FOR TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH A NEW TOPIC.

BUT BEFORE THAT, I WILL BE SHOWING A PICTURE OR AN

IMAGE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR ANALYTICAL MIND WORKS. AFTER ANALYZING THE GIVEN PICTURE, I WANT YOU TO
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, INSIGHTS, OR SENTIMENTS ABOUT IT. ARE WE CLEAR WITH THAT CLASS?

BASED ON YOUR EXPLANATION, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE CONNECTION OF THAT PICTURE TO OUR TOPIC FOR
TODAY?

SO, FOR TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS ONE OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY’S FAMOUS STORIES ENTITLED THE MYTH OF
DAEDALUS AND ICARUS. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS, CLASS?

BEFORE WE DIG DEEP AND PROCEED TO THE DISCUSSION PROPERLY, LET’S PLAY A GAME FIRST! I HAVE HERE A SET OF
UNFAMILIAR WORDS THAT CAN BE FOUND INSIDE OUR STORY. BY THE USE OF CONTEXT CLUES, I WANT YOU TO
IDENTIFY THE MEANING OF THE GIVEN WORD.

IN HERE CLASS, WE HAVE THE PROTAGONIST CHARACTERS NAMELY DAEDALUS AND ICARUS. THEY WERE SERVANTS OF
KING MINOS. THEY WERE IMPRISONED ON THE TOP OF A TOWER INSIDE THE LABYRINTH MADE BY DAEDALUS HIMSELF.
DAEDALUS STARTED TO THINK OF HOW HE AND HIS SON ICARUS WOULD ESCAPE FROM THERE.

SINCE DAEDALUS WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE LABYRINTH, HE FIGURED OUT THAT THEY COULD NOT ESCAPE ON FOOT.
HE ALSO KNEW THAT THEY COULD NOT ESCAPE BY SEA EITHER. SO, THE ONLY WAY LEFT FOR THEIR FREEDOM WAS
ONLY BY AIR.

BY THE USE OF DAEDALUS’S INVENTIVE SKILLS, HE MANAGED TO CREATE GIGANTIC WINGS FOR BOTH OF THEM USING
BRANCHES, BIRD’S FEATHERS AND CONNECTED THEM WITH WAX. THE WAX CAME FROM THE CANDLES THEY LIT EVERY
NIGHT. HE HAD THIS IDEA JUST BY OBSERVING THE BIRDS FLYING UP IN THE SKY. AFTER DAEDALUS MADE THE WINGS,
HE GAVE A WARNING TO ICARUS.

THEY MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE LABYRINTH. THEIR FLIGHT WAS CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST TIME MAN MANAGED TO
FIGHT THE LAWS OF NATURE AND BEAT GRAVITY.

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART CLASS. ALTHOUGH ICARUS WAS WARNED, HE WAS TOO YOUNG AND ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT FLYING. WE ALL KNOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PRONE TO DISOBEDIENCE AND ENTHUSIASTIC EMOTIONS.
THAT WAS WHY, ICARUS GOT CARRIED AWAY OF THAT FEELING. THE FEELING OF EXCITEMENT AND FREEDOM.

DAEDALUS DID ALL THE WARNINGS JUST FOR ICARUS TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGER THAT HE WAS DOING. BUT IT WAS
TOO LATE FOR ICARUS TO REALIZE THESE THINGS. ICARUS SOON SAW THAT THE WAX IN HIS WINGS WERE MELTING.

BECAUSE OF THESE, ICARUS FELL INTO THE SEA AND DROWNED.