REMEMBER: VOCABULARY TEST IS THURSDAY, NOT FRIDAY
Note that if you were absent in Monday, either collect the graphic organizer we used for the images or write out the information for the assignment and send along. The images accompanying the graphic organizer are on the blog for Monday, December 8. This is a graded assignment. If it is not completed, you will receive a zero.
Note that if you were absent in Monday, either collect the graphic organizer we used for the images or write out the information for the assignment and send along. The images accompanying the graphic organizer are on the blog for Monday, December 8. This is a graded assignment. If it is not completed, you will receive a zero.
Learning targets: 1) I can read, annotate, and analyze informational texts on topics related to diverse and non-traditional cultures and viewpoints.
2) I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative connotative, and technical meanings; and analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
3) I can determine two or more 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 provide a complex analysis and an objective summary of the text.
In class: Vocabulary review for tomorrow's quiz.
In class: we will continue with assigned stanzas, beginning with number 22. Practice, making sure you are comfortable with all the pronunciations and word meanings.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You will find below a copy of yesterday's review of the literary elements of character, setting and theme.
In what genre are we working? poetry
Setting:
Character List
Ancient Mariner
The poem's protagonist. He is unnaturally old, with skinny, deeply-tanned limbs and a "glittering eye." He sets sail from his native country with two hundred other men who are all saved from a strange, icy patch of ocean when they are kind to an Albatross that lives there. Impulsively and inexplicably, he shoots the Albatross with his crossbow and is punished for his crime by a spirit who loved the Albatross. He is cursed to be haunted indefinitely by his dead shipmates, and to be compelled to tell the tale of his downfall at random times. Each time he is compelled to share his story with someone, he feels a physical agony that is abated only temporarily once he finishes telling the tale.
Wedding Guest
One of three people on their way to a wedding reception; he is next of kin to the bridegroom. The Ancient Mariner stops him, and despite his protests compels him to sit and listen to the entirety of his story. He is afraid of the Ancient Mariner and yearns to join the merriment of the wedding celebration, but after he hears the Ancient Mariner's story, he becomes both "sadder and...wiser."
The Sailors
Two hundred seamen who set sail with the Ancient Mariner one clear, sunny day.
Albatross
A great, white sea bird that presumably saves the sailors from the icy world.
Death
Embodied in a hulking form on the ghost ship. He loses at dice to Life-in-Death, who gets to claim the Ancient Mariner's soul; instead, Death wins the two hundred sailors.
The Night-mare Life-in-Death
Embodied in a beautiful, naked, ghostly woman with golden hair and red lips. She wins at dice over Death and gets to claim the Ancient Mariner's soul, condemning him to a limbo-like living death.
Pilot
The captain of the small boat that rows out to the Ancient Mariner's ship. He loses his mind when the Ancient Mariner abruptly comes to life and begins to row his boat.
Pilot's Boy
The assistant to the Pilot; he rows the small boat. He loses his mind when the Ancient Mariner, whom he thinks is dead, abruptly comes to life and takes the oars from him.
Hermit
A recluse who prays three times a day and lives in communion with nature in the woods.
First Voice
One of two voices presumably belonging to a spirit. The Ancient Mariner hears the First Voice after he is knocked unconscious when the ship jolts forward.
Second Voice
The second of two voices presumably belonging to a spirit. The Second Voice is softer than the First Voice-"as soft as honey-dew"-and more knowledgeable. He explains to the First Voice that the Ancient Mariner will pay for his crime much more dearly than he already has.
Major Themes
The Natural World: The Physical
While it can be beautiful and frightening (often simultaneously), the natural world's power in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is unquestionable.
The Spiritual World: The Metaphysical
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" occurs in the natural, physical world-the land and ocean. However, the work has popularly been interpreted as an allegory of man's connection to the spiritual, metaphysical world.
Liminality
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" typifies the Romantic fascination with liminal spaces. A liminal space is defined as a place on the edge of a realm or between two realms, whether a forest and a field, or reason and imagination.
Imprisonment
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is in many ways a portrait of imprisonment and its inherent loneliness and torment.
Retribution
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a tale of retribution, since the Ancient Mariner spends most of the poem paying for his one, impulsive error of killing the Albatross.
