DEEP WATER

- WILLIAM DOUGLAS
OBJECTIVES:

1. To comprehend the text locally and globally

2. To identify deepest fear and overcome it

KWL CHART:

K (what you KNOW) W (WHAT you want to know) L (what you have LEARNT)
 About various kinds of  How Douglas developed  How to overcome deepest
fears/phobias hydrophobia fear
 The consequences he faced  To comprehend the text

NEW WORDS:

S. NO. WORD MEANING

1 subdued my pride lowered the intensity of self-respect and confidence
flailed at the
2 to strike or lash out vigorously at the surface to come out
surface
3 curtain of life fell crossed to oblivion
4 tiny vestiges smallest trace

MIND MAP:

1. REASONS FOR DOUGLAS’ AQUAPHOBIA / HYDROPHOBIA:

 3-4 years old – knocked down by a wave in a beach in California
 YMCA pool revived memories – 18 years old bruiser boy tossed him into the deep end
 Planned to jump up twice but failed
 Became unconscious and crossed to oblivion

2. CONSEQUENCES OF DOUGLAS’ MISADVENTURE:

 Felt weak and trembled
 Shook and cried
 Couldn’t eat that night
 Wobbly knees
 Sick in stomach
 Seized by terror
 Felt legs were paralyzed
  Icy horror grabbed his heart
 Fear of water handicapped him
 Couldn’t go for canoeing
 Dreaded swimming
 Ruined his fishing trips
 Deprived him the joy of boating

3. HOW DOUGLAS OVERCAME HIS FEAR:

 Determined and so got a swimming instructor
 Piece by piece he built a swimmer
 Swam the length of the pool repeatedly
 Swam in Lake Wentworth for two miles
 Finally - swam in Warm Lake and shouted with joy of conquering fear

MEP:

Perseverance, Determination, Self-control, Discipline: All these qualities are required to

conquer deepest fear/s – ‘All we have to fear is fear itself’

MIP:

S.NO. ENGLISH ARABIC PRONUNCIATION

1 Swimming
2 Boating
3 Fishing

CROSS CURRICULAR LINK:

Water sports: Swimming, canoeing, boating

Psychology: Hydrophobia

SELF-ASSESSMENT:

Q: Tick the most appropriate answer:

1. A rope was attached to

(a) Douglas’ legs (b) Douglas’ arms
(c) Douglas’ belt (d) Douglas’ swimming trunks

2. He practised in the pool

(a) ten times a week (b) five days a week
(c) twice a week (d) thrice a week

3. Douglas’ tension started slackening after

(a) four months (b) three months
(c) five months (d) one month

4. Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises

(a) more than hundred times (b) forty times only
(c) more than fifty times (d) ten times only

5. Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would start

(a) shouting (b) laughing
(c) crying (d) talking to terror

6. Douglas swam the lake to Stamp Act Island covering a distance of

(a) five miles (b) seven miles
(c) two miles (d) one mile

7. ‘What do you think you can do to me’? These words were spoken by Douglas to
(a) a shark (b) to his enemy
(c) to the boy who pushed him (d) to terror

8. After swimming across to the other shore of Warm Lake, Douglas shouted with joy
and his voice was returned as an echo by
(a) Gilbert peak (b) Everest peak
(c) Alps (d) Blue Mountain

9. At the end of the experience, Douglas felt

(a) happy (b) released
(c) sad (d) victorious

10. ‘All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words?
(a) Douglas (b) his instructor
(c) his father (d) President Roosevelt

MARKS: ______________ / 10 PEER’S NAME: ___________________

 JUSTIFICATION OF THE TITLE

Q: Fill up the blanks with the hints given in the box below:
failed, deep rooted, efforts, expert, determination, a plan, hydrophobia, overcome,
emotions, misadventure, in trouble, big bruiser, rescued, rigorous, instructor,

‘Deep Water’ is the most appropriate title for the chapter. Literally ‘deep water’ means
____________________ . The author suffered from ____________________ and was
really afraid of going deep in water. The ____________________ at the YMCA pool made
his ____________________ more difficult when a ____________________ threw him
into deep water. The author underwent a series of ____________________ under water.
He made ____________________to come up to the surface of the water but
____________________. He was somehow ____________________ and saved. In order
to ____________________ his fear, he hired an ____________________ and mastered
each step of swimming. His grit, ____________________ and ____________________
practice enabled him to be an ____________________ swimmer. The title signifies that
the phobia of water was very ____________________ and had to be pulled out with great
difficulty.

MARKS: ______________ / 15