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through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not
required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
For this review, we received pdf digital downloads of the
Little Women Study Guide with answer key, as well as the
Animal Farm Study Guide with answer key from
Progeny Press. These interactive study
guides are written for grade levels 9-12. With the interactive files, students
have the capability of entering their answers directly on the computer and
saving their work in progress. The interactive file does not automatically
grade the student’s work, teacher’s still grade their work right from the
computer and can leave comments or notes within the file. You may also print
off the study guide, purchase of the study guide entitles an individual teacher
to reproduce pages for use in the classroom or homeschool. Multiple teachers
may not reproduce pages from the same study guide. I usually purchase the
booklets for my girls, so I printed out the study guide as we worked through
the chapters.
Like all Progeny Press study guides, the Little Women Study
Guide and Animal Farm Study Guide include:
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A concise synopsis of the book.
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Information about the author.
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Background information pertinent to the story.
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Suggestions for pre-reading activities.
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Vocabulary exercises for each section of
reading.
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Literary analysis and terminology questions
designed to give students a good understanding of writing technique and how to
use it.
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Critical analysis questions designed to help
students consider and analyze the intellectual, moral, and spiritual issues in
the literature and weigh them with reference to Scripture.
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A complete answer key and suggestions for
further reading.
Below is a picture of one vocabulary lesson.
Below is a picture of some questions within a lesson.
Below is a picture of some spiritual questions within a
lesson.
Below is a picture of some optional activities within a
lesson.
As you can see from the images above, these lessons
coordinate with chapters 5-9. Our family reads one chapter each day, and then
we complete one section each day, as we thoroughly study of each piece of
literature. Here is a glimpse of our 4-day lesson plan:
Week 3 Day 1 – Read Chapter 5
Week 3 Day 2 – Read Chapter 6
Week 3 Day 3 – Read Chapter 7
Week 3 Day 4 – Read Chapter 8
Week 4 Day 1 – Read Chapter 9
Week 4 Day 2 – Complete Vocabulary
Week 4 Day 3 – Complete Questions
Week 4 Day 4 – Complete Dig Deeper
Little Women is a timeless tale of the four young
March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy – who grow to maturity in their mother’s
tender but strong and loving care. As different in personality as they are
unified in their devotion to each other, the girls vow to support their beloved
mother by behaving their best while Father is away serving in the American
Civil War. Literary-minded tomboy Jo develops a fast friendship with the boy
next door, and pretty Meg, the eldest, finds true love. Affectionate but frail
Beth fills the house with music, and little Amy, the youngest, seeks beauty
with all the longing of an artist’s soul. Although poor in material wealth, the
family possesses an abundance of love, friendship, and imaginative gifts that
have captivated readers for 150 years.
Animal Farm is about a farm that is taken over by its
overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans,
they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. The stage
is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned that records the
evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism, just as
terrible.
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