Johnny Depp - Socorro Venegas (ct try reading c4 )

JOHNNY DEPP

I haven't seen this young man since-sad, listless in an absence that even he didn't notice. His own absence. The first time he told me about his life, he explained to me why he had no shadow. He gave me a chaste peck on the lips, as if he were a child, and kept staring at the sea, his hand covering his left eye.

I had just graduated from nursing school when I came to this clinic for addicts. I was sent to take care of him. My job was to keep him company, to talk to him. But he didn't talk to me, he only said yes, no, and asked for small things-a glass of water, a book. So I enjoyed the beach, beside the silent companion.

    I read his medical file. He had gone through the darkest valleys of heroin. I don't know how he was still alive. It was clear that he didn't want to live-overdose, trouble with the law, several suicide attempts. I began to wonder who cared so much to save him, who paid the bill for the most exclusive, expensive clinic. He had no visitors.

    Dr. Van der Graff was in charge of psychotherapy. One morning, Johnny-he only responded to this name-was swimming in the pool, the doctor approached me and asked if Johnny ever talked to me. I told him no. I couldn't help but ask him if he thought Johnny had suffered any brain damage. "Look at him," the doctor pointed his chin toward Johnny, who was taking slow strokes under water. "He's not the person we think he is. He's an actor named Johnny...Johnny Depp. He really believes that." While the doctor gave an account of his theories on multiple personality, Johnny reached the edge of the pool, wiped his face, shook his long hair, and looked at me. His glance was a flock of blackbirds flying over me.

    "You think you're an actor," I asked, wanting to provoke him. It didn't work. He flashed me a condescending smile, his lips shut tight. He returned his gaze to the sea. Then I told him a lie. "If you like, we could get on one of those sailing boats you sometimes see in the distance." Johnny's smile turned into a serious expression, as if he contemplated what he was going to say. In the end, he remained silent, but his eyes showed a restlessness that I took as the beginning of something, some progress. I kept him company while he was having his afternoon snack, and left him in his room.

    Days later he had an anxiety attack, but it was not as severe as the previous ones, they said. One afternoon he wanted to take a walk on the beach again. He walked slowly and let me walk beside him. Before he always walked ahead of me. From time to time he turned to find his footprints. He seemed to enjoy this. All of a sudden I stopped. I was frightened-Johnny had no shadow. Mine stretched out, lingered on the foam that waves left under our feet, but he had no shadow. I told him so as calmly as possible when he shot me a quizzical look. Then he came close and gave me a chaste peck. I didn't know what to say. Johnny covered his left eye, as if to see something on the horizon, then kept walking. I preferred to walk behind him.

    Those long walks ended beside a few crags that received the calming embrace of the sea. He sat there. He gestured for me to sit next to him. "You think I'm crazy, don't you?" he asked me. I told him no. "I'm alone," he added. I told him again about his shadow. "Stars have no shadow," he answered. And he told me how he lost it. "While we were shooting Arizona Dream... Have you seen it? With Faye Dunaway and Lili Taylor. You must see it. One day when we didn't film, I went to see a wise Indian, an old man. He told me I was living in fear of my shadow. And he took it from me to take my fear away. But there's nothing to worry about. It's not lost somewhere. I have it inside. Do you understand? Inside." He pointed with his finger to the veins in his arms, his scars from needles and anxiety.

    His straight black hair almost touched his shoulders. A lock of his hair fell over his face. He was thin, he ate little. Also a bit haggard, pale, pale brown. He had a sharply outlined chin, manly and firm. His smile was shy. There was a sadness in his eyes, a sadness of a blackbird. Johnny let me observe him. I realized that I enjoyed what I was looking at, so I turned my gaze toward the sea. "What happens in the movie, Somebody's Dream?" I asked him.

"It's a weird movie, you know? I like those movies, they are my favorites. Faye plays a woman who dreams of flying. Lili, Faye's daughter in the movie, dreams of reincarnating as a turtle," he said.

"And you?" I asked. "What was your dream?"

Johnny didn't answer. The wind blew through his hair. He brought his hands to his temples and said, "I'm tired." We went back.

