The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Friday 4th May - HW

This is the first section of a longer writing task that you are going to complete over this half term.

Task:  Create a 'Captain's Log' for the ship in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Every ship is supposed to have a log book, which is filled in every day by the captain. If he dies, the next senior officer fills it in (usually the First Mate).

You are going to write a series of entries for the log of the ship in the poem.

—This should be written in the first person.  For part of the voyage, these will be written by the captain; after all the other men die only the ancient mariner is left to fill it in.

—Decide on appropriate dates (the mariner's tale was supposed to be thought of as already very old when the poem was published: it should be no later than about 1700; other clues to the date are the light-house and the mariner's crossbow).

—If you wish you can make the log look old by staining the pages, by your handwriting and spelling.

—Use quotations and words from the poem in your entries.

—Be as descriptive as possible – appeal to the senses (what does it look/sound/feel/taste/sound like to be becalmed at sea?).

After we have studied each section, you will be asked to write the entry for the log that describes what happened in that section.

HW: Write Entry 1 & 2(based on what happens in Parts 1 & 2 of the poem).