The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Sonnets

Ms. Nancy Himel, teacher from LA School District, and her class studiied “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and then she invited them to capture the tale in fourteen words, ending in a rhymed couplet! First, Ms. Himel wrote a sample lazy  sonnet then invited her students to draft their own.  Below is the lazy sonnet she shared with her students. Click   Nancy Himel’s Class to see samples of her students’ work.

Mariner
shoots.
Albatross
dies.

Storms
blow.
Crew
dies.

Mariner
prays.
Penance
granted:

Hoary
story.

by Nancy Himel