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The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly referred to as HP, is a multinational information technology corporation. Its products include computers, printers, scanners, cameras, mobile phones and televisions. The company was founded in 1939 by Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. One of their first customers was Walt Disney Studios, which bought HP equipment to test an innovative sound system for the movie ‘Fantasia’. The two men tossed a coin to decide the name of the company – Hewlett–Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Dave Packard won the toss but chose to put his friend’s name first. HP markets its products to individual consumers, small- to medium-sized businesses and office-supply retailers. It has over 300,000 staff worldwide and generates an annual revenue in excess of $100 billion.

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

2. HEWLETT-PACKARD MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Hewlett-Packard. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Hewlett-Packard. 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 Hewlett-Packard. 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

The Hewlett-Packard Company, ____________________ HP, is a multinational information technology corporation. Its products include computers, printers, scanners, cameras, mobile phones and televisions. The company ____________________ by Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. One ____________________ was Walt Disney Studios, which bought HP equipment to test ____________________ system for the movie ‘Fantasia’. The two men ____________________ decide the name of the company – Hewlett–Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Dave Packard ____________________ chose to put his friend’s name first. HP markets its products to individual consumers, small- ____________________ businesses and office-supply retailers. It has over 300,000 staff worldwide and generates an annual ____________________ $100 billion.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly referred to as HP, is a multinational information technology corporation. Its products include computers, printers, scanners, cameras, mobile phones and televisions. The company was founded in 1939 by Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. One of their first customers was Walt Disney Studios, which bought HP equipment to test an innovative sound system for the movie ‘Fantasia’. The two men tossed a coin to decide the name of the company – Hewlett–Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Dave Packard won the toss but chose to put his friend’s name first. HP markets its products to individual consumers, small- to medium-sized businesses and office-supply retailers. It has over 300,000 staff worldwide and generates an annual revenue in excess of $100 billion.

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

the hewlett-packard company commonly referred to as hp is a multinational information technology corporation its products include computers printers scanners cameras mobile phones and televisions the company was founded in 1939 by stanford university classmates bill hewlett and dave packard in a garage in palo alto california one of their first customers was walt disney studios which bought hp equipment to test an innovative sound system for the movie ‘fantasia’ the two men tossed a coin to decide the name of the company – hewlett–packard or packard-hewlett dave packard won the toss but chose to put his friend’s name first hp markets its products to individual consumers small- to medium-sized businesses and office-supply retailers it has over 300000 staff worldwide and generates an annual revenue in excess of $100 billion

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly .......... (refer) to as HP, .......... (be) a multinational information technology corporation. Its products .......... (include) computers, printers, scanners, cameras, mobile phones and televisions. The company .......... (be) founded in 1939 by Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. One of their first customers .......... (be) Walt Disney Studios, which .......... (buy) HP equipment to test an innovative sound system for the movie ‘Fantasia’. The two men .......... (toss) a coin to decide the name of the company – Hewlett–Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Dave Packard .......... (win) the toss but .......... (choose) to put his friend’s name first. HP markets its products to individual consumers, small- to medium-sized businesses and office-supply retailers. It .......... (have) over 300,000 staff worldwide and .......... (generate) an annual revenue in excess of $100 billion.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

TheHewlett-PackardCompany,commonlyreferredtoasHP,isamultinationalinformationtechnology
corporation.Itsproductsincludecomputers,printers,scanners,cameras,mobilephonesand
televisions.Thecompanywasfoundedin1939byStanfordUniversityclassmatesBillHewlettand
DavePackardinagarageinPaloAlto,California.OneoftheirfirstcustomerswasWaltDisney
Studios,whichboughtHPequipmenttotestaninnovativesoundsystemforthemovie‘Fantasia’.
Thetwomentossedacointodecidethenameofthecompany–Hewlett–PackardorPackard-Hewlett.DavePackardwonthetossbutchosetoputhisfriend’snamefirst.HPmarketsitsproducts
toindividualconsumers,small-tomedium-sizedbusinessesandoffice-supplyretailers.Ithasover300,000staffworldwideandgeneratesanannualrevenue
inexcessof$100billion.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT HEWLETT-PACKARD

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Hewlett-Packard. 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.

  HEWLETT-PACKARD – ROLE PLAY 1

  HEWLETT-PACKARD – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  HEWLETT-PACKARD SURVEY

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

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Hewlett-Packard. 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. HEWLETT-PACKARD POSTER Make a poster about Hewlett-Packard. 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 HEWLETT-PACKARD LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Hewlett-Packard. 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 Hewlett-Packard. Share your findings with the class.