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Food companies targeting kids online warm-ups

1. Talk to other students about computer games and the dangers to kids. Ask what kind of games food companies might put online for children. Share your findings with new partners.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

Greed / marketing / executives / chocolate companies / child’s play / advertising / vocabulary / fun / logos / brands / clubs / winning / packaging / obesity

Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently.

3. MARKETING: Ask your partner(s) about which of these products it is OK for companies to target children using ads. Write down from what age it is OK to target children.  Share your thoughts with new partners.

_____ Hamburgers

_____ Cola

_____ Sportswear

_____ Condoms

_____ Music CDs

_____ Computer games

_____ Cosmetics

_____ Mobile phones

4. QUICK DEBATE: Students A believe there is nothing wrong with food companies targeting children. Students B food companies that target children are very bad. Debate this with your partners. Change partners often.

5. JUNK FOOD: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with junk food. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them.

Before reading

1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Advertisers have found a way of protecting kids from adverts.

Junk food companies are targeting kids who play in playgrounds.

Over 80% of food companies use the Internet to target kids.

Online ads are better than TV ads at getting kids hooked on products.

“Advergame” may become a new English word.

Advergames encourage kids to mail their friends about new products.

Kids can get extra online power if they buy specially-packaged goods.

Many people believe the ads can help combat childhood obesity.

T / F

T / F

T / F

T / F

T / F

T / F

T / F

T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

greedy

junk

sly

major

tactics

sadly

in addition

fill

recommend

role

unfortunately

big

part

garbage

pack

money-grabbing

suggest

methods

sneaky

plus

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

executives have found a new

The world’s junk

child’s

the first major analysis of how

online ads are more effective

a technique to get

get kids to spend

encourage children to

Children can increase their chances

the role food advertising

food companies advertise to children

than TV ads at hooking children

e-mail their friends about products

kids hooked

plays in childhood obesity

of winning games

way of selling their products

play

long periods of time online

food makers

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