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20-Page Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on Toys R Us

GAMES:

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• Matching
• Hangman
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• Sentence jumble
• Missing words
• No letters
• Crossword puzzle

Toys“R”Us, Inc. is the world’s leading dedicated toy and juvenile products retailer, offering a differentiated shopping experience through its family of brands.  It currently sells merchandise in more than 1,560 stores, including 848 Toys“R”Us® and Babies“R”Us®  stores in the United States, and more than 510 international stores and 200 licensed stores in 33 countries and jurisdictions.  In addition, it exclusively operates the…FAO Schwarz® brand and sells…toys in the brand’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Headquartered in Wayne, NJ, Toys“R”Us, Inc. employs approximately 70,000 employees worldwide. The company is committed to serving its communities as a caring and reputable neighbor through programs dedicated to keeping kids safe and helping them in times of need.” http://www.toysrusinc.com/about-us/

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

2. TOYS R US MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Toys R Us. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

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

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

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Toys R Us. 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 Toys R Us. 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

“Toys“R”Us, Inc. is the world’s _____________________ juvenile products retailer, _____________________ shopping experience through its family of brands.  It currently _____________________ more than 1,560 stores, including 848 Toys“R”Us® and Babies“R”Us®  stores in the United States, and more than 510 international stores and 200 _____________________ 33 countries and jurisdictions.  In addition, it exclusively operates the…FAO Schwarz® brand and sells…toys in the _____________________ on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Headquartered in Wayne, NJ, Toys“R”Us, Inc. _____________________ 70,000 employees worldwide. The company is committed to serving its communities as a caring _____________________ through programs _____________________ kids safe and helping them in times of need.” http://www.toysrusinc.com/about-us/

  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

 “toys“r”us inc is the world’s leading dedicated toy and juvenile products retailer offering a differentiated shopping experience through its family of brands  it currently sells merchandise in more than 1560 stores including 848 toys“r”us® and babies“r”us®  stores in the united states and more than 510 international stores and 200 licensed stores in 33 countries and jurisdictions  in addition it exclusively operates the…fao schwarz® brand and sells…toys in the brand’s flagship store on fifth avenue in new york city headquartered in wayne nj toys“r”us inc employs approximately 70000 employees worldwide the company is committed to serving its communities as a caring and reputable neighbor through programs dedicated to keeping kids safe and helping them in times of need” http//wwwtoysrusinccom/about-us/

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

“Toys“R”Us, Inc. .......... (be) the world’s leading dedicated toy and juvenile products retailer, .......... (offer) a differentiated shopping experience through its family of brands.  It currently .......... (sell) merchandise in more than 1,560 stores, .......... (include) 848 Toys“R”Us® and Babies“R”Us®  stores in the United States, and more than 510 international stores and 200 licensed stores in 33 countries and jurisdictions.  In addition, it exclusively .......... (operate) the…FAO Schwarz® brand and .......... (sell)…toys in the brand’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Headquartered in Wayne, NJ, Toys“R”Us, Inc. .......... (employ) approximately 70,000 employees worldwide. The company .......... (be) committed to .......... (serve) its communities as a caring and reputable neighbor through programs .......... (dedicate) to keeping kids safe and .......... (help) them in times of need.” http://www.toysrusinc.com/about-us/

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

“Toys“R”Us,Inc.istheworld’sleadingdedicatedtoyandjuvenileproductsretailer,offering
adifferentiatedshoppingexperiencethroughitsfamilyofbrands.Itcurrentlysellsmerchandise
inmorethan1,560stores,including848Toys“R”Us®andBabies“R”Us®storesintheUnited
States,andmorethan510internationalstoresand200licensedstoresin33countriesand
jurisdictions.Inaddition,itexclusivelyoperatesthe…FAOSchwarz®brandandsells…toys
inthebrand’sflagshipstoreonFifthAvenueinNewYorkCity.HeadquarteredinWayne,NJ,
Toys“R”Us,Inc.employsapproximately70,000employeesworldwide.Thecompanyis
committedtoservingitscommunitiesasacaringandreputableneighborthroughprograms
dedicatedtokeepingkidssafeandhelpingthemintimesofneed.”http://www.toysrusinc.
com/about-us/

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  CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

  PROJECT TOYS R US

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Toys R Us. 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.

  TOYS R US – ROLE PLAY 1

  TOYS R US – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  TOYS R US SURVEY

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

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Toys R Us. 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. TOYS R US POSTER Make a poster about Toys R Us. 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 TOYS R US LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Toys R Us. 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 Toys“R”Us. Share your findings with the class.