Deep Water

Deep Water

William Douglas

INTRODUCTION

‘Deep water’ is an excerpt taken from the book ‘of men and mountains’, an informal autobiography written by William Douglas who is a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice. This chapter reveals how as a young boy William Douglas nearly drowned in a swimming pool. Here are childhood experiences that play a vital role in the formation of our personality and how these experiences remain with us throughout our life having a positive or negative impact on us.

Description: The story has been taken from the author’s autobiography- ‘Of Men and Mountains’. In this piece, he talks about his fear of water and how he conquered it with determination and willpower.

Aims & Objectives

By the end of the class, students will be able to
•           Reproduce the main points of the story with the help of a mind map.
•           Relate their real-life experiences with the story in the discussion after a video on drowning.
•           Apply the learning from the lessons in their daily life with the help of discussion and sharing sessions in the class.
•           Create their presentations based on the different aspects of the lesson and present them.
•           Test their knowledge about the places mentioned in the story with the help of a PPt.
•           Recognize the most common fears in a guessing activity.
•           Test the learning of the lesson through questions and answers during the presentations and discussion.

• Write a diamante (Antonym) poem based on the thematic words in the lesson.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Reproduce the main points of the story with the help of a mind map.
• Recognize the most common fears in a guessing activity.

Analysis: (Critical Thinking)

• Test the learning of the lesson through questions and answers during the presentations and discussion.
• Relate their real-life experiences with the story in the discussion after a video on drowning.
• Test their knowledge about the places mentioned in the story with the help of a PPt.

Application:

• Apply the learning from the lessons in their daily life with the help of discussion and sharing session in the class.

Uncategorised: (Creative Skills)

• Create their presentations based on the different aspects of the lesson and present them.
• Write a diamante (Antonym) poem based on the thematic words in the lesson.

Reference Material

PHOBIA

A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. In most cases, the phobia involves a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm.

Phobia: Definition, Type & Treatment

LIST OF 10 WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE & THEIR PHOBIAS

Quiz on Phobia 

Most Common Fears (notion. site)

WATER SPORTS

Quiz

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COMPREHENSION

Cloze: Exercise Based on Summary

Test Your Comprehension

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LANGUAGE

First-Person Narrative Style

WRITING

• Narrate the story in your own words. (third person)
• William Douglas has given an advertisement in the newspaper for hiring a swimming coach. Draft this advertisement for the newspaper classified column.

Lines to PONDER

 “All we have to fear is fear itself.”

Explanation: The feeling of fear is more fearful than the fear itself. As said in Julius Caesar, “Cowards die many times before their death, but the valiant never taste of death but once.”  The man who could overcome the fear of fear will never fail in his life.

MIND MAP

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CONTENT MUMBAI REGION: Deep Water

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A	INTRODUCTION	Click Here
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