Daedalus and Icarus

SpringBoard 1.20

Advice from adults

1 . Use the graphic organizer on page 52 to reflect on advice you have gotten from adults and whether or not you chose to follow or ignore it.

2. What happened as a result?

Adults Specific Advice Follow? Ignore? Why?

Parents/Guardians Teachers Other Adults: Coaches, Grandparents, Older Cousins, Etc.

Round Robin with your table

Result

Quick Write:

In your notebooks explain an example from your own life whether you think you learn best from other people’s advice or from your own experience?

*Analyze the consequences of taking or not taking the advice

Freytag Pyramid

Review elements of plot using The Little Red Riding Hood.

Climax Main Conflict Resolution/ Dénouement Exposition

Deadalus and Icarus:

What is fluent reading?

How does fluency help us as readers?

As you take turns reading Daedalus and Icarus with your partner, practice reading fluently.

After you reAd…

• Go back through the story and with a different color for each, highlight elements of the plot.

– Exposition – Rising Action – – Climax Falling Action – Denouement – Main Conflict • Summarize each element on your chart.

Theme:

In the story, Icarus thinks to himself, “I’m the first boy ever to fly! I’m making history!” Icarus also says to the sun, “I can fly just as high as you! Higher, even!”

• Think-Pair-Share with your shoulder partner 1. What does this dialogue illustrate about the character of Icarus?

2. How could this relate to the story’s theme?

3. What might this story be saying about relationships between parents and children, or, what might it be saying about how we learn?

4. What is the story saying about the benefits and dangers of taking risks?

5. Explain how this story might illustrate the concepts of the dangers of technology and scientific progress.

Theme vs. Authors Purpose

The writer of a magazine article may present a persuasive case that scientific progress is dangerous.

1. What would be the authors purpose in this example?

2. Explain how the author’s purpose is different from theme using this example and the myth you have read.

With your table, explain a major theme that you think Daedalus and Icarus puts forward. Use specific examples from the text to illustrate your point.

Writing Prompt:

In your notebooks, create a plot diagram and story with a similar theme from Daedalus and Icarus.