    Van der Graff was closing Johnny's file. He was going to discharge him. While he jotted down his conclusions, he asked me again if Johnny told me something. I told him that the other day we had talked about one of his movies. The doctor frowned. "His movies?" he asked, his icy blue eyes piercing me. That afternoon, the head nurse told me that Johnny would leave the next morning, that he was already "clean." The rest of the day, I felt very irritable. I found Dr. Van der Graff and told him about the shadow. He shrugged and told me that sometimes people have illusions, superstitions... anyway, Johnny's case was closed. I went for a walk with Johnny at the usual time. It was a cold afternoon, so he had a white blanket over his shoulders. His pensive walk irritated me ever more. He said nothing, he was not going to say goodbye. He would be gone, and that was it. I stopped. He noticed that he was walking alone and turned to look at me. He took off his blanket and gave it to me. "The boat," he whispered. "Take this sail for your boat..."

    Through the window of his empty room, I saw Johnny leave in a black limousine, like the ones that carry Hollywood stars. Stars without shadows.

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CHAPTER TWO: DEVELOPING COLLEGE VOCABULARY

                                                                                               

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

                                                                                    Author Unknown

                                                          

·         Chapter Outline (for transparency) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    23

·         Chapter Summary (for transparency) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      24

·         Chapter Opener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     25

·         Supplemental Exercises   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     28

·         Supplemental Handout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     37

·         Supplemental Vocabulary Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     39

OUTLINE

Chapter 2: DEVELOPING College VOCABULARY

I.                   Chapter Objectives and Vocabulary

II.                Strategies for Learning New Vocabulary

·         Context Clues

·         Context Clues in Textbooks

·         Definitions

·         Examples

·         Punctuation

·         Experiences

·         Word Analysis

·         Prefixes

·         Suffixes

·         Root words

III.             Specialized Vocabulary

IV.             Strategies for Remembering New Vocabulary

·         Circle Words

·         Write in the Margin

·         Complete Journal Notes

·         CRS Review System

V.                Test Taking and Vocabulary

VI.             Summary

VII.          Practice Reading Passages

VIII.       Post-Test

SUMMARY

Chapter 2: DEVELOPING College VOCABULARY

Vocabulary skills are among the most important comprehension strategies you can learn.  By increasing your vocabulary, you increase your understanding of textbook information. A rich vocabulary:

·         allows you access to many types of reading material.

·         enhances your academic abilities.

·         increases your chances of getting the job of your choice.

Although no one knows the meaning of every word, or interrupts his or her reading to look up every unfamiliar word in a dictionary, using the simple strategies presented in this chapter will help you figure out and remember the meaning of new words. These strategies include:

·         using context clues

·         using word analysis

·         writing in your textbook

·         creating word maps

·         understanding denotation and connotation

·         using the Card Review System (CRS)

·         using new vocabulary daily when you talk and write

 

 CHAPTER OPENER: COLLEGE LEVEL WORDS

Goal

The purpose of working with this list is to help students gain an awareness of their current lexical (vocabulary) ability.

dIRECTIONS

The list on the next page includes many words that students will be exposed to while attending college and will benefit from knowing. Have your students read through the list and identify all of those they know and use with a 2; all of those they think they know, but don’t really use, with a 1; and any of the words they don’t know with a 0. Then have them respond to their results in their learning journals.

Scoring the results

190 -200 = Outstanding

175 - 189 = Above average    

135 - 174 = Average              

134 and below = Below average

COLLEGE LEVEL VOCABULARY WORDS

Read through this list and identify all of those words you know and use with a 2; all of those you think you know, but don’t really use, with a 1; and any of the words you don’t know with a 0.

