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, in Spanish, 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 Spanish for
Narrow Reading: Find someone who
Narrow Reading: Find the mistakes in the English translation
Narrow Listening: Find the Spanish 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
Parallel text dialogue
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 the previous nine units I have uploaded so far (as labelled, 1-9)
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)
Las palabras que faltan y las palabras adicionales (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 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
Todos para Uno, Uno para Todos
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about food you eat, drink and have" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Comer, Beber and Tomar.
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 Spanish For
Narrow Reading Fill in table (comprehension task)
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Find the Spanish for
LAM Dichotomies
LAM Shadow reading
LAM Guess what comes next
Production : rock climbing
Production : mosaic translation
Production : tick and write
Grammar SB
Grammar tasks
Tangled translation
One pen One di
Sentence stealer
Dictogloss
Pull the switch
One for all and all for one
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Updated January 2025 to add listening files (two speeds) for the texts in the listening section!
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic "Post-16 Plans” in the present tense, imperfect, conditional, near future and simple future, and introduces the SI Clause (si + present + future) in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
More effective if used after Unit 12 GCSE FRENCH School Subjects, previously uploaded =)
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Whiteboard sentence translations
This or that
Spot my phonological error
Comment dit-on… in pairs
Find the intruder in each sentence
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in French
Reading: Fill in the gaps in the English translation
Listening 1: Listen to the text and rearrange the English translation (LAM) (audio included (two speeds)
Listening 2: Listen to the text and write the missing words (LAM) (audio included (two speeds)
Listening 3: Listen and tick / cross the English equivalent (audio included (two speeds)
Listening 3: Listen and answer True or False (LAM) (audio included (two speeds)
Listening 3: Listen and answer the questions in French - focus on short answers (LAM) (audio included (two speeds)
Structured production: Sentence Translation
Structured production: Narrow Translation
Structured production: Mind reading in pairs
Expansion: Grammar explanation on future tense
Expansion: Grammar explanation on si clause (si + present + future)
Expansion: Choose the correct verb form (focus on future tense)
Expansion:Choose the correct verb form with pronoun “je” (focus on future tense)
Expansion: You are the teacher: explain why the items underlined are wrong grammatically
Autonomy Routinisation : Pyramid translation
Autonomy Routinisation : Mad dictation
Autonomy Routinisation : Plus vite !
Spontaneity: 4,3,2 activity
Spontaneity: paragraph 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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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Life where I live (rural v urban; likes & dislikes; describing my accommodation; wishes) in the present tense and introduces the subjunctive present tense) in FRENCH”
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
Whiteboard sentence translations
Beat the teacher
This or that
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Gapped English / French task
Quiz
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Find the missing words in the English translation
Mini production: Guided translation
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 AI video included
Structured production: Sentence Translation in French
Structured production: Tangled Translation
Structured production: Sentence stealer
Structured production: Sentence chaos
Structure production: Quelque chose
Structure production: Find your match
Expansion: Grammar intro on Subjunctive in French
Expansion: Subjunctive exercise 1: Fill in the blanks
Expansion: Subjunctive exercise 2: Choose the correct form of the verb
Expansion: Subjunctive exercise 3: Match the French and English sentences
Expansion: Subjunctive exercise 4: Fill in the gaps
Autonomy Routinisation : One pen One di
Autonomy Routinisation : Full circle
Autonomy Routinisation : No snakes no ladders
Circle
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: Tous pour un et un pour tous
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 more reading and listening exercises, as well as the recordings for the listening **
This powerpoint covers the topic “Where do you live” using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Gapped Translation
Listening: Gapfill completion of audio paragraph (audio included)
Listening: Answer the questions in English as you listen (audio included)
Listening: Find the French as you listen (audio included)
Listening: Answer the questions in English (audio included)
Listening: Write the missing words in the paragraphs (audio included)
Structured production (narrow translation)
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar)
Delayed dictation
Pyramid translation
Disappearing text
Oral Ping Pong
Trapdoor
Parallel Text Dialogue
Picture description
Group composition
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This powerpoint covers a variety of GCSE topic with a focus on all direct and indirect object pronouns predominantly in the PRESENT, PERFECT TENSE, and NEAR FUTURE TENSE.
This unit is also based on Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applies the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
Sentence builder
Initial set of slides: Grammar explanations
Reading 1 (Present tense)
Reading 1: Find the French for
Reading 1: Answer the questions in French
Reading 1: Relie les phrases
Reading 1: Paragraph translation to English
Reading 2 (Past / Present / Near future)
Reading 2: Vrai ou faux
Reading 2: Remplis les blancs
Reading 2: Direct/Indirect object pronoun replacement
Reading 2: Highlight the direct/indirect object pronouns
Listening: Parallel text dialogue French / English (both audio and AI video included)
Listening: Direct/Indirect object pronoun replacement
Listening: Fill in the blanks
Listening: Rewrite with the correct object pronoun
Structured production: Oral Ping Pong
Structured production: Narrow Translation
Autonomy Routinisation : One pen One di
Autonomy Routinisation: Full circle
Autonomy Routinisation: Faster
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: Pull the switch / parallel text dialogue
Spontaneity: Photo description
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic of Environment and where I live in FRENCH, and follows the NEW GCSE AQA SPEC, with even extra chunks/words added! All exercises include the answers. The AQA mentions 293 words for Foundation, I have added 250+ of those words in this unit, constantly recycled.
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
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 listening tasks
Listening 1: Find the French for (audio included)
Listening 2: Multiple choice (audio included)
Listening 3: Fill the gaps (Audio included)
Listening 4: Listen and answer in French (audio included)
Structured production: Narrow translation
Sentence Stealer
One pen one di
Oral Ping Pong
Trapdoor
Delayed dictation
Autonomy Routinisation: Full circle
Autonomy Routinisation: Paragraph translation (Eng - FR)
Spontaneity: Speaking challenge (2 minutes)
Spontaneity: Speed dating
Spontaneity: Interactive city planning (conditional practice)
Spontaneity: Social media simulation
Spontaneity: Vocabulary word hunt
Spontaneity: Problem solver
Spontaneity: Flashcard race
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 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 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 Spanish 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 tasks to practice JUGAR / HACER / IR
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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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe where your live and the furniture” in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also recycles the previous three units uploaded (as labelled per number).
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French 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)
Sentence stealer
Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar)
Disappearing text
Narrow translation
Picture description
This unit of work also recycles the previous three units I have uploaded so far (as labeled).
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Where do you live” using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
FInish my sentence
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
LAM Gap fill
LAM Gapped translation
LAM Faulty transcript
Structured production (paragraph translation)
Tangled translation sentences
Sentence stealer
Mind reading
Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar)
Delayed dictation
Pyramid translation
Staircase translation
Picture descripion
Group composition
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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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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
Find the mistakes in my English translation (RAM)
Listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
LAM find the French for
LAM comprehension task
Write the missing words (LAM)
Structured production (Bad Translation)
Oral Ping Pong
Text Reconstruction
Pyramid translation x2
Group compositions
All for one and one for all
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe yourself and others”, in SPANISH, 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 Spanish for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Word Hunt parallel translation - Find 13 mistakes
Listening: Find the Spanish (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
Oral Ping Pong
Delayed dictation
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 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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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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