Friday, December 4 day 3 of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Learning Targets: I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.

I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

I can evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.

In class: vocabulary quiz for "Rime" 2
              new vocabulary handout (copy below)
              class time time for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

For a sense of seas that the sailors experienced:
angry seas

1. sojourn -noun -a temporary stay; verb- to stay or reside temporarily

2.malady-noun -a disease or ailment.

3. ennui-  (noun)- boredom, feeling of listlessness or 

dissatisfaction

4. solace (noun)- comfort in a time of distress

5. cataleptic (adjective)-A condition characterized by lack of 

response to external stimuli and by muscular rigidity, so that the 

limbs remain in whatever position they are placed.


6. dirge (noun)- a mournful song or melody, often associated 

with funerals


7.  reveries- (noun)-daydreams



8. pinion (noun)- the outer part of a bird's wing including the 

flight feathers.

9. fortnight (noun)- two weeks



10. prolixity (noun)- the use of two many words to express an 

idea