The Hobbit Study Guide
Study Guide for The Hobbit
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to The Hobbit for 6th-8th graders. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips.
The study guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story.
Total Language Plus study guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum.
Barbara's Notes: A classic tale of good and evil, this prelude to The Lord of the Rings treats readers to a rich, imaginative world. Excellent! (Grades 6, 7, 8)
About the book: The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Bilbo wants to be left alone in quiet comfort, but the wizard Gandalf has other ideas. Can Bilbo survive orcs and a dragon? Will he return to the peaceful shire?
Book Summary — 305 pages
Book Category — Classic, fantasy
Theme — Courage
Setting — Middle Earth
Novel Study Highlights — 7 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Difficult
Critical Thinking — Medium to Difficult
Biblical Focus — Greed and wickedness
Related Studies — Mining, riddles, poetry, military, forest fires, insects
