Icarus and Daedalus Lesson Plan
Icarus and Daedalus Lesson Plan
Icarus and Daedalus Lesson Plan
DAY: Thursday
I. OBJECTIVES
The learner composes a short but powerful persuasive text using a variety
B. Performance Standards of persuasive techniques and devices.
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
B. Other Learning
Resources
IV. PROCEDURES
The class will be divided into five groups. Each group will accomplish the
F. Discussing New Concepts or following task:
Practicing New Skills
Group 1:
The learners will accomplish the diagram. Write the positive insight they
gained from what happened to Icarus on the circle with the + symbol and
the negatives on the – circle.
+
Icarus
-
Group 2
The group will examine the painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by
Pieter Brueghel. The learners will share their impression about the painting.
Group 3:
The learners will accomplish the diagram below. What are the
actions/decisions of Daedalus that leads to the death of his son?
The fall
Decision Action
of Icarus
Group 4
The group will be given a copy of the poem “Landscape with the Fall of
Icarus” by William Carlos Williams. The learners will give their insight about
how the poem reflects the myth of Icarus and Daedalus.
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
Group 5
Accomplish the diagram below. Write the difference between the two
characters.
Icarus Daedalus
G. Practical Applications Imagine you were Icarus, and the sun represent your dreams and desire.
Would you still reach for it even though you know that it will result to
failure? Why or Why not?
H. Making Generalizations Which character in the story represents the blue pill? Why? The red pill?
and Abstractions about the Why?
Lesson
I. Evaluating Learning Answer the following question:
1. Who hires Daedalus?
2. What does Daedalus designed to hold the Minotaur?
3. What does Daedalus invent to help him and Icarus escape from the
labyrinth?
4. What does he warn Icarus not to do?
5. What happens to Icarus?
J. Additional Activities for On a one half sheet of paper, answer the following question in three to five
Application or Remediation sentences.
1. How are you similar to Icarus?
V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
SECTIONS
A. No. of learners who
earned 80% on the
formative assessment
B. No of learners who
require additional
activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons
work? No. of learners
who caught up with the
lesson
D. No. of learners who
continue to require
remediation.
E. Which of my teaching
strategies worked well?
Why did these work?
F. What difficulties did I
encounter which my
principal or supervisor
can help me solve?
G. What innovation or
localized materials did I
use/discover which I
wish to share with other
teachers?