The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. The Look of the Ship

Find a picture, drawing, or painting of the kind of ship you think the Mariner is sailing on. Explain why you think the Mariner is on such a ship.

2. Map of the Mariner's Journey

Draw a rough map of where you think the Mariner travels over the course of the poem. Be sure to label important locations.

3. Rescued Sailor

Imagine you are a reporter in the early 19th century and happen to be...
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