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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 *Please leave a review! =)

This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Opinions about my teachers" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also recycles the first six units, as well as unit 9, uploaded, labelled (01 - 06 & 09). 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 Spanish for Narrow Reading - Answer the questions in English Narrow Reading - Faulty translation in the English Listening - Sentence bingo Narrow Listening - Find the Spanish 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 Sentence stealer Expansion: Full comprehensive grammar summary table Expansion: adjective agreement Expansion: choose the correct me/mi Expansion: the negative Autonomy: Delayed dictation Autonomy: Pyramid translation Spontaneity: Oral ping pong Spontaneity: No snakes no ladders Spontaneity: Picture description Spontaneity: Parallel text conversation *Please leave a review! =)

**Updated March 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises ** 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 Spanish for (audio included) Narrow Listening: Gapped translation (audio included) Narrow Listening: Find the correct translation (audio 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 *Please leave a review! =)

Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Talking about jobs" in SPANISH 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 Spanish for Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in English Narrow Reading: Complete the table Narrow Listening: Find the Spanish 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 tasks Sentence stealer Delayed dictation Mind reading Staircase translation Photo description Dictogloss 4,3,2 Technique *Please leave a review! =)

**Updated March 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises ** This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Talking about animals" in SPANISH 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 Spanish for Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in English Narrow Reading: Complete the table Narrow Listening Find the Spanish 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 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 *Please leave a review! =)

Updated March 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" in SPANISH 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 Spanish 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 Find someone who (cards provided) Auction someone out ¡Más rapido! (Faster) All for one and one for all Vocab/Chunk test *Please leave a review! =)

Updated March 2025 to add audio recording/AI video This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Describing myself and others - Physical and personality descriptions" in SPANISH, 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 Spanish for Narrow Reading: Find someone who Narrow Reading: Correct the mistakes in the English translation Listening: Fill in the blank Narrow Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included) Narrow Listening: Gapped translation in English (audio included) Faulty transcript LAM (AI video included) Structured paragraph writing Sentence stealer Oral Ping Pong Grammar sheet summary sheet Extensive grammar practice No Snakes no ladders 100% comprehensible input parallel text dialogues in pairs 100% comprehensible input parallel text dialogues in 3s Mind reading Mad dictation Picture description Group composition *Please leave a review! =)

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

Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises 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 Narrow Reading: Find the Spanish for Narrow Reading: Find someone who Narrow Reading: Gapped translation Narrow Listening: Bad translation (audio included) Narrow Listening: Extra words and intruders (audio included) Narrow Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included) Narrow Listening: Gapped translation (audio included) Structured production translation sentences Structured paragraph writing Grammar explanation Sentence stealer Mind reading Running dictation One pen on di Survey Communicative drills Delayed dictation Picture description Group composition Disappearing text *Please leave a review! =)

Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Talk about my birthday" using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, in Spanish, 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 in the text Narrow Reading: Find someone who Narrow Reading: Correct the mistakes in the transcript Narrow Listening: Find in the Spanish (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 One pen one di Delayed dictation Picture description Oral Ping Pong Group composition All for one and one for all Please leave a review! =)

Updated January 2025 to add audio files for listening exercises 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 Narrow Reading: Find the Spanish for Narrow Reading: Find someone who Narrow Reading: Find the mistakes in the French translation Narrow Listening: Find the Spanish 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 One pen one di Oral Ping Pong Delayed dictation Picture description Group composition Please leave a review! =)

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

About this resource: This is the 10th 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 and listening. What is included in this story: This short story related to the following unit: /teaching-resource/resource-13171529 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)

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 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 “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 Narrow Reading Part 1: Present tense and Present Participle (3x readings) Narrow Reading Part 2: Present, Perfect tense, Present participle (x3 readings) Narrow Listening Part 1: Present and Present participle (x3 - 3x audio included) Narrow Listening Part 2: Present, Perfect tense and Present participle (x3 - 3x audio included) Structured production (Structured paragraphs to write) Disappearing texts (6 levels) Disappearing texts (routinisation stage) One pen one di Oral Ping Pong 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 Role Play - General conversation questions Please leave a review! =)

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 Please leave a review! =)