One neat speaking activity is to have students design ads for whatever products they choose. I like to show some scenes from the movie Crazy People to get them in the mood to be creative and funny. I ask that they make their ads too honest, hopefully making them funny.
The first two are TV commercials:
These are the poster ads that students can design in class. The Jaguar one around 1:10 may be too extreme for some classes:
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