The Hobbit

Literary Guild materials
© Beverly Schmitt 2001

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Books ...
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 © 1937, 1966, 1994, 1996, 1997, ISBN #0-618-00221-9, 272 pages (includes numerous illustrations)

The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Ballantine Publishing Group (1-800-733-3000), published by arrangement with Houton Mifflin Company, NY, NY © 1937, 1966, 1994, 1996, 1997, 304 pages (includes 2 maps)

Audiobook ...
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
, J.R.R. Tolkien, BBC Radio, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1540 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 © 1988, ISBN # 0-553-47207-4, Running Time 240 minutes

The Hobbit
or
There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien

Study Guide / Worksheets
© 2001-2003 Beverly Schmitt,
all rights reserved
PDF file worksheets work with Adobe Acrobat Reader
Chapter 1  An Unexpected Party 
Chapter 2  Roast Mutton
Chapter 3  A Short Rest 
Chapter 4  Over Hill and Under Hill 
Chapter 5 Riddles in the Dark 
Quiz #1
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Vocabulary
From the vocabulary words available in chapters 1 - 5, try to make the longest, most complicated sentence you can utilizing the vocabulary words!
Chapter 6  Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
Chapter 7 Queer Lodgings 
Chapter 8 Flies and Spiders 
Chapter 9 Barrels Out of Bond 
Chapter 10  A Warm Welcome 
Quiz #2
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Vocabulary
From the vocabulary words available in chapters 7 - 10, try to make the longest, most complicated sentence you can utilizing the vocabulary words!
Chapter 11  On the Doorstep 
Chapter 12  Inside Information 
Chapter 13  Not at Home 
Chapter 14   Fire and Water 
Chapter 15   The Gathering of the Clouds 
Quiz #3
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Vocabulary
From the vocabulary words available in chapters 11 - 15, try to make the longest, most complicated sentence you can utilizing the vocabulary words!
Chapter 16   A Thief in the Night 
Chapter 17   The Clouds Burst 
Chapter 18   The Return Journey 
Chapter 19   The Last Stage 
Quiz #4
PDF File
Vocabulary
From the vocabulary words available in chapters 15 - 19, try to make the longest, most complicated sentence you can utilizing the vocabulary words!

A brief note about the vocabulary section in the above worksheets ...

Attempt to help your student discover the meaning of the word, if they do not know it, by the context it is used in; however, if they are totally baffled, have them look it up in a dictionary.  Do not drag this process out.  An investment in a good dictionary need not be all that expensive.  One suggestion is to go to a used bookstore and look for a dictionary from the 1920s-1940s (if possible, try to pick up a thesauraus from this timeframe as well).  It is most important for your student to become very familiar with a dictionary so that they are NOT intimidated in later years and will already have developed the speed and quickness for locating a word.

Flashcards ... another idea is to have your student write the vocabulary word in one color marker on an index card and write a 1-2 word definition of the word on the back.  These flashcards can be used to not only learn the meaning of the word (they make great pop quizzes), but are helpful for your student in learning how to alphabetize.  Believe it or not, many have lost this most basic skill.  Make sure your student feels confident and comfortable with it.

Concentration ... take several of the above flashcards and either have the vocabulary word or the definition face upwards.  Have each person take turns in identifying either the vocabulary word based on the definition or the definition based on the vocabulary word.

For additional book helps check out ...

The Seven Deadly Sins

Other audiobooks in this series by the BBC ...

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, BBC Radio, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1540 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 © 1987, 1995 ISBN # 0-553-45653-9

For those that enjoy full length animation ...

The Hobbit, Warner Bros., ©1977 with Orson Bean, Richard Boone, Hans Confried, John Huston, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritchard, Theodore Glenn Yarbrough, ISBN # 0-7907-6257-9, color, running time 78 minutes, not rated

The Lord of the Rings, Warner Bros., ©1978,
ISBN # 0-7907-6253-6, color, running time 133 minutes, rating PG

The Return of the King, Warner Bros., with Orson Bean, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad, John Huston, Roddy McDowall, ©1979,
ISBN # 0-7907-6261-7, color, 97 minutes, not rated


© 2001-2003 by Beverly Schmitt, all rights reserved