THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER WARMUP WHAT

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

WARM-UP • WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTICISM? WHAT ARE THE FIVE I’S? • LIST SEVERAL OF THE MAJOR GOTHIC LITERATURE MOTIFS • ROOTS MOTIONS

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER • WHAT IS AN ALBATROSS? • WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD MAKE SAILING DIFFICULT?

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER • WRITTEN BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WITH SOME ASSISTANCE FROM WILLIAM WORDSWORTH • CONTAINS ROMANTIC THEMES AND GOTHIC MOTIFS • MARY SHELLEY

FRANKENSTEIN • READ THE PASSAGE IN CHAPTER 5. WHY DID SHELLEY CHOOSE THIS QUOTE FOR THIS SECTION OF FRANKENSTEIN? WHAT MESSAGE IS SHE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE? • WHAT PREDICTIONS COULD YOU MAKE ABOUT THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER BASED ON THIS PASSAGE?

VIDEO ROLES • THE HECKLER • CONSTRUCTIVELY MOCK THE AUTHOR OR CHARACTERS IN THE STORY • THE ENCOURAGER • PRAISE THE AUTHOR’S OR CHARACTERS’ CHOICES • THE FORTUNE COOKIE • SAY SOMETHING WISE RELATED TO THE STORY—WHAT’S THEME? • THE GRANDMA/GRANDPA • MAKE A CONNECTION TO ART, HISTORY, LIFE, ETC. • “THIS REMINDS ME OF…”

FRANKENSTEIN • NOW THAT YOU’VE READ THE POEM, REEVALUATE WHY MARY SHELLEY CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR QUOTE FOR CHAPTER FIVE • HOW ARE THE MARINER AND VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN SIMILAR? • BASED ON HOW THE MARINER’S STORY ENDS, HOW DO YOU THINK VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN’S STORY MIGHT END?

PROMETHEUS • WHAT’S THE STORY OF PROMETHEUS? • HOW MIGHT HIS STORY CONNECT TO THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER? HOW MIGHT IT CONNECT TO FRANKENSTEIN?

CLOSURE • SUMMARIZE THE STORY OF THE POEM IN A COUPLE OF SENTENCES.