Making Connections to Icarus

What is Daedalus ideal for resolving the conflict?

• Using his mind to make an escape plan.

• Collecting feathers to build wings and escape the island by flying.

• Disguise themselves like solders and escape on a boat.

• Fly down from the tower and swim to Greece.

What is the conflict for Icarus and Daedalus in "The Flight of Icarus?"

• Icarus and his father are locked in prison and must find a way to escape to Greece.

• Theseus escapes the Labyrinth and kills the Minotaur. Now King Minos is furious and wants revenge.

• Icarus gets too cocky which leads to later problems when using his wings to escape.

• Icarus flies too close to the sun and dies when the wax on his wings melt.

What does the bird symbolize in this story?

• Happiness

• Flying

• Feathers

• Freedom

What events help the reader predict that Icarus might have problems on their escape?

• Icarus doesn't listen to his father's instruction when he is learning to fly or when they are planning to escape.

• Icarus's wings are smaller than his fathers and might not work as well when they are trying to make their escape.

• Icarus likes to play games when he is supposed to be practicing with his father for their escape.

• Icarus did not practice every morning like his father did. He stayed in bed and slept.

The reader can tell that Icarus felt ___ about flying.

• Unconfident

• Confident

• Uneasy

• Nonchalant

The reader can tell that Icarus is going to have problems with his wings when ____.

• When Icarus does a summersault in the air.

• When his father builds them he doesn't use enough wax.

• When he leaps off the edge of the tower to follow his father in escape.

• When he flies closer and closer to the sun ignoring his father's instructions.

Which of the following is the best summary of "Flight of Icarus?"

• Icarus and Daedalus are thrown in prison. Daedalus says they can't imprison my mind and develops and ideal to build wings. They catch birds and steal feathers to build their wings.

• Icarus and Daedalus are thrown into prison by King Minos. They escape using wings they made. Icarus becomes over confident and ignores the advice of his father. He flies close to the water and sun.

• Icarus and Daedalus make wings from birds they catch while being held captive in a tower. They use the feathers to make wings for an escape. While escaping, Icarus flies close to the sun and his wings fall apart. He dies and his father is sad.

• King Minos throws Icarus and Daedalus in a prison in a tower. They use their minds to plan an escape. They catch birds and use their feathers to create wings. They practice for their escape and one day they fly away. But Icarus has not been listening to his father in training. He becomes over confident and his wings fall apart when he flies too close to the sun. He dies and his father is very sad.

The story is mostly about?

• Two characters who are in a tower prison.

• An escape that goes wrong when the main character becomes over confident.

• Two characters make their own wings out of feathers they take from birds.

• Two characters who plan an escape from a tower prison and complete their mission to Greece.

What is the lesson the reader can learn from reading this story?

• Listen to advice from your elders it could save your life.

• Don't spend too much time in sun it can hard your body.

• Be careful around water, bad things will happen.

• Don't play tricks on the Gods, You will always get caught.