Jared Leto is also an actor and has been in movies. He is 51 years old and has won an Oscar, which is a big award for actors. He climbed the building early in the morning and saw the sun come up. His band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, will start playing music in different places soon.
The Empire State Building is very important to Jared Leto. It is very tall and used to be the tallest in the world. By climbing the building, Jared Leto made many people excited about his band's music. It was a brave and smart way to get attention.
Original news source: Jared Leto climbs Empire State Building (BBC)
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Group or Classroom Activities
Warm-up Activities:
– News Reporter Role-play
Instructions: Students pair up and one student acts as a news reporter while the other is Jared Leto. The reporter asks questions about Jared Leto's recent climb of the Empire State Building and his reasons for doing it. The "Jared Leto" student must use information from the article to answer the questions, practicing speaking and comprehension.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down key vocabulary from the article (e.g., climb, Empire State Building, actor, Oscar, band, brave) on individual slips of paper. Students take turns drawing a slip and then must draw the word for their teammates to guess without speaking or writing any words, practicing vocabulary in a fun and interactive way.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Pose a question to the class such as "Why do you think Jared Leto climbed the Empire State Building?" Have students think individually for a minute, then pair up to discuss their thoughts. After a few minutes, bring the class together and have pairs share their ideas with everyone, encouraging the use of new vocabulary and complete sentences.
– Opinion Spectrum
Instructions: Lay out a line on the floor with tape or use an imaginary line. At one end of the spectrum is "I think climbing the Empire State Building was a great idea" and at the other end is "I think climbing the Empire State Building was a bad idea." Students must place themselves along this line according to their opinion and then discuss their reasoning with the nearest classmate, practicing expressing opinions and giving reasons.
– Future Predictions
Instructions: Ask students to write a short paragraph predicting what Jared Leto or his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, might do next to promote their music. Encourage them to use future tense verbs and to be creative. After writing, students can share their predictions with the class and discuss which ones they think are most likely to happen.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
Jared Leto climbed up the Empire State Building.
The outfit was bright orange.
He used ropes to help him climb.
He climbed it to tell people about his band's new shows.
He is an actor.
His band's name is Thirty Seconds to Mars.
He saw the sunrise.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
A famous man named Jared Leto did something no one else has ever done before. He climbed up a very tall building called the Empire Building. He a bright orange and used ropes to help him climb. He did this to tell about his music band's new shows. Leto is also an actor and has been in . He is 51 years old and has won an Oscar, which is a big award for actors. He climbed the building early in the morning and saw the sun up. His band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, will playing music in different places soon. The Empire State is very important to Jared Leto. It is very tall and to be the tallest in the world. By the , Jared Leto made many people excited about his band's music. It was a brave and smart way to get attention.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is the tallest building you have ever seen?
2. How would you feel if you saw someone climbing a very tall building?
3. Do you like to climb things, like trees or playground equipment? Why or why not?
4. Do you think it's a good idea to do something dangerous to get attention? Why?
5. What is a brave thing you have done or would like to do?
6. Have you ever watched the sun come up in the morning? What was it like?
7. Do you know what an Oscar is? What do you think you get an Oscar for?
8. Would you like to be famous like Jared Leto? Why or why not?
9. Can you think of other smart ways to tell people about music or a show?
10. How do you feel when you hear about your favorite band's new shows?
11. Do you think you would enjoy being in a music band? Why?
12. What is something special you would do to celebrate something important to you?
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