Redwall Study Guide - Crew Review

 

Disclaimer: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew.

For this review, I received a PDF digital download of the Redwall Study Guide from Progeny Press. This interactive study guide is written for grade levels 5-8. With the interactive file, 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, the teacher still grades 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 print these study guides so the pages are easily available as we work through the chapters.

Like all Progeny Press study guides, the Redwall Study Guide includes:

·         A concise synopsis of the book.

·         Information about the author.

·         Background information pertinent to the story.

·         Suggestions for pre-reading activities.

·         Vocabulary exercises for each section of reading.

·         Literary analysis and terminology questions designed to give students a good understanding of writing technique and how to use it.

·         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.

·         A complete answer key and suggestions for further reading.

As you can see from the image below, this study guide includes Book 1: The Wall, Book 2: The Quest, and Book 3: The Warrior. Our family reads one chapter each day, and then we complete one section each day, as we thoroughly study each aspect of the story.

Below is a picture of one vocabulary lesson.

Below is a picture of some questions within a lesson.

Below is a picture of digging deeper questions as well as optional activities within a lesson.

Redwall is an epic animal fantasy. It is the summer of the late rose in Mossflower Woods. As the animals gather at Redwall Abbey to feast in celebration of Abbot Mortimer’s Golden Jubilee, the dark clouds of war gather on the horizon. The evil, one-eyed rat, Cluny the Scourge, and his band of marauders have arrived in Mossflower country. Securing the church of St. Ninian’s as his base operations, Cluny seeks to conquer Redwall Abbey and take it as his own. Preparing the residents of Redwall to face this cruel rodent of legendary fame and his henchrats are Abbot Mortimer, the religious leader of the abbey; Constance, a fierce and battle-wise badger; and Matthias, an eager but clumsy and unsure mouse. Rising to a position of leadership, Matthias finds inspiration and encouragement in the tale of Martin the Warrior, in the wise counsel of Abbot Mortimer, in the battle skill of Constance the badger, and in the admiration of Cornflower, a young female mouse. The survival of Redwall Abbey will touch not only the inhabitants within its stronghold, but also the fate of hundreds of citizens living far beyond its walls.

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