La Tomatina - Summer Festivals Bundle

This lesson is part of the Summer Festivals Bundle — a collection of lessons that help students talk about international festivals, their customs, and challenges while enhancing speaking, reasoning, and functional language skills. Students learn about the history, traditions, and logistics of La Tomatina, Spain's famous tomato-throwing festival, and practise expressing opinions, agreeing or disagreeing, and solving problems. 

Short overview of the lesson:

• Explore and discuss festival essentials.
• Watch a video and discuss question about the festival.
• Play a "Two Truths and a Lie" game to practise speaking and fact-checking about the festival.
• Take part in pair-work Q&A activities to review key facts and practise useful phrases.
• Play an Alias focused on festival-related words.
• Discuss "Would You Rather" questions.
• Read and discuss local people's opinions on La Tomatina.
• Create, share, and evaluate safety rules for festival participants.
• Identify possible problems and suggest practical solutions.
• Play the Festival Problem Challenge game to practise problem-solving skills in a fun, interactive way.