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Chanel is a Paris-based fashion house founded in 1909 by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. She operated on her design maxim that "simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance". Chanel has an unrivalled reputation for quality and style. Its iconic products include haute couture, perfumes, jewellery, bags and purses, and fashion accessories. The history of the company is full of glitz, glamour, movie stars and top fashion designers. Marilyn Monroe helped make the perfume Chanel No. 5 famous in the 1950s and Hollywood actresses have contributed to the glamour since. Chanel operates over 200 boutiques across the globe, always in upmarket shopping districts or ritzy department stores. Such is Chanel’s popularity and pull, it constantly has to fight battles to stop the illegal counterfeiting of its goods.

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

2. CHANEL MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Chanel. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Chanel. 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 Chanel. 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

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  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

chanel is a paris-based fashion house founded in 1909 by gabrielle “coco” chanel she operated on her design maxim that "simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance" chanel has an unrivalled reputation for quality and style its iconic products include haute couture perfumes jewellery bags and purses and fashion accessories the history of the company is full of glitz glamour movie stars and top fashion designers marilyn monroe helped make the perfume chanel no 5 famous in the 1950s and hollywood actresses have contributed to the glamour since chanel operates over 200 boutiques across the globe always in upmarket shopping districts or ritzy department stores such is chanel’s popularity and pull it constantly has to fight battles to stop the illegal counterfeiting of its goods

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Chanel is a Paris-based fashion house .......... (found) in 1909 by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. She .......... (operate) on her design maxim that "simplicity .......... (be) the keynote of all true elegance". Chanel .......... (have) an unrivalled reputation for quality and style. Its iconic products .......... (include) haute couture, perfumes, jewellery, bags and purses, and fashion accessories. The history of the company .......... (be) full of glitz, glamour, movie stars and top fashion designers. Marilyn Monroe helped .......... (make) the perfume Chanel No. 5 famous in the 1950s and Hollywood actresses .......... (have) contributed to the glamour since. Chanel operates over 200 boutiques across the globe, always in upmarket shopping districts or ritzy department stores. Such .......... (be) Chanel’s popularity and pull, it constantly has to fight battles to .......... (stop) the illegal counterfeiting of its goods.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

ChanelisaParis-basedfashionhousefoundedin1909byGabrielle“Coco”Chanel.Sheoperatedonherdesignmaxim
that"simplicityisthekeynoteofalltrueelegance".Chanelhasanunrivalledreputationforqualityand
style.Itsiconicproductsincludehautecouture,perfumes,jewellery,bagsandpurses,andfashion
accessories.Thehistoryofthecompanyisfullofglitz,glamour,moviestarsandtopfashiondesigners.
MarilynMonroehelpedmaketheperfumeChanelNo.5famousinthe1950sandHollywoodactresses
havecontributedtotheglamoursince.Chaneloperatesover200boutiquesacrosstheglobe,always
inupmarketshoppingdistrictsorritzydepartmentstores.SuchisChanel’spopularityandpull,itconstantly
hastofightbattlestostoptheillegalcounterfeitingofitsgoods.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT CHANEL

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Chanel. 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.

  CHANEL – ROLE PLAY 1

  CHANEL – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  CHANEL SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Chanel 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 Chanel 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 Chanel. 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 Chanel. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Chanel. 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. CHANEL POSTER Make a poster about Chanel. 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 CHANEL LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Chanel. 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 Chanel. Share your findings with the class.