence Stealer Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Autonomy-Routinisation: Dictogloss
Autonomy-Routinisation: Chain reaction
Spontaneity: 130-140 word paragraph writing
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: Flip presentation
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe yourself and others”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It contains 68 slides (all corrections included) and should last for 6-8 lessons.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Match up
Gapped translation
Write the missing letters
Finish my sentence
Multiple choice quiz
Comprehension LAM and RAM
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Word Hunt parallel translation - Find 13 mistakes
Listening: Find the French (audio included)
Listening: Correct the statements (audio included)
Listening: Correct the spelling/grammar (audio included)
Listening: Listen and Spot the 12 pronunciation mistakes as you listen (LAM) (audio included)
Listening: Listen and cross out the intruders and write the missing words (audio included)
Structured production: Double paragraph writing
Grammar explanation and exercices on adjective agreemnts
One pen one di
Delayed dictation
Oral Ping Pong
Pull the switch
Mind reader
Mad dictation
Group compositions
One for all and all for one
Auction your family out
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Customs and traditions” in the perfect tense, present indicative, near future, and future simple in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Also includes the si+present+future clause. More effective if used after FRENCH GCSE Units 11-16 in terms of grammar due to the recycling and interleaving of those tenses.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Match up
Find the missing word in the sentence
This or that
Spot my error (phonological error)
Reading and listening tasks (TTS Audio included for all listening tasks)
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in French
Reading: Translate the last paragraph into English
Comment dit-on?
Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words and cross out the intruders (LAM)
Listen and tick the correct options (LAM)
Structured production: Delayed copying
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Oral Ping Pong
Expansion: Grammar conjugation table (6 tenses)
Expansion: Grammar task present tense
Expansion: Grammar task perfect tense
Expansion: Grammar task future tense
Expansion: Grammar task multi tense
Expansion: Grammar explanation Near future
Expansion: Parsing grid Near future
Autonomy-Routinisation: Dictogloss
Autonomy-Routinisation: One pen One di
Spontaneity: Listen and draw pictures - then retell story from pictures
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
Spontaneity: Exam piece of writing
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Environmental problems”, in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This is part 2 and focuses on recycling environmental problems found in Part 1. This second part focuses on “Environmental solutions”.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Sentence match
Sentence puzzle
Reading: Tick or cross
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Faulty translation
Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included)
Listening: Correct the statements (audio included)
Listening: Fill in the English transcript (audio included)
Listening: spot the mispronounced and missing words (audio included)
Listening: Write the 10 missing words in the script (audio included)
LAM sentence bingo
Structured production (Narrow translation and Tangled translation)
Staircase translation
Un dado un lápiz
Delayed dictation
Mad dictation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
All for one and one all
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**Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
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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 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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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic of TECHNOLOGY in FRENCH, and follows the NEW GCSE AQA SPEC, with even extra chunks/words added! All exercises include the answers.
This unit is also based on Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applies the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
Sentence builder
White board translations
Fill in the missing letters
Beat the teacher
Multiple choice
Gapped translation
Probable ou improbable
Choose the missing words (x2 slides)
Spot the difference (x2 slides)
Choose the correct translation
**Narrow Reading: 5 different texts based on the sentence buidler (100% comprehensible input)
Reading 1: Find the French for
Reading 2: Answer the questions in French
Reading 3: True or false
Reading 4: Multiple choice
Reading 5: Bad translation - Find and correct the mistakes in the English
Mind Reader
Multiple choice quiz
Sentence Bingo
Narrow Listening: 4 different listenings + 1 AI DIALOGUE
Listening 1: Find the French for (audio included)
Listening 2: Multiple choice (audio included)
Listening 3: Fill the gaps (Audio included)
Listening 4 (extension): Dual processing. Listen and answer in French (audio included)
Listening 5: Dialogue to listen to and perform in pairs (AI video included)
Structured production: Narrow translation
Sentence Stealer
One pen one di
Oral Ping Pong
Delayed dictation
Retrieval quiz
Autonomy Routinisation: Full circle
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: No SB English to French translation
Spontaneity: Speaking challenge (2 minutes)
Spontaneity: Create your own story with prompts
Spontaneity: Debate: Pros and cons of internet with prompts
Spontaneity: Social media posts
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 (audio included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Gapped translation (audio included)
LAM - Which is the correct translations? (audio 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 GCSE topic “Environmental problems”, in SPANISH, 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
Sentence puzzle
Reading: Find the Spanish for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Listening: Complete the sentences (audio included)
Listening: Faulty translation (audio included)
Listening: Choose the correct translation (audio included)
Listening: Complete the transcript (audio included)
Structured production (Paragraph translation and structured paragraph writing)
Running dictation
Un dado un lápiz
Delayed dictation
Disappearing text
Sentence chaos
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs + AI video version
Pull the switch dialogue
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Role models”, 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)
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Listen and write the missing words
Write the missing letters
Spot the missing word
Reading: Find the Spanish for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Faulty translation
Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included)
Listening; Listen and answer the questions in English (audio included)
Structured production: Triple paragraph writing
Disappearing texts
Oral Ping Pong
Faster
Delayed dictation
Dictogloss (audio included)
Group compositions
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Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises
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 18.06.2024 to fix typos and add Oral Ping Pong & Faster, and to add Audio recording
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Role models”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also recycles the previous two units uploaded (GCSE units 01, 02 & 03) on Getting on / Not getting on with family members)
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Listen and write the missing words
Write the missing letters
Spot the missing word
Reading: Find the French for (optional audio included)
Reading: Answer the questions in English (optional audio included)
Reading: Faulty translation (optional audio included)
Listening: Find the French for (audio included) (optional audio included)
Listening; Listen and answer the questions in English ( audio included)
Structured production: Triple paragraph writing
Disappearing texts
Oral Ping Pong
Faster
Delayed dictation
Dictogloss (audio included)
Group compositions
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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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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 recording files for all listening text and exercices.
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 (audio included)
Narrow Listening Spot the intruders (audio included)
Narrow Listening Mispronounced words (audio included)
LAM Faulty transcript (AI video included)
LAM Shadow reading
Production : Unjumble translation
Production : Tangled translation
Production : Triple paragraph writing
Oral Production: Quelque chose
Oral Production: Faster
Oral Production: Survey
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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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Sports and Hobbies” in the perfect tense, present indicative, imperfect, conditional present, and future simple in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Also includes the si+present+future clause.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for (Chunk level)
Whiteboard translation (Sentence level)
Find the missing word in the sentence
This or that
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in French
Reading: Vrai ou faux
Personal reflection questions
Comment dit-on?
Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM - audio included)
Listen and write the missing words (LAM - AI video included)
Listening: Missing words and intruders (LAM - audio included)
Listen and tick the correct options (LAM - audio included)
Structured production: Delayed copying
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Oral Ping Pong
Expansion: Grammar conjugation table explanation
Expansion: Grammar task present tense
Expansion: Grammar task perfect tense
Expansion: Grammar task future tense
Expansion: Grammar task multi tense
Expansion: Grammar explanation Negative form present tense
Autonomy-Routinisation: Dictogloss
Autonomy-Routinisation: One pen One di
Spontaneity: Listen and draw pictures - then retell story from pictures
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
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