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Burger King is a global chain of hamburger and fast food restaurants. It was founded in 1955 by David Edgerton and James McLamore in Miami, Florida. It has since grown to 12,000 restaurants in over 70 countries and is now one of the world’s biggest restaurant chains. Burger King also has a strong presence at U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force bases worldwide. The company’s most famous product is the Whopper – a quarter pound hamburger introduced in 1957. The burger became famous enough for advertising execs to start the "Home of the Whopper" slogan. The company says it is strong on corporate responsibility. Its website says: “We are committed to diversity and inclusion, food safety and animal welfare, sensitivity towards the environment and a spectrum of civic and charitable initiatives.”

1. BRAINSTORM CHAT: Write all the words you can think of about Burger King on the board or on a piece of paper. Talk about these words with your partner(s).

2. BURGER KING MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Burger King. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

3. RUMOURS: Each student writes down a pretend rumour about Burger King. They then walk around the class and talk to other students about their rumour.

4. GOOD AND BAD: Brainstorm good and bad things about Burger King and write them on the board. Students talk about these in pairs.

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Burger King. They write these down and add the same number of things about the company that are false. Students test each other on which of their points are true or false.

6. FACTS: In groups, students write down as many facts as they can about Burger King. The winner is the group with the most facts. Teacher may wish to have groups share their facts to make sure they are real.

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Burger King __________________ hamburger and fast food restaurants. It was founded in 1955 by David Edgerton and James McLamore in Miami, Florida. It __________________ 12,000 restaurants in over 70 countries and is now one of the world’s biggest restaurant chains. Burger King ____________________ presence at U.S. Army and ____________________ bases worldwide. The company’s most famous product is the Whopper – a quarter pound hamburger introduced in 1957. The burger __________________ for advertising ____________________ "Home of the Whopper" slogan. The company ____________________ corporate responsibility. Its website says: “We are committed to _____________________, food safety and animal welfare, sensitivity towards the environment and a __________________ and charitable initiatives.”

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

burger king is a global chain of hamburger and fast food restaurants it was founded in 1955 by david edgerton and james mclamore in miami florida it has since grown to 12000 restaurants in over 70 countries and is now one of the world’s biggest restaurant chains burger king also has a strong presence at us army and us air force bases worldwide the company’s most famous product is the whopper – a quarter pound hamburger introduced in 1957 the burger became famous enough for advertising execs to start the "home of the whopper" slogan the company says it is strong on corporate responsibility its website says “we are committed to diversity and inclusion food safety and animal welfare sensitivity towards the environment and a spectrum of civic and charitable initiatives”

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Burger King .......... (be) a global chain of hamburger and fast food restaurants. It was .......... (found) in 1955 by David Edgerton and James McLamore in Miami, Florida. It has since .......... (grow) to 12,000 restaurants in over 70 countries and is now one of the world’s biggest restaurant chains. Burger King also .......... (have) a strong presence at U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force bases worldwide. The company’s most famous product .......... (be) the Whopper – a quarter pound hamburger introduced in 1957. The burger .......... (become) famous enough for advertising execs to start the "Home of the Whopper" slogan. The company .......... (say) it is strong on corporate responsibility. Its website says: “We are .......... (commit) to diversity and inclusion, food safety and animal welfare, sensitivity towards the environment and a spectrum of civic and charitable initiatives.”

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

BurgerKingisaglobalchainofhamburgerandfastfoodrestaurants.Itwasfoundedin1955byDavid
EdgertonandJamesMcLamoreinMiami,Florida.Ithassincegrownto12,000restaurantsinover70
countriesandisnowoneoftheworld’sbiggestrestaurantchains.BurgerKingalsohasastrongpresence
atU.S.ArmyandU.S.AirForcebasesworldwide.Thecompany’smostfamousproductistheWhopper
–aquarterpoundhamburgerintroducedin1957.Theburgerbecamefamousenoughforadvertising
execstostartthe"HomeoftheWhopper"slogan.Thecompanysaysitisstrongoncorporate
responsibility.Itswebsitesays:“Wearecommittedtodiversityandinclusion,foodsafetyandanimal
welfare,sensitivitytowardstheenvironmentandaspectrumofcivicandcharitableinitiatives.”

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT BURGER KING

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Burger King. Complete this  table with your project partner(s):

Part 2. Change partners and look at their project. Suggest improvements. Ask for advice on your project:

Part 3. Make a presentation on your project. Give it to the class. Vote the best projects.

  BURGER KING – ROLE PLAY 1

  BURGER KING – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  BURGER KING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Burger King in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING 1 – SPEED WRITING

Write anything about Burger King for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 2 – LETTER OF COMPLAINT

Write a letter to Burger King. Complain about one of its products. Ask for a refund. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 3 – LETTER OF APOLOGY

Write a letter of apology to the customer. Explain why you cannot give a refund. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other’s work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about Burger King. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Burger King. What have they done recently? What are their plans? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. BURGER KING POSTER Make a poster about Burger King. Make sure you sell the company to the public.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY BURGER KING LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Burger King. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on Burger King. Share your findings with the class.