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Site Cover: Introduction
 | Study Guide: Questions and research topics
for each part of the novel.
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| Assignments: Suggestions to teachers about
ways to assign the study questions and the research questions |
| Feedback: A poll of site visitors about further
development of this website--priorities and features. |
| Development Plan: Six phases planned
for making a most useful website |
| Modules: Objectives and activities beyond the
study guide questions and research topics on what makes good quiz responses
and good research writing and analytical essays.
 | Reading the Novel: Here are 14 objectives
with 6 tasks each that range from simpler information, interpretation,
competency, and model-building tasks to more complex
"transfer" and "research" tasks. The focus is
on making inferences, figuring things out solo and with discussion, as
well as answering multiple-choice and open-ended questions. |
| Researching Background for the Novel: Here
are 14 more objectives with 6 tasks each that range from simpler
information, interpretation, competency, and model-building tasks to
more complex "transfer" and "research" tasks.
The focus is on doing and reporting research that collectively
represents a cultural study of a fictional work.
 | Sample 1: Student Rosa Broach
writes about the U.S. entry into the war (part of research topic W),
making a competent demonstration of one format. Her abstract
is on this page.
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| Sample 2: Student Maureen Torkos
demonstrates fair use and skilled use of source material as she
sorts out the biographical facts from the fictional account of Lt.
Henry's wounding. This page contains a link to a handbook
portion online about quoting and paraphrasing.
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| Writing a Literary Analysis Essay for AFTA:
Here are more objectives with 6 tasks each that range from simpler
information, interpretation, competency, and model-building tasks to
more complex "transfer" and "research" tasks.
The focus is on what makes reasonable literary analysis. Materials
are included to assist students with amassing sufficient evidence to
assemble and support their thesis for writing their definitive essay
about A Farewell to Arms. These include lists of passages
on various themes:
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| Sitemap: This outline of the website (You are here.) |
| Literary Criticism on A Farewell to Arms
summarized in a webliography
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