REMEMBER: VOCABULARY TEST IS THURSDAY, NOT FRIDAY
Note that if you were absent yesterday, either collect the graphic organizer we used for the images or write out the information for the assignment and send along. The images accompanying the graphic organizer are on the blog for Monday, December 8. This is a graded assignment. If it is not completed, you will receive a zero.
Note that if you were absent yesterday, either collect the graphic organizer we used for the images or write out the information for the assignment and send along. The images accompanying the graphic organizer are on the blog for Monday, December 8. This is a graded assignment. If it is not completed, you will receive a zero.
Learning targets: 1) I can read, annotate, and analyze informational texts on topics related to diverse and non-traditional cultures and viewpoints.
2) I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative connotative, and technical meanings; and analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
3) I can determine two or more 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 provide a complex analysis and an objective summary of the text.
In class: literary elements background information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. (class handout / copy below)
Beginning class reading: assigned stanzas. (copy of poem with graphic organizer)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In class: reviewing the Romanticism introduction material. Setting the stage for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Review of the literary elements of character, setting and theme.
In what genre are we working? poetry
Setting:
Character List
Ancient Mariner
The poem's protagonist. He is unnaturally old, with skinny, deeply-tanned limbs and a "glittering eye." He sets sail from his native country with two hundred other men who are all saved from a strange, icy patch of ocean when they are kind to an Albatross that lives there. Impulsively and inexplicably, he shoots the Albatross with his crossbow and is punished for his crime by a spirit who loved the Albatross. He is cursed to be haunted indefinitely by his dead shipmates, and to be compelled to tell the tale of his downfall at random times. Each time he is compelled to share his story with someone, he feels a physical agony that is abated only temporarily once he finishes telling the tale.
Wedding Guest
One of three people on their way to a wedding reception; he is next of kin to the bridegroom. The Ancient Mariner stops him, and despite his protests compels him to sit and listen to the entirety of his story. He is afraid of the Ancient Mariner and yearns to join the merriment of the wedding celebration, but after he hears the Ancient Mariner's story, he becomes both "sadder and...wiser."
The Sailors
Two hundred seamen who set sail with the Ancient Mariner one clear, sunny day.
Albatross
A great, white sea bird that presumably saves the sailors from the icy world.
Death
Embodied in a hulking form on the ghost ship. He loses at dice to Life-in-Death, who gets to claim the Ancient Mariner's soul; instead, Death wins the two hundred sailors.
The Night-mare Life-in-Death
Embodied in a beautiful, naked, ghostly woman with golden hair and red lips. She wins at dice over Death and gets to claim the Ancient Mariner's soul, condemning him to a limbo-like living death.
Pilot
The captain of the small boat that rows out to the Ancient Mariner's ship. He loses his mind when the Ancient Mariner abruptly comes to life and begins to row his boat.
Pilot's Boy
The assistant to the Pilot; he rows the small boat. He loses his mind when the Ancient Mariner, whom he thinks is dead, abruptly comes to life and takes the oars from him.
Hermit
A recluse who prays three times a day and lives in communion with nature in the woods.
First Voice
One of two voices presumably belonging to a spirit. The Ancient Mariner hears the First Voice after he is knocked unconscious when the ship jolts forward.
Second Voice
The second of two voices presumably belonging to a spirit. The Second Voice is softer than the First Voice-"as soft as honey-dew"-and more knowledgeable. He explains to the First Voice that the Ancient Mariner will pay for his crime much more dearly than he already has.
Major Themes
The Natural World: The Physical
While it can be beautiful and frightening (often simultaneously), the natural world's power in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is unquestionable.
The Spiritual World: The Metaphysical
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" occurs in the natural, physical world-the land and ocean. However, the work has popularly been interpreted as an allegory of man's connection to the spiritual, metaphysical world.
Liminality
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" typifies the Romantic fascination with liminal spaces. A liminal space is defined as a place on the edge of a realm or between two realms, whether a forest and a field, or reason and imagination.
Imprisonment
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is in many ways a portrait of imprisonment and its inherent loneliness and torment.
Retribution
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a tale of retribution, since the Ancient Mariner spends most of the poem paying for his one, impulsive error of killing the Albatross.
