OCR Unit 1, Lesson 7: Daedalus and Icarus, Study Guide

 

Spelling List: Review

 

chamber

steel

swallow

brain

neighbor

erase

seaweed

donkey

shriek

cobra

bulldozer

shadow

dynamite

style

spite

maze

freedom

floating

creative

least

 

Vocabulary

1.     hurtled

2.     comfortable

3.     taunted

4.     overlapping

5.     plunged

6.     strands

7.     plume

8.     luxurious

9.     trickled

10.  delectable

 

Assignment #1 ___________

For words 1--10, neatly and correctly write the word and its definition in your Language Arts notebook.

Assignment #2 ___________

For each of the words 1—5, write a wonderful, descriptive sentence which uses the word. Carefully underline or highlight the vocabulary word in the sentence.

Assignment #3-----

Read Daedalus and Icarus to your parents and discuss the storyline. What happens first, second, third, etc.? Discuss how this story might relate to Two Tickets to Freedom. BRING THE STUDY NOTE  TEAR-OFF SIGNED BY YOUR PARENT TO CLASS TODAY.

 

 


 

Parent Signed Study Note for Daedalus and Icarus

 Name of Student                                      Date       

                                  

 

Yes, my child read the story, Daedalus and Icarus aloud to me.

Yes, we also discussed—

·        Details and went over the sequence of events

·        How this story relates to Two Tickets to Freedom

·        The big question, “Is the chance of escape and freedom worth the risk?”

Parent Signature: