1. DO NOW! (read from “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coldridge)
There passed a weary time. Each throat Was parched, and glazed each eye. A weary time! A weary time! How glazed each weary eye, When looking westward, I beheld A something in the sky. At first it seemed a little speck, And then it seemed a mist; It moved and moved, and took at last A certain shape, I wist. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared and neared: As if it dodged a water sprite, It plunged and tacked and veered. With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drouth all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail! a sail! Agape they heard me call: Gramercy! they for joy did grin, And all at once their breath drew in, As they were drinking all.
See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more! Hither to work us weal; Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel! The western wave was all aflame. The day was well nigh done! Almost upon the western wave Rested the broad bright sun; When that strange shape drove suddenly Betwixt us and the sun. And straight the sun was flecked with bars, (Heaven’s mother send us grace!) As if through a dungeon grate he peered With broad and burning face. Alas! (thought I, and my heart beat loud) How fast she nears and nears! Are those her sails that glance in the sun, Like restless gossameres? Are those her ribs through which the sun Did peer, as through a grate? And is that woman all her crew? Is that a Death? and are there two? Is Death that woman’s mate?
Please respond to the following:
Which of the given options is the best evidence for the claim that the narrator and his shipmates have been at sea for a long time?
The repeated mention of the sun’s relative position in the sky.
None of these.
The use of archaic diction.
The repetition of “weary” in the opening stanzas.
2. The use of nautical language, like “tacked and veered,” and “killed,” is used to suggest that the narrator is:
the ships medic
a sailor
the ships captain
speaking from beyond the grave
3. Introducing the figure of LIFE-IN-DEATH, as far-off “speck” the author ______________.
begins the passage in media res
creates dramatic irony
builds narrative tension
None of these
9-15-AP

2. LEARNING TARGET LEARNING TARGET
I WILL determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings.

3. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
I must learn to analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, such as how language evokes a sense of time and place, and how it communicates an informal or formal tone.

4. TASK COMPLETE ORAL PRESENTATIONS OF 3 PARAGRAPHS, 15 POINTS
(DON’T FORGET TO SUBMIT WORK)

5. HOMEWORK PROJECT
COMPLETE WORD WALL BY NEXT FRIDAY USING “THE OUTSIDERS” AND “THE JUNGLE”
YOU MUST HAVE IN YOUR SPIRAL: THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD, AND CITE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT.