Review: Memoria Press

I love the opportunity to review amazing products with the Homeschool Review Crew, and anytime I review a product from Memoria Press, I am pretty confident it will be great. And this one was no exception. The Sixth Grade Literature Guide Set is another simply remarkable inclusion into our homeschool curriculum. 

These are Literature Study Guides which can train students to become active readers. Students read a selection from the book and then follow it up with a series of questions covering the novel. It is designed that it could be read by the child solo or with a parent reading it with them.

Here's what we received in the mail from Memoria Press:

Four different Student Study Guides and Teacher Guides: 
Adam of the Road (Literature Guide)
The Door in the Wall (Literature Guide)
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Literature Guide)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Literature Guide)

I decided to have each of my boys do a different book set. Sidge did Adam of the Road:

Here is Sidge showing off one of his completed workbook pages:

Isaac did The Door in the Wall. Here is Isaac working through one of his pages in his workbook. Take a look to the left. You will see that there is a teacher guide which provides me with answers to all the questions. I love that! 

Each series of questions includes:

1. Vocabulary (Students are encouraged to use their own mind or a dictionary to write down the definition of certain words.)
2. Comprehension Questions (These are the basic questions covering what they have read.)
3. Quotations and Discussion Questions (In this section, students read a quote and have to discuss who said it, who they said it to, and then follows up with additional questions about that quotation.) 
4. Enrichment (This is "extra" things that you could allow the child to do. For example, in one section of Robin Hood this includes an opportunity to create a map that includes all the places they are reading about.)
5. Unit Review and Tests (comes after every few lessons)
6. Reading Notes: (There is also a section in each section that provides notes -- things students need to know in order to understand what they are reading. For example in one of the sections of King Arthur there is a discussion of who Balan and King Ryon and the Holy Grail is.) 

In the case of my boys, they worked through this very independently. Even though they are entering fifth grade, because they are both more advanced readers, I decided to review the sixth grade set. They would read a selection from the book and then work through the required pages that correlated with that book. Sometimes I would have them do the enrichment. Sometimes I would let them skip it. I based it upon how challenging it is. I would then go through each unit and check their answers using my teacher guide. 

While this is definitely "school work" and neither of my boys loves to do school work, this curriculum is set up beautifully. It is, incredibly well done. And it is solid materials for my boys to work through. We will for sure be working through each of the four study guides over the course of the next few weeks!

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I also want to encourage you to check out reviews from my fellow Crew members by clicking on the link below. We reviewed literature guide sets from 2nd-10th grade so you can for sure find a review covering the grade you are interested in purchasing: