How to teach A Farewell to Arms

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How to teach A Farewell to Arms

• A guide for new teachers

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Scaffolding and Front Loading

• Give background information on Hemingway, Ernest
  Hemingway Biography
• Give background information on World War I First
  World War.com - A multimedia history of World War
  One
• Give background on the Nobel Prize Nobelprize.org

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General Teaching Tips

• Emphasize in-class readings
• Reinforce period vocabulary
• Constant Reading checks ( weekly reading quizzes)
• Use discussion as a vehicle to debunk misreadings
  (Rinaldi is gay! or Henry just wants to get
  some!)

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Teacher Cheat Sheets (your kids do it, so why
shouldnt you?)

• ClassicNotes A Farewell to Arms Short Summary
• SparkNotes A Farewell to Arms
• A Farewell to Arms Summary Essays - A Farewell
  to Arms eNotes

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Key Themes/Discussion Topics

• Escapism (alcoholism, love, physical escape)
• Physical love vs. True love
• Hemingways code hero
• Injuries in war
• Pregnancy in a relationship

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Multimedia Lesson Ideas

• Ernest Hemingway multimedia biography Ernest
  Hemingway Reads -- Audio Samples _at_
  lostgeneration.com
• Ernest Hemingway the reader in his own voice
  IMS Ernest Hemingway, HarperAudio

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Multi-genre Tie-ins

• Poetry- Wilfred Owens war poems Wilfred Owen
  Multimedia Digital Archive
• Artwork- Renoir paintings related to the theme of
  love WebMuseum Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
• Visual Aids (good for transparencies) - NIE
  Online Lesson -- Fishing with Hemingway