aberration        acquiescence               adroit               affable             ascetic

banal                bigoted                                    bilateral           blatant             brusque           

bellicose          bursar                          cathartic          clandestine      coalesce

cogent             convivial                      condign           copious            credulity         

debacle            deductive                    didactic           dogmatic         dolorous

eclectic            egregious                     emanate           ennui               esoteric

expiate             façade                         fallible             forte                furtive

genre               gestation                      gregarious        guile                heinous

heretic             hiatus                           hybrid              iconoclast        illusive

impervious       incipient                      indolent           insular              ineffable

jargon              juxtaposition               laconic             lexicon             lyric

maelstrom        malign                         maxim             minutiae          mitigate

naïve                nefarious                     noxious            obdurate          obsequious

ominous           option                          ostracize          parochial          pedantic

pedagogy        presage                        prolific             punctilious       quandary

quorum            rancor                          rapacious         recalcitrant      rescind

rudiment          sanguine                      satyr                schism             surreptitious

taciturn            temporal                      termagant        torpid              turbid

ubiquitous       urbane                         usurp               vapid               vacillate

            versatile           volition                        whimsical        zealot               zealous

COLLEGE LEVEL VOCABULARY WORDS (continued)

How many words did you identify for each category?

(2) know and use _____  (1) think you know but don’t use ______

(0) don’t know _____

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The words in this list are representative of the kind of vocabulary you will be exposed to while attending college. If you know and use fewer than half of them, you need to work on developing both your general and your course specific vocabulary. On the other hand, even if you knew most of them, it's still important to continue developing your vocabulary. Your vocabulary ability can determine how much you earn in the future.

                                                               

supplemental exercises

There are three supplemental exercises for this chapter. Information about each is provided on this page and the related material follows on separate pages that you can print out for use with your students.

Exercise 2-1: Creating Words (student material on page 31)

Have students get together in groups of three and ask them to create words using the lists of syllables on pages 31-32.  For each list they should take syllables from each column and combine them to form words. No syllables can be used more than once. The first one in each list is modeled for them. (This activity is adapted from ideas presented in Higher Order Learning, J. Kollaritch)

Answers for Exercise 2-1a.

 

                                                 

   A.                                         B.                                            C

Model

1.      mo                                     bo                                            er         empower

2.      tur                                      pow                                         sy         ecstasy

3.      pen                                                o                                              dy        embody

4.      re                                       man                                         nym     homonym

5.      hom                                   bu                                            nize      recognize

6.      rel                                      e                                              rant      ignorant

7.      em                                     cog                                          logue  monologue

8.      ig                                       sta                                            lent      turbulent

9.      ec                                       no                                            ship      penmanship

10.em                                      no                                            vant     relevant

Answers for Exercise 2-1b. (Medium Difficulty)

A.                                      B.                                C.                                            D.

Model

1. im                                        nu                                o                                              ble

2. hy                                        pos                               si                                              mic

3. mal                                      po                                tri                                             ment

4. chro                                     ta                                 ne                                            tion

5. de                                        nol                               op                                            ous

6. spon                                     vel                               der                                           gy

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1. impossible   2. hypodermic  3. malnutrition  4. chronology  5. development 

6. spontaneous

 

Answers for Exercise 2-1c. (Challenging)

   A.                             B.                    C.                    D.                    E.

1. re                             chro                 ni                     o                      late

2. syn                           per                   o                      ti                      gist

3. vo                            li                      ven                  a                      y

4. mis                           cab                   tol                    gra                   tion

5. der                           un                    der                   ci                     ing

6.hy                             mu                   u                      lar                    ty

7.bib                            ma                   ner                   stand               phy

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1. remuneration 2. synchronicity 3. vocabulary 4. misunderstanding 5. dermatologist

6. hyperventilate 7. bibliography

Exercise 2-2: Heavenly Speech (student material on pages 33-34)

Many common and some uncommon words and phrases in the English language are derived from the names of ancient Greek and Roman mythological characters. For example, the source of the word "terrestrial" is Terra, the Roman goddess of the earth. In this exercise students are asked to use the clues provided to guess the English word or phrase referred to in each sentence and the mythological source from which it came. 

