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Puma is a German manufacturer of sports shoes, and lifestyle and other sportswear. It was founded in 1924 by brothers Rudolf and Adolf Dassler. They became famous at the 1936 Olympic Games in Munich. Adolf persuaded U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens to wear the athletics spikes he designed. Owens won four gold medals and the Dasslers’ shoes became famous among the world's sportsmen. Many top athletes have preferred Puma shoes, from footballers Pele and Maradona to the sprinter Usain Bolt and most Formula One drivers. Puma employs around 9,500 staff and generates around $3 billion in annual revenues. Its products are sold in nearly one hundred countries. Its website says: “Puma has the long-term mission of becoming the most desirable and sustainable sports lifestyle company.”

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

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

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

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

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

Puma is a German ________________________, and lifestyle ________________________. It was founded in 1924 by brothers Rudolf and Adolf Dassler. They became famous at the 1936 ________________________. Adolf persuaded U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens to wear the ________________________. Owens won four gold medals and the Dasslers’ shoes became famous among the world's sportsmen. Many top ________________________ Puma shoes, from footballers Pele and Maradona to the sprinter Usain Bolt and most Formula One drivers. Puma employs around 9,500 ________________________ $3 billion in annual revenues. Its products ________________________ hundred countries. Its website says: “Puma has the long-term mission of becoming the most ________________________ sports lifestyle company.”

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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  PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

puma is a german manufacturer of sports shoes and lifestyle and other sportswear it was founded in 1924 by brothers rudolf and adolf dassler they became famous at the 1936 olympic games in munich adolf persuaded us sprinter jesse owens to wear the athletics spikes he designed owens won four gold medals and the dasslers’ shoes became famous among the world's sportsmen many top athletes have preferred puma shoes from footballers pele and maradona to the sprinter usain bolt and most formula one drivers puma employs around 9500 staff and generates around $3 billion in annual revenues its products are sold in nearly one hundred countries its website says “puma has the long-term mission of becoming the most desirable and sustainable sports lifestyle company”

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Puma .......... (be) a German manufacturer of sports shoes, and lifestyle and other sportswear. It was .......... (found) in 1924 by brothers Rudolf and Adolf Dassler. They .......... (become) famous at the 1936 Olympic Games in Munich. Adolf .......... (persuade) U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens to .......... (wear) the athletics spikes he .......... (design). Owens .......... (win) four gold medals and the Dasslers’ shoes .......... (become) famous among the world's sportsmen. Many top athletes have .......... (prefer) Puma shoes, from footballers Pele and Maradona to the sprinter Usain Bolt and most Formula One drivers. Puma .......... (employ) around 9,500 staff and .......... (generate) around $3 billion in annual revenues. Its products are .......... (sell) in nearly one hundred countries. Its website .......... (say): “Puma has the long-term mission of .......... (become) the most desirable and sustainable sports lifestyle company.”

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

PumaisaGermanmanufacturerofsportsshoes,andlifestyleandothersportswear.
Itwasfoundedin1924bybrothersRudolfandAdolfDassler.Theybecamefamousat
the1936OlympicGamesinMunich.AdolfpersuadedU.S.sprinterJesseOwensto
weartheathleticsspikeshedesigned.OwenswonfourgoldmedalsandtheDasslers’
shoesbecamefamousamongtheworld'ssportsmen.Manytopathleteshavepreferred
Pumashoes,fromfootballersPeleandMaradonatothesprinterUsainBoltandmost
FormulaOnedrivers.Pumaemploysaround9,500staffandgeneratesaround
$3billioninannualrevenues.Itsproductsaresoldinnearlyonehundredcountries.
Itswebsitesays:“Pumahasthelong-termmissionofbecomingthemostdesirableand
sustainablesportslifestylecompany.”

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  PROJECT PUMA

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

  PUMA – ROLE PLAY 1

  PUMA – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  PUMA SURVEY

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

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