This classroom guide for The Hobbit provides numerous activities designed to foster student engagement, learning, and a meaningful connection to literature. It is the perfect companion to introducing The Hobbit in any classroom!Contained in this book are sample activities on annotating, close reading, outlining, essay prompts and essential questions. Other instructional guides simply give basic details of the literature, meaning that students read over material without digesting or learning it. Other guides take complex themes, concepts, and information and just regurgitate it to readers. This Classroom Guide series is different, in that the activities ASK of the students, and focus on citing evidence from the text in order to complete and reflect on your reading.Designed under the guidance of an experienced and certified educator, these activities guide series GUIDES the learner to discovering the answers for themselves, creating a fully detailed study guide, in the user's own words. Filled with guided reading activities, students are able to fill this guidebook with the information they gather, as they seek a deeper understanding of the text. If you read it, write it, and reflect on it, you will learn it!Teachers, you can also purchase a set of these books (or one book and make copies) for your entire class. It makes the perfect guided reading activity and will teach students how to internalize the reading, note taking, and learning process that advanced readers naturally perform. These make the perfect workbook to keep your class engaged and learning. And if your budget is an issue, feel free once you purchase to book, to make as many copies as you want for your classroom!