Literature Study Guides for Every Grade!

This article is in collaboration with Progeny Press.

Progeny Press is a well-known company that offers literature study guides for lower elementary through high school. The study guides are designed to help students enjoy and understand the literature on a deeper level. These study guides cover many different topics and areas of literary analysis. Each guide covers the story’s background with a synopsis, pre-reading activities, vocabulary, comprehension and content questions, and literary and analysis questions. In addition, there is a complete and thorough answer key at the back of each guide.

Progeny Press offers their literature study guides in physical form, as a digital download, or on CD. The digital downloads or e-guides for grades four and up are also interactive. They open with Adobe Acrobat Reader so students can input their answers directly on the computer. The e-guides can also be printed so students can write directly on the paper. The digital downloads and CD guides can be used over and over and with multiple children in your household. 

What is Inside the Literature Study Guides

Students may read the entire book before beginning the literature study guides or read as they work through the guides. Each section is based on a certain number of chapters, so students must read those chapters before working on those pages. Most middle and high school level guides take eight to ten weeks to complete by completing one page daily, while the lower-level guides do not take quite as long. Students will earn one high school literature credit by completing four literature study guides in one year.

Progeny Press offers literature study guides on a wide variety of books. Searching their website is quite easy as Progeny press organized the literature guides by genre, theme, and grade level. Progeny Press offers many study guides to choose from, and parents can purchase the necessary book directly from them along with the study guides. Progeny Press’s literature study guides are written with a Christian focus and relate many different scenes and characters to scripture. In addition, there are plenty of questions to help students dig deeper into spiritual matters.

More About the Guides

The Homeschool Review Received their choice from these four guides: 

The Story About Ping – This e-guide is for Kindergarten through 2nd graders.  The Story About Ping is a classic picture book your student will enjoy! Students will learn vocabulary words, answer comprehension questions, look at the artwork in the book, and complete fun activities such as word searches and coloring pages.

Farmer Boy – This e-guide was written for grades 4-6. Farmer Boy is the second in the Little House on the Prairie book series. There are many extension projects and activities after each section in the guide, including cooking and crafts. 

The Last Battle – This e-guide is written for grades 5-8. The Last Battle is the seventh book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. This classic Christian fantasy story will teach students literary techniques, moral lessons, and character values.

Fellowship of the Ring – This e-guide is for high schoolers in grades 9-12. Fellowship of the Ring is the first book in the Lord of the Rings series. There are plenty of opportunities to dig deeper into this book through questions, analysis, and essays. 

If you’re looking for literature study guides, look no further. Progeny Press has just what you need for all ages.

Special thanks to Megan Russell from My Full Heart for writing this introductory article.