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Tuesday - Wednesday, February 12-13, 2013 Mr. Briggs Classes English IV Slide 2 Objective Review your Reflective Essays. Begin reading and discussing the ballad The Rime of The Ancient Mariner. Focus on the literary ballad. Slide 3 Tuesdays Homework None except finish the handout on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner if not finished in class. The handout is due on Wednesday. Make sure to do your own work individual work only Slide 4 Wednesdays Homework The Rime of The Ancient Mariner Reread Part 1 and 2 answer questions on handout. (Read pages 578-586) Answer questions 1-11 on page 606 Label papers Mariner Pt. 1 Youll need to carefully read this poem as you will have an exam on it on Thursday. Due Thursday Slide 5 Literary Ballad Songlike poem tells a story Narrative that blends real and supernatural events Uses simple language, repetition, rhythm, and rhyme. Tuesday Slide 6 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Uses archaic words, even from the time period of Coleridge. The poet wanted to write the poem in the style of Middle English. The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere Collaboration with Wordsworth (1797-1798) Supernatural characters and events Tuesday Slide 7 Parts 1 and 2 (578-586) Read each stanza and interpret the meaning Keep a writing journal - 20 stanzas in Part One - 14 stanzas in Part Two Tuesday Slide 8 Wednesday Parts III - VII Review - discuss Parts I - II Read the rest of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Pages 586 602 Answer questions 1-11 on page 606 (individual work only) Headphone OK Slide 9 Thursday Quiz 33 Points You must work independently and quietly Please dont be disruptive or loose everything Label papers The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Quiz Book, Notes, cell phones (or computers) ok. Slide 10 Write questions and answer completely 1. Whats the purpose of the Argument? 2. What narrative elements are presented (lines 1-8)? 3. (9-16) Describe the mariner. Use specific descriptions from the text. 4. (22-24) What is the Mariner explaining here? 5. (31-36) Why does the poet interrupt the Mariners story here? 6. Why is repetition used in lines 20 and 40? Purpose? 7. (45-49) To what does the poet compare the ship as it is caught up in the stormy blast? 8. (79-82) Why does the Mariner shoot the albatross? Slide 11 9. (93-102) Why does the crew change their opinion of the Mariner? 10. (119-122) Why do you think these lines have become so popular? 11. (141-142) How is Albatross used as an idiom?