Cultural Festival

🎉 Project Title: Cultural Festival Planning

Theme: Plan and design a unique cultural festival from scratch
Skills: Speaking, Listening, Writing, Reading, Negotiation, Collaboration
Language Focus: Event planning vocabulary, modal verbs (suggestions, obligations), conditional forms, cultural descriptions, persuasive language

🔍 Project Summary

Students will work in teams to plan a full cultural festival. Each team must create a theme, design activities, choose foods, plan performances, and write up promotional and logistical materials. Final presentations can be live, via posters, videos, or websites.
This simulates real-world event planning and helps students use functional language for decision-making, descriptions, and negotiation.

🗓️ Project Timeline: 1–2 weeks (5–7 class periods)

🧩 Project Breakdown by Stage

Day 1: Kickoff & Team Formation

  • Warm-up Discussion: “What makes a great festival?”

  • Mini-Input Session: Vocabulary around festivals (e.g. booth, vendor, theme, schedule, flyer, sponsor, permit, headline act, parade)

  • Team Formation: Groups of 3–5

  • Initial Brainstorm: Teams choose a theme for their festival (examples: Global Street Food, Traditional Games, Music Across Cultures, Eco-Festival, Future Cultures)

  • HW: Research similar festivals in their home country or globally

Day 2: Planning the Big Picture

  • Team Discussion: Decide on:

    • Festival name & slogan

    • Location (real or imagined)

    • Date and schedule

    • Target audience

  • Language Focus: Making suggestions (“How about we…?” “Why don’t we…?”), agreeing/disagreeing politely

  • Teacher Role: Coach students through negotiation

  • Output: Draft festival overview

  • HW: Prepare ideas for booths, performances, food, or exhibitions

Day 3: Culture + Activities

  • Focus: Choose 3–5 activities or exhibits that reflect cultural elements (language, games, dances, crafts, storytelling)

  • Group Task: Describe each activity in detail

    • What is it?

    • What culture is it from?

    • Why is it interesting?

  • Language Focus: Descriptive language + passive voice

  • HW: Write 1 paragraph per activity

Day 4: Food + Promotion

  • Group Task:

    • Choose 2–3 food items representing their theme or cultures

    • Write food descriptions and pricing

    • Design a promotional flyer (digital or hand-drawn)

  • Language Focus: Persuasive language (“Come taste…”, “Don’t miss…”), imperatives

  • Optional Add-On: Teams can record a 1-minute radio ad or video invite

  • HW: Finalize flyer and script

Day 5: Budget + Logistics (Optional Extension Day)

  • Intro: Each group gets a “budget” (e.g., $1000)

  • Task: Allocate budget to items (venue, performers, printing flyers, food booths)

  • Language Focus: Using conditionals (“If we hire a famous band, we won’t have money for food.”)

  • Output: Budget summary + justification

Day 6–7: Festival Presentation Day

  • Final Output Options:

    • Group Presentation with visual aids

    • Poster board festival display

    • Recorded video tour or ad

    • Website or digital brochure

  • Each team must present:

    • Theme and purpose

    • Activities

    • Food

    • Promotion

    • Budget or schedule

  • Peer Feedback Forms: Give other teams feedback on creativity, organization, clarity

📚 Materials Needed

  • Poster paper or digital design tools (Canva, Google Slides)

  • Festival vocabulary handouts

  • Budget templates

  • Peer feedback form

  • Optional: Festival slideshow template

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