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TASK 1: OF FLIGHT AND LIGHT

1. Who hires Daedalus?

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2. What does Daedalus design to hold the Minotaur?

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3. What does Daedalus invent to help him and Icarus escape from the Labyrinth?

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4. What does he warn Icarus not to do?

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5. What happens to Icarus?

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TASK 2: WHAT’S GOING ON

1. Why did Minos imprison Daedalus in the Labyrinth?

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2. Why did Minos think that, if Daedalus can’t find his way out, “so much the better”?

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3. Daedalus tells Icarus that the plan is dangerous. Why does he want them to take this risk?

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4. Why did Daedalus leave his wings on the altar of Apollo?

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5. Why wouldn’t he want to fly some more?

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TASK 3: DIGGING DEEPER

1. In a short paragraph, describe how Daedalus planned to escape from the island prison of Crete.

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2. Do you think Daedalus’s plan is a good one? Explain your answer.

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3. Which events in the myth could have happened in real life?

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4. If you had access to building resources and materials, how would you design a flying machine to help you
escape from the island prison of Crete?

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TASK 4: FACT OR NOT

Tell whether the statement is a fact or not. Draw WINGS before each number if the statement is a fact and SUN
if otherwise.

Daedalus was an inventor.

King Minos wanted to kill the Minotaur.

It would be easy to find your way out of the Labyrinth.

Icarus design his own wings.

The wings were made of chicken feathers.

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TASK 5: IMAGE IN MY MIND

Illustrate the images as you encountered the following in the story.
1. The Labyrinth

2. Icarian Sea

3. Minotaur

4. wings of Icarus

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TASK 6: TIMELINE
Read the text once again. Create a graphic organizer of what happened in each of the following
places:

1. The palace of Minos

2. In prison

3. Icarus in the sea

4. Sicily

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TASK 7: CHARACTER CYCLE

Extract actions, dialogues, and thoughts of Daedalus from the text you have read; then
write a description about the character.

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