Daedalus and Icarus Unit 2/3

What great skill does Deadalus have that makes him valuable to the King?

• He is strong
• He is a great inventor
• He will marry his daugther

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Why does Daedalus want to leave the kingdom?

• He bird flew away
• His wife, the king's daughter, has died, and he wants to go home to Athens
• He is a great inventor and is missed by his neighbors 

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why is Daedalus interested in birds?

• He thinks by studying birds, he can invent a way to fly to freedom
• He doesn't want to work anymore 
• He thinks it's a good idea to study birds for money

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Daedalus learn about birds?

• He learns by observation that they are carried by warm rising air
• He learns they eat worms
• He learns that birds are our friends 

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Daedalus learn about birds?

• He learns by observation that they are carried by warm rising air
• He learns they eat worms
• He learns that birds are our friends 

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why does the king refuse Daedalus's request?

• He want's him to work for someone else
• He thinks it's foolish to let him free
• He doesn't want Daedalus to work for anyone else

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does the king think of Daedalus's plan to escape?

• It is great
• It was poorly thought out
• It is foolish and won't work

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Are Daedalus's and John James's purposes for studying birds similar or different?

• Similar
• different

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why are the Daedalus's and John James's purpose for studying birds different?

• John wanted to learn about birds, and the Daedalus's had a need for the birds
• John had a need for the birds, and Daedalus had wanted to learn about the birds. 
• Neither character liked birds, but was forced to study the birds

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Look at the illustration of Lcarus near the sun.  What will the warm sun do to the wings made of wax

• make them hard
• melt them
• freeze them

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7