Product Description
Farmer Boy Set
Based on the childhood of Laura’s husband, Almanzo Wilder, Farmer Boy is the second book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers with its depiction of life on the American frontier. This edition of the novel features illustrator Garth Williams’ classic art in vibrant full-color!
The Memoria Press Farmer Boy Set features the novel, Second Edition Student Guide, and Second Edition Teacher Guide. Memoria Press literature guides seek to instruct students in observation and discernment. Contemplative reading is not a passive activity. It requires an active, discriminating mind trained to comprehend, examine, and connect. Students who have been taught to appreciate good literature will never be satisfied with poor-quality books.
Our guides facilitate the deliberate, thoughtful attention that great books deserve. Essential Questions contemplate the major themes of the work. Reading Notes and Vocabulary prepare the student to read. Comprehension Questions help identify important content. Discussion Questions direct contemplation of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful. Enrichment activities offer an opportunity for the introduction of literary devices, poetry study, further development of themes, and curricular connections.
Looking for pointers on how to teach the Farmer Boy Set? Check out our Grammar School Teaching Guidelines video, where Tanya Charlton walks you through teaching Grammar School Literature with Memoria Press.
rivendellmom –
We used this set almost four years ago. The lit guide sparked so many discussions that our son (raised in the city and suburbs) found that he was interested in farming. He ended up reading the rest of this book series in his free time and is quite the gardener now. He tests off the chart in vocabulary too, and I always give MP lit guides (and Latin) credit for that.