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Pringles is a brand of potato and wheat snack produced by Procter & Gamble. It is one of the world’s most-recognized and best-selling snacks. Pringles came onto the market in 1968. The name Pringle came from an employee opening a telephone directory and seeing the name Pringle Drive in it. They are sold in over 100 countries and generate revenue in excess of $1 billion. Pringles cannot be called potato chips or potato crisps for legal reasons, because each Pringle contains only 42% of potato. They are in fact a mixture of potato and wheat. They are popular because of their diversity of flavours, uniform saddle shape (called a hyperbolic paraboloid) and a container that keeps them in one piece. The cremated remains of the inventor of the tubular can was buried in a Pringles can at his request. The Pringles slogan is: “Once you pop, the fun don't stop.”

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

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

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

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

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

Pringles is a brand of ____________________ produced by Procter & Gamble. It is one of the world’s most-recognized ____________________. Pringles came onto the market in 1968. The name Pringle came from an ____________________ telephone directory and seeing the name Pringle Drive in it. ____________________ 100 countries and generate revenue in excess of $1 billion. Pringles cannot be called potato chips or potato ______________________, because each Pringle contains only 42% of potato. ____________________ of potato and wheat. They are popular because of their diversity of flavours, ____________________ (called a hyperbolic paraboloid) and a container that keeps them in one piece. The cremated remains of the inventor of the ____________________ a Pringles can at his request. The Pringles slogan is: “Once you pop, the fun don't stop.”

  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

pringles is a brand of potato and wheat snack produced by procter & gamble it is one of the world’s most-recognized and best-selling snacks pringles came onto the market in 1968 the name pringle came from an employee opening a telephone directory and seeing the name pringle drive in it they are sold in over 100 countries and generate revenue in excess of $1 billion pringles cannot be called potato chips or potato crisps for legal reasons because each pringle contains only 42% of potato they are in fact a mixture of potato and wheat they are popular because of their diversity of flavours uniform saddle shape (called a hyperbolic paraboloid) and a container that keeps them in one piece the cremated remains of the inventor of the tubular can was buried in a pringles can at his request the pringles slogan is “once you pop the fun don't stop”

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Pringles .......... (be) a brand of potato and wheat snack produced by Procter & Gamble. It .......... (be) one of the world’s most-recognized and best-selling snacks. Pringles .......... (come) onto the market in 1968. The name Pringle .......... (come) from an employee opening a telephone directory and .......... (see) the name Pringle Drive in it. They are .......... (sell) in over 100 countries and .......... (generate) revenue in excess of $1 billion. Pringles cannot be .......... (call) potato chips or potato crisps for legal reasons, because each Pringle .......... (contain) only 42% of potato. They .......... (be) in fact a mixture of potato and wheat. They are popular because of their diversity of flavours, uniform saddle shape (.......... (call) a hyperbolic paraboloid) and a container that .......... (keep) them in one piece. The .......... (cremate) remains of the inventor of the tubular can .......... (be) .......... (bury) in a Pringles can at his request. The Pringles slogan .......... (be): “Once you pop, the fun don't stop.”

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

PringlesisabrandofpotatoandwheatsnackproducedbyProcter&Gamble.Itisoneofthe
world’smost-recognizedandbest-sellingsnacks.Pringlescameontothemarketin1968.The
namePringlecamefromanemployeeopeningatelephonedirectoryandseeingthename
PringleDriveinit.Theyaresoldinover100countriesandgeneraterevenueinexcessof$1
billion.Pringlescannotbecalledpotatochipsorpotatocrispsforlegalreasons,because
eachPringlecontainsonly42%ofpotato.Theyareinfactamixtureofpotatoandwheat.They
arepopularbecauseoftheirdiversityofflavours,uniformsaddleshape(calleda
hyperbolicparaboloid)andacontainerthatkeepstheminonepiece.Thecrematedremain
softheinventorofthetubularcanwasburiedinaPringlescanathisrequest.ThePringles
sloganis:“Onceyoupop,thefundon'tstop.”

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT PRINGLES

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

  PRINGLES – ROLE PLAY 1

  PRINGLES – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  PRINGLES SURVEY

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

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