1. http://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/2772370/doodling-rime-of-the- ancient-mariner-mp4?from=resource_image Have you ever done something you regret? Did you tell anyone about it? Why or why not? (answer this question IN YOUR HEAD).

2. Just listen…and doodle… talking amongst yourselves will be swiftly addressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGH4p4z4s5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aa1Fj9pPYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp7q6o7Z3rw Now reread the section you just heard. Stop to define words you do not know. Use the help provided in the text. Add to your doodle if you choose.

3. Part I – content questions (answer on separate paper, please. All questions will be collected at the END of the poem. 1. What power enables the Mariner to stop the wedding guest in his tracks? 2. Why should it matter that the man stopped was on his way to a wedding? 3. How is the Albatross characterized when it first appears? 4. How do the mariners treat the Albatross?

4. Part II Content questions 1. Why does the Mariner shoot the Albatross? 2. How do his shipmates respond? 3. What happens as a result of the Mariner shooting the Albatross?

5. Part III Content questions 1.What is the ship that approaches and who are its crew? 2.What do you make of the “breeze” that blows through the poem—i.e. that at certain points the Mariner’s ship is calmed or takes sail on its own?

6. Part IV Content questions 1.How are the sea-snakes characterized? 2.What prompts the Mariner later to bless the sea-snakes unawares? 3.Why does the Albatross then fall from his neck?

7. Parts V-VII 1.How does the Mariner get home again? 2. How is he saved? 3.Why must the Mariner continue with his penance—why must he repeat his tale to everyone he can fix with his gaze?

8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Iron Maiden https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=u2xV3_U4mBA