Answers for Exercise 2-2

1. Word: morphine                Source: Morpheus

2. Word: jovial                        Source: Jove

3. Word: plutonium               Source: Pluto

4. Word: marshal                   Source: Mars

5. Word: mercurial                Source: Mercury

6. Word: chronology              Source: Crones

7. Word: Herculean               Source: Hurcules

8. Word: Olympian                Source; Olympus

9. Word: cereal                       Source: Ceres

10. Word: circus                     Source: Circe

11. Word: vulcanize               Source: Vulcan

12. Word: psychology            Source: Psyche

13. Word and Source: terminal

14. Word: lethal                      Source: Lethe

15. Word and Source: Atlas

16. Word and Source: Calypso

Exercise 2-3: Etymology (student material on page 35)

This exercise gets most students interested in the origins of words. Have students look up the origins of the words listed on page 00. They can work in teams or individually - your choice. Many students don’t realize the wealth of information that can be found inside a dictionary. Ask your students to provide all of the information they can for each word, such as its meaning and the country in which it originated.

Answers for Exercise 2-3a.

                                     

1. Africa                      Latin - apricot

2. Kangaroo                Aborigines - I don't know

3. Novi                        (acronym -Train stop number 6)

4. Man                         Latin - hand (woman - hand with womb)

5. Jazz                         West African - some say it means sexual activity

6. Ketchup                  Chinese - brine of fish

7. Gorilla                     Greek - wild hairy people whose females were called gorillas

8. Strategy                   Greek - leading an army

9. Whisky                    Gaelic - water of life

10. Zero                       Arabic - empty

Answers for Exercise 2-3b.

(Have students share their answers)

1.Words developed as a result of technology:

Examples: Ram, bytes, disk, CD's, digital, T.V., record, Internet

2. Words that developed as a result of cultural, political, technological or other events:

Examples: bomb, atomic, G.I.'s, 911, mob, mobile, electronic, digital, rock and

roll, and

3. Words that developed as a result of the Hip Hop culture.

Examples: fly (cool), slammin (cool,) dope (cool,) whack (stupid,,) phat (cool) dog (friend), cat (not a friend)

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-1a.

Get together with two other students and practice using word parts to create words from the following lists of syllables. Take a syllable from column A, and combine it with one from each of columns B and C to form a word. No syllables can be used more than once. The first one is modeled for you. (This activity is adapted from ideas presented in Higher Order Learning, J. Kollaritch)

 

 

                                                                                                             

   A.                                         B.                                            C

Model

9.      mo                                     bo                                            er

10.  tur                                      pow                                         sy

11.  pen                                                o                                              dy

12.  re                                       man                                         nym

13.  hom                                   bu                                            nize

14.  rel                                      e                                              rant

15.  em                                     cog                                          logue   monologue

16.  ig                                       sta                                            lent

17.  ec                                       no                                            ship

18.  em                                     no                                            vant

 

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-1b.

 

Medium Difficulty

Take a syllable from column A, and combine it with one from each of columns B, C, and D to form a word. No syllables can be used more than once. The first one is modeled for you:

A.                                            B.                                C.                                            D.  

Model

1. im                                        nu                                o                                              ble

2. hy                                        pos                               si                                              mic

3. mal                                      po                                tri                                             ment

4. chro                                     ta                                 ne                                            tion

5. de                                        nol                               op                                            ous

6. spon                                     vel                               der                                           gy

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-1c.

 

Challenging!

Take a syllable from column A, and combine it with one from each of columns B, C, D and E to form a word. No syllables can be used more than once.

   A.                             B.                    C.                    D.                    E.

1. re                             chro                 ni                     o                      late

2. syn                           per                   o                      ti                      gist

3. vo                            li                      ven                  a                      y

4. mis                           cab                   tol                    gra                   tion

5. der                           un                    der                   ci                     ing

6.hy                             mu                   u                      lar                    ty

7.bib                            me                   ner                   stand               phy

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-2.

Heavenly Speech

Many common and some uncommon words and phrases in the English language are derived from the names of ancient Greek and Roman mythological characters. For example, the source of the word "terrestrial" is Terra, the Roman goddess of the earth. From the clues provided, try to guess the English word or phrase referred to in each sentence and the mythological source from which it came. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word or phrase.

