Spanish KS3 Full unit: Describing where you live (EPI / MARS EARS) - 23 lessons + Homework

Hi, I’m a Spanish native speaker and I have been an MFL teacher in the UK for 5 years. We started using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI approach in my school and I made this unit using his MARS EARS method.

This unit is ideal for KS3. It has 23 lessons and it includes 4 sub-units about describing where you live in the present tense. The 4 sentence builders cover:

• Vivo en + a range of countries
• Vivo en + un piso/un pueblo/una casa/una ciudad + a range of adjectives
• En mi ___ hay + a range of places in the city and rooms in the house
• En mi ___ se puede + a range of infinitive phrases

Each sub-unit applies the Full MARS EARS sequence and develops fluency in the 4 skills (with an emphasis in phonics) and go from introducing the vocabulary and grammar to testing the skills. They also include regular homework and a longer piece of homework that could be great for a half term holiday.

Each lesson includes a variety of engaging activities and are ready to go (from starter activity to plenary/game) or be adapted to your classes. Some activities include: mini white board translations, faulty echo, jumbled up sentences, gapped translation, narrow reading and Listening) (no Audio - teacher to read), bad translation, delayed dictation, etc.

At the end of the unit there are 3 speaking challenges and a writing challenge that combine the 4 sub-units and can be used as assessments, as well as revision materials.

I’d really appreciate it if you could leave a review!