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Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational US corporation famous for producing photographic materials and equipment. It was a pioneer in film photography and is now refocusing to compete in digital markets. Kodak started as the Eastman Dry Plate Company, founded by inventor George Eastman and businessman Colin Craft. They made the first cameras suitable for non-expert use. Eastman made the slogan "you press the button, we do the rest," when he marketed the world’s first simple camera in 1888. That camera was called the “Kodak”. It was so successful the word became the company name. The Eastman Kodak Company has become a leader in leisure, commercial, entertainment and scientific photography. The company employs 25,000 people and generates over $10 billion a year in revenue.

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

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

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

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

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

eastman kodak company is a multinational us corporation famous for producing photographic materials and equipment it was a pioneer in film photography and is now refocusing to compete in digital markets kodak started as the eastman dry plate company founded by inventor george eastman and businessman colin craft they made the first cameras suitable for non-expert use eastman made the slogan "you press the button we do the rest" when he marketed the world’s first simple camera in 1888 that camera was called the “kodak” it was so successful the word became the company name the eastman kodak company has become a leader in leisure commercial entertainment and scientific photography the company employs 25000 people and generates over $10 billion a year in revenue

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Eastman Kodak Company .......... (be) a multinational US corporation famous for producing photographic materials and equipment. It .......... (be) a pioneer in film photography and .......... (be) now refocusing to compete in digital markets. Kodak .......... (start) as the Eastman Dry Plate Company, founded by inventor George Eastman and businessman Colin Craft. They .......... (make) the first cameras suitable for non-expert use. Eastman .......... (make) the slogan "you .......... (press) the button, we .......... (do) the rest," when he .......... (market) the world’s first simple camera in 1888. That camera was .......... (call) the “Kodak”. It .......... (be) so successful the word .......... (become) the company name. The Eastman Kodak Company has .......... (become) a leader in leisure, commercial, entertainment and scientific photography. The company .......... (employ) 25,000 people and .......... (generate) over $10 billion a year in revenue.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

EastmanKodakCompanyisamultinationalUScorporationfamousforproducingphotographic
materialsandequipment.Itwasapioneerinfilmphotographyandisnowrefocusingtocompetein
digitalmarkets.KodakstartedastheEastmanDryPlateCompany,foundedbyinventorGeorge
EastmanandbusinessmanColinCraft.Theymadethefirstcamerassuitablefornon-expertuse.Eastmanmadetheslogan"youpressthebutton,wedotherest,"whenhemarketed
theworld’sfirstsimplecamerain1888.Thatcamerawascalledthe“Kodak”.Itwassosuccessful
thewordbecamethecompanyname.TheEastmanKodakCompanyhasbecomealeaderinleisure,
commercial,entertainmentandscientificphotography.Thecompanyemploys25,000people
andgeneratesover$10billionayearinrevenue.

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT KODAK

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

  KODAK – ROLE PLAY 1

  KODAK – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  KODAK SURVEY

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

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