1.      An addictive drug that is used to relieve pain, this word comes from the name of the Roman god of sleep and dreams.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __    Source: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

2.      From another form of Jupiter, the chief Roman god, comes this familiar word meaning happy-go-lucky or good-humored.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __              Source: __ __ __ __

3.      An important radioactive element in the development of nuclear power has a name based on that of Roman god of death and the underworld.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __           Source: __ __ __ __ __

4.      Warlike or aggressive actions are described by a term derived from the name of the Roman god of war.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __                     Source: __ __ __ __

5.      Someone whose moods are quick and changeable might be described by this term that comes from the name of the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __                       Source: __ __ __ __ __ __ __

6.      Showing events according to the time order in which they may occur is the definition of a word that comes from a Greek over-god, father of Zeus and creator of the world.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __      Source: __ __ __ __ __ __

7.      This word means requiring extraordinary effort or strength. It comes from the name

of a Greek hero (popularized by Steve Reaves in a host of Italian-made-movies), who had to perform twelve spectacular feats in order to escape from bondage.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __                Source: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

8.      This word refers to extraordinary feats, to any labor, either physical or intellectual that is of far higher quality than most. It comes from the name of the mountain on which the Greek gods lived.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __                Source: __ __ __ __ __ __ __

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-2 (continued)

9.      Another word for a grain, and for a breakfast food make from grain, owes its beginnings to the name of the Roman goddess of agriculture.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __                          Source: __ __ __ __ __

10.  A carnival-like show popular with children has a name based on that of a sorceress

who turned men into swine

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __                          Source: __ __ __ __ __

11.  A term from industry that refers to a process whereby rubber is strengthened and made more elastic comes from the name of the Roman god of the forge.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __                       Source: __ __ __ __ __ __

12.  A term for the study of the mind comes from the name of a goddess who was punished by Aphrodite in a fit of jealousy.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __      Source: __ __ __ __ __ __

13.  The end of a railroad or other transportation route has the identical name to the Roman god of boundaries and limits.

Word and Source: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

14.  A word meaning fatal or subject to death comes from the name of one of the three Roman Fates or goddess of destiny.

Word: __ __ __ __ __ __                          Source: __ __ __ __ __

15.  A book of maps and geographical information is called by the name of a mythical Greek giant who was said to carry the earth on his shoulders.

Word: __ __ __ __ __

16.  Harry Belafonte popularized this type of West Indian music that goes under a name derived from that of an enticing sea nymph depicted by Homer.

Word and Source: __ __ __ __ __ __ __

(Author unknown – was shared at NADE (National Association for Developmental Education) 1990

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-3a.

ETYMOLOGY

Look up the origins of the following words in a dictionary. Provide all of the information you can for each one such as the meaning of the word and the country in which it originated.

Words                         Meaning

                                      

1. Africa                      ______________________________________________________

2. Kangaroo                ______________________________________________________

3. Novi                        ______________________________________________________

4. Man                         ______________________________________________________

5. Jazz                         ______________________________________________________

6. Ketchup                  ______________________________________________________

7. Gorilla                     ______________________________________________________

8. Strategy                   ______________________________________________________

9. Whisky                    ______________________________________________________

10. Zero                       ______________________________________________________

CHAPTER TWO: EXERCISE 2-3b.

1. Think of three words developed as a result of technology.

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2. Think of three words that developed as a result of cultural, political, technological or

    other events:

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3. Think of three words that developed as a result of the Hip Hop culture.

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supplemental HANDOUT

FOR YOU LEXOPHILES: (LOVERS OF WORDS)
1. A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.
2. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway)
3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
6. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
7. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
8. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
9. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
10. Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.
11. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
12. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
13. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blown apart.
14. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
15. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN downunder.
16. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
17. Every calendar's days are numbered.
18. A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine.
19. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
20. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
21. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
22. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
23. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
24. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
25. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
26. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.
27. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
28. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
29. Acupuncture is a jab well done.
30. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat

supplemental vocabulary quiz

There is one supplemental vocabulary quiz for this chapter in the form of a crossword puzzle.

ANSWERS

Chapter TWO vocabulary QUIZ

Across

4              soothe

6              well paying

7              instructional

8              to steal and pass of as your own ideas and words

11           roundabout or indirect procedure

13           good fellowship among comrades

14           daily behavioral cycle

15           incapable of being expressed in words

16           chews

Down

1              a blunder or embarrassing mistake

2              hidden safe

3              stimulating

5              unpredictable

9              moderate

10           style of expression

12           very eager for food