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Progeny Press has available study guides to accompany some of the greatest classic children's story books and classic novels for elementary through high school. I had the privilege of being able to look over two E-Guide's. The first E-Guide The Story About Ping Study Guide is for K-2nd Grade. The second E-Guide that I got to read through was The Fellowship of the Ring Study Guide for grades 9-12. Along with the study guides you are also able to purchase the books on the Progeny Press site. There are three options for obtaining the study guide: a physical workbook, a CD, or an E-Guide. For this review I received the E-Guides via email which contained a downloadable PDF files. The PDF format is universally compatible with both Windows and Mac. After purchase you have immediate access to the file. It is important to note that digital copies are available in your Progeny Press account for one year after purchase. It is very important that you download and save a copy of your digital download on your computer for future us and permanent storage. Purchasers are able to use the guide with multiple students within a family or even a class. Progeny Press offers free technical support if you have problems downloading your E-Guide. Progeny Press offers study guides for all grade levels.
A Bit About the Study Guides:
- To properly work through the guides students should have a dictionary, a thesaurus, a Bible, supervised access to the Internet, access to encyclopedias.
- Middle and High School guides on average take 8 to 10 weeks to complete
- For high school students, one study guides equals 1/4 credit
The Story About PinG Study Guide
Progeny Press also has a Pinterest board with many fun activities to go along with The Story About Ping.
The Story About Ping was first published in 1933 and has remained a classic children's book for generations. Ping lives on the Yangtze River in China with his mother, father, sisters, brother, aunts, uncles, and lots of cousins. At the end of the day the last duck to get back on the boat got a spank on the back. Pink always made sure not to be last. One evening Ping was so busy that he did not hear the call to line up and knew that he would surely be last. He did not want a spank so he decided to hide. In the morning when he awoke he could not find his family or his boat. Ping saw birds with metal rings around their necks so they could not swallow fish that they carried to their master. Ping saw pieces of rice cake and ate them which led him to a boy tied to barrel in the water. The boy snatched Ping and Ping QUACKED in fear!...
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Even though The Story About Ping was written in 1933 the illustrations
are timeless.
After a bit of digging I found that the author while writing Angus the Duck
became interested in ducks. She wanted to learn more about the
Peking duck. Having never traveled to China she worked with a
gentleman by the name of Kurt Wiese. Wiese had lived in China so
was able to give Marjorie the knowledge that he had for
her to write The Story About Ping. Kurt Wiese would
illustrate the story for the book.
The Answer Key says, "Ping's parents and aunts and uncles and cousins
all demonstrated that it is best to obey the boat master and return to the boat.
I really like Progeny Press's position on students answers.
A fun craft found on Pinterest.
An interesting quote from Marjorie Flack,
“As far back as I remember, pictures were always an important part of my life…
For every picture there would be a story, even before I could write.”
The Fellowship of the Ring
An interesting bit of information about The Fellowship of the Ring. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings as one book. Due to economic reasons the publisher divided the book into three; The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
What The Fellowship of the Ring is About.
"A successful 'fairy-story' set in a 'secondary world' - that is,
a fictional setting that nonetheless commands the belief of both reader
and writer - feels 'true' because fantasy ' is a natural human activity'
and remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our
derivative mode, because we are made - and not only made,
but made in the image and likeness of a Maker."
WOW!
In My Personal Opinion
Maps are important to the book.
A section in Optional Activities on poetry in The Fellowship of the Rings
gives your student a great look into the poetry that is woven into the story
and throughout The Lord of the Rings.
Optional Activities
There are so many great activities to further enrich your students experience reading Fellowship of the Ring. There are multiple vocabulary sections using various applications. Students can give an oral reading of Bilbo's poem in Chapter 2. It starts, "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them..." A section explaining DRAMATIC STRUCTURE is explained. The five-part dramatic structure is defined. The student is asked to fill in portions of an outline as well as characterization responses for Lord of the Ring characters. There is also a list of essay suggestions. This is only a few of the optional activities for Fellowship of the Ring.
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