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CNN (Cable News Network) is an American-owned cable news channel that is viewed in over 200 countries. It was founded in 1980 by media giant Ted Turner. He succeeded in his vision of providing 24-hour television news coverage. CNN was the first all-news TV channel in the USA. It is owned by parent company Time Warner. The CNN websites says: “CNN is constantly updated to bring you the top news stories from around the world. It is produced by dedicated staff in London and Hong Kong, working with colleagues at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and with bureaus worldwide. CNN relies heavily on its global team of over 4,000 news professionals.” Estimates are that CNN reaches 100 million American households and a million U.S. hotel rooms.

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

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

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about CNN. 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 CNN. 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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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

cnn (cable news network) is an american-owned cable news channel that is viewed in over 200 countries it was founded in 1980 by media giant ted turner he succeeded in his vision of providing 24-hour television news coverage cnn was the first all-news tv channel in the usa it is owned by parent company time warner the cnn websites says “cnn is constantly updated to bring you the top news stories from around the world it is produced by dedicated staff in london and hong kong working with colleagues at cnn's world headquarters in atlanta georgia and with bureaus worldwide cnn relies heavily on its global team of over 4000 news professionals” estimates are that cnn reaches 100 million american households and a million us hotel rooms

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

CNN (Cable News Network) .......... (be) an American-owned cable news channel that is .......... (view) in over 200 countries. It was .......... (found) in 1980 by media giant Ted Turner. He .......... (succeed) in his vision of providing 24-hour television news coverage. CNN was the first all-news TV channel in the USA. It is .......... (own) by parent company Time Warner. The CNN websites says: “CNN .......... (be) constantly updated to bring you the top news stories from around the world. It is .......... (produce) by dedicated staff in London and Hong Kong, working with colleagues at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and with bureaus worldwide. CNN .......... (rely) heavily on its global team of over 4,000 news professionals.” Estimates .......... (be) that CNN reaches 100 million American households and a million U.S. hotel rooms.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

CNN(CableNewsNetwork)isanAmerican-ownedcablenewschannelthatisviewedinover200countries.Itwasfoundedin1980bymediagiantTed
Turner.Hesucceededinhisvisionofproviding24-hourtelevisionnewscoverage.CNNwasthefirstall-newsTVchannelintheUSA.ItisownedbyparentcompanyTimeWarner.TheCNNwebsitessays:“CNN
isconstantlyupdatedtobringyouthetopnewsstoriesfromaroundtheworld.Itisproducedbydedicated
staffinLondonandHongKong,workingwithcolleaguesatCNN'sworldheadquartersinAtlanta,Georgia,
andwithbureausworldwide.CNNreliesheavilyonitsglobalteamofover4,000newsprofessionals.”
EstimatesarethatCNNreaches100millionAmericanhouseholdsandamillionU.S.hotelrooms.

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  PROJECT CNN

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

  CNN – ROLE PLAY 1

  CNN – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  CNN SURVEY

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

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