Moffats Teacher Study Guide

Literature Guides
Memoria Press study guides for classic stories

Teaching children to become active readers ...

Children who are asked to read slightly above their Memoria Press reading program for grades 2-7 continues the development of reading skills through the selections listed above. Reading is not a passive activity for pleasure. Reading requires an active, discriminating mind that is challenged to think, compare, and contrast. Students who have been challenged by good literature will never be satisfied with the poor-quality books that are so readily available today.

Memoria Press literature study guides train students to become active readers. The guides focus on vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, and composition skills. Words to pronounce and spell prepare students for each chapter and words to define build vocabulary. Comprehension questions teach students to think about what they have read and to learn to identify the important content of each story. Comprehension questions also teach students the advanced skill of composing a clear, concise answer to a question, a difficult skill at any age. Writing is thinking, and good questioning stimulates the child to think and to write.

Memoria Press Guides contain:
- Pronounce & Spell
- Vocabulary
- Quotations
- Facts to Know
- Comprehension Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Character Studies
- Illustrate & Color
- Noticing Details
- Language Lessons
- Life Lessons
- Composition
- Scripture