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Kellogg Company (also known as Kellogg or Kellogg's) is the world's top producer of breakfast cereals and cereal products and a leading producer of convenience foods. Kellogg's was founded as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906 by Will Keith Kellogg. He produced Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes which became a runaway commercial success. He renamed his business the Kellogg Company in 1922. Kellogg’s is proud of its corporate responsibility. The first box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes was packaged in 100 percent recycled paperboard. Kellogg was also one of the first companies to print nutrition messages, recipes and product information on its packages. Kellogg products are sold in more than 180 countries. They include brands such as Nutri-Grain, Rice Krispies, Special K and All-Bran. The company has 30,000 employees worldwide.

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

2. KELLOGG’S MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Kellogg’s. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Kellogg’s. 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 Kellogg’s. 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

Kellogg Company (also known as Kellogg or Kellogg's) is ______________________ breakfast cereals and cereal products and a leading ______________________ foods. Kellogg's was founded as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906 by Will Keith Kellogg. He produced Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes which became a ______________________. He renamed his business the Kellogg Company in 1922. Kellogg’s is proud of ______________________. The first box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes was packaged in 100 percent recycled paperboard. Kellogg ______________________ companies ______________________ messages, recipes and product information on its packages. Kellogg products ______________________ 180 countries. They ______________________ Nutri-Grain, Rice Krispies, Special K and All-Bran. The company has 30,000 employees worldwide.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

kellogg company (also known as kellogg or kellogg's) is the world's top producer of breakfast cereals and cereal products and a leading producer of convenience foods kellogg's was founded as the battle creek toasted corn flake company in 1906 by will keith kellogg he produced kellogg's toasted corn flakes which became a runaway commercial success he renamed his business the kellogg company in 1922 kellogg’s is proud of its corporate responsibility the first box of kellogg's corn flakes was packaged in 100 percent recycled paperboard kellogg was also one of the first companies to print nutrition messages recipes and product information on its packages kellogg products are sold in more than 180 countries they include brands such as nutri-grain rice krispies special k and all-bran the company has 30000 employees worldwide

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Kellogg Company (also .......... (know) as Kellogg or Kellogg's) .......... (be) the world's top producer of breakfast cereals and cereal products and a leading producer of convenience foods. Kellogg's was .......... (found) as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906 by Will Keith Kellogg. He .......... (produce) Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes which became a runaway commercial success. He .......... (rename) his business the Kellogg Company in 1922. Kellogg’s .......... (be) proud of its corporate responsibility. The first box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes was .......... (package) in 100 percent recycled paperboard. Kellogg .......... (be) also one of the first companies to print nutrition messages, recipes and product information on its packages. Kellogg products are .......... (sell) in more than 180 countries. They include brands such as Nutri-Grain, Rice Krispies, Special K and All-Bran. The company .......... (have) 30,000 employees worldwide.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

KelloggCompany(alsoknownasKelloggorKellogg's)istheworld'stopproducerofbreakfast
cerealsandcerealproductsandaleadingproducerofconveniencefoods.Kellogg'swasfounded
astheBattleCreekToastedCornFlakeCompanyin1906byWillKeithKellogg.Heproduced
Kellogg'sToastedCornFlakeswhichbecamearunawaycommercialsuccess.Herenamedhis
businesstheKelloggCompanyin1922.Kellogg’sisproudofitscorporateresponsibility.The
firstboxofKellogg'sCornFlakeswaspackagedin100percentrecycledpaperboard.Kellogg
wasalsooneofthefirstcompaniestoprintnutritionmessages,recipesandproductinformation
onitspackages.Kelloggproductsaresoldinmorethan180countries.Theyincludebrands
suchasNutri-Grain,RiceKrispies,SpecialKandAll-Bran.Thecompanyhas30,000employees
worldwide.

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  PROJECT KELLOGG’S

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Kellogg’s. 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.

  KELLOGG’S – ROLE PLAY 1

  KELLOGG’S – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  KELLOGG’S SURVEY

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

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Kellogg’s. 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. KELLOGG’S POSTER Make a poster about Kellogg’s. 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 KELLOGG’S LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Kellogg’s. 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 Kellogg's. Share your findings with the class.