REMEMBER: VOCABULARY TEST IS THURSDAY, NOT FRIDAY
Note that if you were absent on Monday, either collect the graphic organizer we used for the images or write out the information for the assignment and send along. The images accompanying the graphic organizer are on the blog for Monday, December 8. This is a graded assignment. If it is not completed, you will receive a zero.
Note that if you were absent on Monday, either collect the graphic organizer we used for the images or write out the information for the assignment and send along. The images accompanying the graphic organizer are on the blog for Monday, December 8. This is a graded assignment. If it is not completed, you will receive a zero.
Learning targets: 1) I can read, annotate, and analyze informational texts on topics related to diverse and non-traditional cultures and viewpoints.
2) I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative connotative, and technical meanings; and analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
3) I can determine two or more 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 provide a complex analysis and an objective summary of the text.
In class: we are continuing with reading The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, beginning with stanza 21, part 2. Again I will assign stanzas. Practice yours and make sure you are comfortable with pronouncing all the words. Raise your hand, if you are struggling.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In class: reviewing the Romanticism introduction material. Setting the stage for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Review of the literary elements of character, setting and theme.
In what genre are we working? poetry
Setting:
Character List
Ancient Mariner
The poem's protagonist. He is unnaturally old, with skinny, deeply-tanned limbs and a "glittering eye." He sets sail from his native country with two hundred other men who are all saved from a strange, icy patch of ocean when they are kind to an Albatross that lives there. Impulsively and inexplicably, he shoots the Albatross with his crossbow and is punished for his crime by a spirit who loved the Albatross. He is cursed to be haunted indefinitely by his dead shipmates, and to be compelled to tell the tale of his downfall at random times. Each time he is compelled to share his story with someone, he feels a physical agony that is abated only temporarily once he finishes telling the tale.
Wedding Guest
One of three people on their way to a wedding reception; he is next of kin to the bridegroom. The Ancient Mariner stops him, and despite his protests compels him to sit and listen to the entirety of his story. He is afraid of the Ancient Mariner and yearns to join the merriment of the wedding celebration, but after he hears the Ancient Mariner's story, he becomes both "sadder and...wiser."
The Sailors
Two hundred seamen who set sail with the Ancient Mariner one clear, sunny day.
Albatross
A great, white sea bird that presumably saves the sailors from the icy world.
Death
Embodied in a hulking form on the ghost ship. He loses at dice to Life-in-Death, who gets to claim the Ancient Mariner's soul; instead, Death wins the two hundred sailors.
The Night-mare Life-in-Death
Embodied in a beautiful, naked, ghostly woman with golden hair and red lips. She wins at dice over Death and gets to claim the Ancient Mariner's soul, condemning him to a limbo-like living death.
Pilot
The captain of the small boat that rows out to the Ancient Mariner's ship. He loses his mind when the Ancient Mariner abruptly comes to life and begins to row his boat.
Pilot's Boy
The assistant to the Pilot; he rows the small boat. He loses his mind when the Ancient Mariner, whom he thinks is dead, abruptly comes to life and takes the oars from him.
Hermit
A recluse who prays three times a day and lives in communion with nature in the woods.
First Voice
One of two voices presumably belonging to a spirit. The Ancient Mariner hears the First Voice after he is knocked unconscious when the ship jolts forward.
Second Voice
The second of two voices presumably belonging to a spirit. The Second Voice is softer than the First Voice-"as soft as honey-dew"-and more knowledgeable. He explains to the First Voice that the Ancient Mariner will pay for his crime much more dearly than he already has.
Major Themes
The Natural World: The Physical
While it can be beautiful and frightening (often simultaneously), the natural world's power in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is unquestionable.
The Spiritual World: The Metaphysical
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" occurs in the natural, physical world-the land and ocean. However, the work has popularly been interpreted as an allegory of man's connection to the spiritual, metaphysical world.
Liminality
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" typifies the Romantic fascination with liminal spaces. A liminal space is defined as a place on the edge of a realm or between two realms, whether a forest and a field, or reason and imagination.
Imprisonment
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is in many ways a portrait of imprisonment and its inherent loneliness and torment.
Retribution
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a tale of retribution, since the Ancient Mariner spends most of the poem paying for his one, impulsive error of killing the Albatross.
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