
Anthology: "Icarus and Daedalus" (Lesson 2)
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Anthology: "Icarus and Daedalus"
Lesson 2
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📌 Points:
📌 Point 1: Relate character actions to character trait and determine character trait/draw inferences from text (p. 3)
📌 Point 2: Relate character to plot development and determine key details (p. 4)
📌 Point 3: Determine message (p. 4)
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Vocabulary list:
📌 "cunning": clever and skillful
📌 "labyrinth": a maze
📌 "veered": changed direction
📌 "liberty": freedom
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Vocabulary list pt. 2:
📌 "fledgling": a young bird that has just begun to fly
📌 "rash": characterized by acting before thinking; making hasty decision
📌 "Apollo": the Greek god of music and healing
📌 "Cupid": the Greek god of love
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Vocabulary list pt. 3:
📌 "vague/vaguely": not clear
📌 "draught": drink
📌 "wavered": started
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Quick Vocab Quiz!
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Multiple Choice
Choose the answer choice that best completes each sentence:
Q1, p. 2
I think I can find the restaurant, but the directions were really_______.
a. cunning
b. wavered
c. vague
d. quenching
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Multiple Choice
Choose the answer choice that best completes each sentence:
Q2, p. 2
The bright light from the explosion knocked him off-balance and sent him________.
a. reeling
b. wavering
c. vaguely
d. quenching
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Open Ended
Write a sentence using the word below:
Q1, p. 2
"rash"
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Open Ended
Write a sentence using the word below:
(Q2, p. 2)
"captivity"
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Open Ended
Write a sentence using the word below:
(Q3, p. 2)
"quench"
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Open Ended
Write a sentence using the word below:
(Q4, p. 2)
"vague"
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Multiple Choice
Q1, p. 3:
Which of the following offers evidence to suggest that Icarus is impulsive?
a. He tries to escape the island without his father.
b. Once he starts flying, he stops thinking about his father's directions.
c. He did not take the time to create his wings correctly.
d. He wanted to leave in the early morning.
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Multiple Choice
Q2, p. 3:
Which of the following best describes Daedalus?
a. hardworking and clever
b. impulsive and stubborn
c. old and slow
d. strict and controlling
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Multiple Choice
Q3, p. 3: What does it reveal about Icarus that he thinks birds are not careful when they fly?
a. He is thinking of himself as a bird, and not a human.
b. He is ignorant of the dangers of flying.
c. He is not taking his father's directions seriously.
d. All of the above.
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Multiple Choice
Q4, p. 3:
Why is it important that Daedalus and Icarus have been imprisoned together on the island?
a. Icarus has been dependent on his father for his entire life.
b. The king wanted to punish Icarus as well as Daedalus.
c. Daedalus has passed along all of his wisdom to his son.
d. Icarus is just as clever as his father and helped design the labyrinth.
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Multiple Choice
Q5, p. 3:
Why does Daedalus survive and Icarus fail?
a. Icarus was too young to understand that he was not invincible.
b. The king wanted to punish Icarus as well as Daedalus.
c. Icarus did not have the confidence to escape Crete.
d. Daedalus was clever and Icarus was not.
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Individual Practice Activity:
Go to your Team and click on the "Icarus and Daedalus" In-class Work to answer some questions! You will be given approx. 10 minutes, and then I will go over the questions!
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Q6, p. 3
In what ways do Icarus and Daedalus try to be something they are not? Give at least 2 examples from the story to support your answer.
They both try to fly like birds, which is something humans are not meant to do.
They also act like gods in that they are being "superhuman" and the townspeople actually mistake them for gods (Apollo and Cupid)
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Q7, p. 4:
What message does the story send about people trying to be more than they were intended to be?
Because Icarus dies from his ambition to fly to the sun and Daedalus is punished by losing his son, the story sends the message that you will be punished if you try to be more than you are meant to be.
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Q8, p. 4:
Why does Daedalus offer his wings to the god Apollo? Why does he not try to fly again, even though he was successful?
After Icarus dies, Daedalus understands that he was punished for trying to fly and the gods are angry that he tried to be more than humans are meant to be. He does not try to fly again because he understands his mistake and paid for it with the death of his son.
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