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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway Unit PlanCommon Lit: Book Pairings: "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. In the years following World War I, a group of disillusioned expatriates travel from Paris to Spain to watch bullfighting and participate in the festivities. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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The Sun Also Rises: Concept Analysis

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Considering using The Sun Also Rises as a whole-class or book circle choice? Check out this overview and interesting interpretation of Hemingway's tale.
9th - 12th English Language Arts
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

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After reading Ernest Hemingway's well-known novel The Sun Also Rises, print these study questions for your class. There are 10 questions listed, and some require more than just basic recall. There are compare and contrast questions and...
10th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway: Study Guide - Mini Essays

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Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises revisits his time in Spain. After completing the novel with your class, consider adding some of these study questions or essay topics to your learners' final assessment. There are three study...
10th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

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In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on The Sun Also Rises. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
9th - 12th English Language Arts
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Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: “Talking” with Authors and Scholars

PBS
Film clips from the documentary Hemingway Ken Burns and Lynn Novick provide readers of The Sun Also Rises with the opportunity to hear what other writers and critics have to say about Hemingway's portrayal of the post-World War I Lost...
10 mins 7th - 12th English Language Arts
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New York Times: Books: Marital Tragedy: The Sun Also Rises

New York Times
This is a 1926 review of Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises, written in the year of its original publication.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

CommonLit
The Joad family leaves Oklahoma in search of work after their farm is destroyed by the Dust Bowl. They arrive in California only to find that fair jobs, food, and sympathy are scarce. Selected (9) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair...
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The Sun Also Rises Quiz

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In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
10th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

CommonLit
Celie is an African American woman living in Georgia in the early 20th century. She suffers decades of abuse as she struggles to find love and friendship in her life. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "The Color...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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The Nobel Prize: Ernest Hemingway Biographical

Nobel Media AB
Read about Ernest Hemmingway (1899-1961 CE), the author of such works as "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea," who was awarded with the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes a biography, resources for...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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