The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Comprehensive Guide for A Level AQA B (first teaching 2015)

Set text for:
  • AQA B A Level

Delve deep into the physical and spiritual voyage that is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Stanza-by-stanza analysis comprehensively covers language, structure and form, while whole-text study ensures full understanding of the poems’ crime-writing genre, evocative themes, and illuminating historical and literary contexts.

An excellent comprehensive guide perfectly matched to the spec – a gift for teachers!...

...It meets the requirements of the Assessment Objectives in an 'easy to understand' way, enabling success in the exam

C Hornby, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (1st edition)
Engage your students! Throughout:
  • Close reading tasks
  • Research questions
  • Creative activities
The pack tackles the key stages of text analysis:

  1. Walk-through
    Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each stanza
  2. Drawing it all together
    In-depth discussion of whole text focuses on: characterisation, relationships, genre, themes, language, form, structure, context
  3. Indicative content
    Supports teaching by ensuring all key areas are covered

Plus! Includes a full recording of the poem.

What do teachers say about this resource? (8216)

Overall I think this is a really valuable resource. It is clearly directed at the aims of the specification and the assessment objectives, which require an understanding of the aspects of narrative but it also offers relevant background contextual material, which serves to reinforce the importance of the aspects of narrative in terms of what Coleridge was trying to achieve.

S Lewis, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (1st edition)

An excellent comprehensive guide perfectly matched to the spec – a gift for teachers! It meets the requirements of the Assessment Objectives in an 'easy to understand' way, enabling success in the exam... Thank you for making my life easier!

C Hornby, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (1st edition)

Extremely detailed and it would be an excellent purchase for any teacher... I really liked the very detailed information on the gloss and the translation/analysis that is specifically linked to each section and line. VERY helpful and easy to follow for a teacher and a student. I really liked the metaphysical map for the poem [and] the detailed glossary information... Perhaps one of the most comprehensive study guides on this text that I have seen... A must for any new teacher to this text! It would save them hours of personal research.

J Sallabank, Teacher & Peer Reviewer