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Do you know what Progeny Press does well? They make study guides for books. The goal? To help children/teens think critically, with a faith emphasis, about the books they are reading. This saves homeschooling parents so much time! They do all the work for and it’s great! Progeny Press’s Frankenstein E-guide helps your high school student dig deeper into this classic work
The Details about the Frankenstein E-guide
You will receive a 79 page downloadable file that you have one year to download. Within the pages of the guide you will discover information about the author, pre-reading activities, note to the instructor, a brief synopsis of the book studied, background information as well as study question. These study questions cover vocabulary, various literary techniques and discussion questions. The PDF e-guide can be editted or printed off depending on what works best for your student. It sells for $21.99
So what do you get from Progeny Press?
I love all the before you get the the study material. It’s fantastic to have a biography of author, as well as historical information and more. It all helps to get the most out of a study don’t you find?
I also love that the PDF’s are fully editable. How fantastic for a student to simply fill it out online negating the need to print it off. In our house, anything over 30ish pages means we send it out for printing (old printer) … and not having to have that expense is wonderful!
Specific Elements
I also have never thought about doing pre-study, studies. Seeing some of the warm-up options encourages me to try these with some of the books I have planned for my lad this year.
Each lesson contains vocabulary lessons. I appreciate that these vocabulary lessons aren’t the same lesson to lesson. Sometimes they look at a word in context, other times fill-in-the-blanks, and yet others something like the synonym study below.
As you progress thru Progeny Press’s Frankenstein e-guide you will discover various literary techniques. Some of these techniques are : In context, dictionary, characterization, allusion, foreshadowing, adjectives, Gothic novel, versimilitude, compare/contrast, metaphor, and contrivance. Many other techniques are studied as well. I’m amazed at just how much they cover and I think you will be too!
Digging Deeper
Plenty of opportunities are provided for students to dig deeper and think deeper about what they are reading. Frequently students are encouraged to add faith into the mix. In the introduction, instructors are encouraged to have a thesaurus, bible concordance, dictionary and Bible easily at hand. In this manner, students are encouraged to apply their worldview to the materials they interact with.
You know what’s rather nice? Essay options! It’s hard to come up with an essay topic on a book study (been there, done that). It’s tough. Progeny Press takes that pressure away by providing several options for students to choose from. They can discuss critique Shelley’s writing style, or consider the moral framework of the book, or even write about what Frankenstein offers current biologists! More than 10 essay topics are provided.
Answer Key
The answer key is provided under separate file for Progeny Press’s Frankenstein E-guide. This means you can either provide it to your students for self-correcting, or use it to keep answers private until after grading.
As your students study Frankenstein they will be able to further discuss moral issues and deepen their character and what they value. Issues/values such as motivation, pride, friendship, guit, ambition, revenge and more.
The wide variety of activities and writing assignments will provide motivation and prevent boredom. You will find a well-written study including drama, research and discussion.
Since having a Christian worldview is important to Progeny Press authors, you will find it present throughout the e-guide. I appreciate the extra depth added to the literature study.
What do I think of Progeny Press’s Frankenstein E-guide?
Well done. After reviewing Progeny Press’s Frankenstein E-guide I’m thinking to add it to my son’s Language Arts program (which I’m currently in process of developing) for this coming January. I love the variety in questions and discussions, and I find the options for essays varied. My son would easily to be to take a couple of the topics and write up a three page essay for me. If he really liked it I’d have no problem rounding out his senior year of study with a good number of them.
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