DISCOVERING

PERSONAL
CHALLENGES
 LEARNING COMPETENCY
1. Determine the effect of textual aids on the
understanding of the text (EN10RC-1a, 15.2)
2. Get information from various text types that can
be used in everyday life (EN10LC-1a, 11.1)
4 . Determine how connected events contribute to the
totality of a material viewed(EN10VC-1a, 1.4/24)
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• Little chicken
• Better late than never
• Crossroads
• I’m in trouble
• History repeats itself
• Forgotten word
 PROCESSING
QUESTIONS:
1.What is your overall impression
about the phrases above?
2. How do they reflect realities in life?
NICK VUJICHICK
 TASK 5: GUIDE FOR READING

Answer the questions given below.

1.What are usually made of wax?
2. What are the benefits of wax?
3. Wax is susceptible to what?
4. In what way can wax be harmful?
 THE GUIDING PATH:
Read the succeeding text carefully.
Let the chart below be your guide in
reading the text.
ORAL TRADITION A MYTH is an ancient story created to
explain natural events. Gods, goddesses,
and heroes are among the characters in
myths. In addition to explaining events
in nature, some myths also present a
lesson on how to live, or serve as a
warning to follow society’s rules.

THE TEXT “Daedalus and Icarus” is a myth. It

discusses adventures and mistakes of
heroes or characters.
LOOK FOR How does Icarus get himself into a
difficult situation? As you read this myth,
look for what Icarus did to escape from
Crete
 ANTICIPATION-REACTION GUIDE
ACCOMPLISH THE STORY ARG BELOW:
 THE TEXT:
DAEDALUS
AND
ICARUS
 TASK 8: FACTS AND
DETAILS
1.Who hired Daedalus?
2. What did Daedalus design to hold the Minotaur?
3. What did Daedalus invent to help them escape
from the Labyrinth?
4. What did he warn Icarus not to do?
5. What happened to Icarus?
 TASK 9: WHAT’S GOING ON?
1. Why did Minos imprison Daedalus in the Labyrinth?
2. Why did Minos think that, if Daedalus can’t find his
way out, “so much the better?”
3. Daedalus tells Icarus that the plan is dangerous. Why
does he want them to take this risk?
4. Why did Daedalus leave his wings on the altar of
Apollo? Why wouldn’t he want to fly some more?
 TASK 10: DIGGING DEEPER

1. In a short paragraph, describe how Daedalus

planned to escape from the island prison of Crete.
2. Do you think Daedalus’s plan to escape will or will not work?
Explain your answer.
3. Which events in the myth could have happened in real life?
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?
 TASK 11: 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.
 TASK 12: AGREE OR
DISAGREE
State whether you agree or disagree with the given
statements and find evidence from the text to support
your claim
1. King Minos was cruel. Evidence:
__________________________________________
2. Daedalus was talented. Evidence:
__________________________________________
 TASK 12: AGREE OR
DISAGREE

3. Icarus was foolish. Evidence:

__________________________________________
4. Daedalus and Icarus should have stayed in the
island after escaping from the Labyrinth. Evidence:
__________________________________________
 TASK 13: IMAGINE IN MY MIND ILLUSTRATE
THE IMAGES IN YOUR MIND AS YOU
ENCOUNTERED THE FOLLOWING IN THE
STORY.

GROUP I : THE LABYRINTH

GROUP2: ICARIAN SEA
GROUP 3: MINOS’S SHELL
GROUP 4: MINOTAUR
GROUP 5: ICARUS’S WINGS