Julie Smith Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Thank you for this thread. :) I'm marking it to read later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I like "First book in English grammar" by Larkin Dunton and Augustus Hill Kelley for 1st or 2nd grade. It starts out with sentences. It has handwriting and composition exercises as well as explanations of grammar. I like it better than "Practical Lessons in the Use of English" by Mary Hyde, which seems to cover the same content for the same grade level. (Her "Two-Book" is meant for older kids.) Most of my preference between the Dunton and the Hyde may be for the handwriting, though. My son can trace with a stylus on his iPad the handwriting work in the pages of the Dunton, but the handwriting demos in the Hyde are not suitable for tracing. (How weird and cool that my son will learn English from a hundred year old text on his iPad.) Another old text by Mary Frances Hyde that I like is her "Derivations of Words." It's a study of prefixes and suffixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Another old text by Mary Frances Hyde that I like is her "Derivations of Words." It's a study of prefixes and suffixes. That looks fantastic! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I have posted information on Sheldon's other language arts books beyond PLL in the threadhttp://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332218 Graded Speller http://books.google.com/books?id=uY8AAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Or http://www.archive.org/details/gradedspellerar00shelgoog Organized by sound. He also wrote readers, and it has a teacher's manual, and a manual of elementary instruction in object lessons. Wow, thank you for reviving this thread! I just found out I can get most of these directly from Google now :)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sade Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I really like Language Lessons, thanks for sharing the link. I may even purchase a scanned copy of the original from biblio.com. Thank you all for sharing these! I am very much enjoying this thread. Here are a couple that I don't recall seeing listed, sorry if they are duplicates: Language Lessons by Gordy - this looks very FLL, CW it has lots of picture study, narration, dictation, and parts of speech in part II - maybe 2-4 grades, guessing Introductory Language Lessons by Evans - lots of picture study, poetry study, grammar usage, oral and written narration, memory work -guessing 2-4 grade work Evans has another higher level grammar book called Elements of English Grammar. I know this is a grammar thread, but wanted to throw this one in here: The Study of History in ElementarySchools by Gordy -grade level breakdown and refers (gives pages and titles) to other books in which to read the stories Wilbur Gordy has lots of other great looking US history books. Katie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I like "First book in English grammar" by Larkin Dunton and Augustus Hill Kelley for 1st or 2nd grade. ....Most of my preference between the Dunton and the Hyde may be for the handwriting, though. Could you please post a sample page of the handwriting in this book? I am not able to find it on archive.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It's the very round sort, straight up and down, not the slanted, skinny sort. Sorry I can't post a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It's the very round sort, straight up and down, not the slanted, skinny sort. Sorry I can't post a pic Okay. Thanks all the same. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sade Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Here's just a few of the books I have saved on my reading list. My apolgies if some are repeats. First Lessons in Language Gordon Augustus Southworth, Farley Brewer Goddard http://books.google.com/books?id=GZcAAAAAYAAJ Introductory Language Book Lawton Bryan Evans http://books.google.com/books?id=qcAAAAAAYAAJ Language lessons: a first book in English Wilbur Fisk Gordy, William Edward Mead http://books.google.com/books?id=iTAXAAAAIAAJ Wheeler's graded studies in great authors: and a complete speller William Henry Wheeler http://books.google.com/books?id=sE4XAAAAIAAJ Elementary Speller William Henry Wheeler http://books.google.com/books?id=zpQAAAAAYAAJ Derivation of words, with exercises on prefixes, suffixes, and stems: an appendix to Practical lessons in the use of English for grammar schools Mary Frances Hyde http://books.google.com/books?id=7DEXAAAAIAAJ A history of the United States for schools Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Claude Halstead Van Tyne http://books.google.com/books?id=5DR2AAAAMAAJ&lr= Nature study: a pupil's text-book Frank Overton, Mary E. Hill http://books.google.com/books?id=EEwAAAAAYAAJ&lr= Edited January 12, 2012 by Sade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 These are such great resources. I am considering using the Maxwell text First Book in English for my rising 2nd grader next year, but will have to browse all the rest available. I will likely retype some of the book to make it more user-friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 These are such great resources. I am considering using the Maxwell text First Book in English for my rising 2nd grader next year, but will have to browse all the rest available. I will likely retype some of the book to make it more user-friendly. That's the one we've just started. We are really enjoying it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Another old text by Mary Frances Hyde that I like is her "Derivations of Words." It's a study of prefixes and suffixes. We'll definitely be using this. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) That's the one we've just started. We are really enjoying it :) I am debating between this and Brautigam's book....Progressive Composition...and am also eyeing Essentials in English Edited February 19, 2012 by Halcyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Found another interesting book for 4th, 5th and 6th grade. Essentials in English by Pearson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) Just wanted to say that after a few weeks of WWS in the spring, and no writing at all over the summer (aside from what Hake5 offers), dd5th and I talked about writing and where to go from here. She's not a fan of WWS, and, I have to say that, as much as I want to be, I am not either. First, I don't want her to spend an hour a day on a writing curriculum. We do a lot of writing for other subjects, so to me it seems like overkill to have her then spend that much extra time on a curriculum. Second, both she and I feel that WWS moves too quickly and muddies the waters with terms that are unnecessary. I don't really think my 10 year old needs to worry about copia and topoi and the like. I'd rather she be taught terms that other people are actually going to know and use. So we decided to look for something else. I have settled on Maxwell's School Composition. I like Maxwell's approach and, unlike other vintage texts, I don't really find anything objectionable in the material. I like that the book focuses on a lot of different writing and language skills within the context of learning to make outlines and write paragraphs, and I like that when we finish School Composition we can move on to Writing in English (also by Maxwell). And I like that they are free! Also, I will mention that I am using Practical Lessons in the Use of English by Mary Hyde for my son who bombed out of FLL. Tara Edited August 15, 2012 by TaraTheLiberator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Rachel~ Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) This thread is fantastic- thanks everyone for sharing :) I had a couple of links to add: Harvey's Grammar (the one used in the Classical Writing books). And Emma Serl's Primary Language Lessons is now in Google Books too :) Oh- and a hyperlink to the Larkin Dunton and Augustus Hill Kelley book :) Edited August 17, 2012 by ~Rachel~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 Not on google yet, but available at Hathi Trust, is the fabulous word analysis book Young Analyzer. Love, love, love this book! My newest discovery is Pinneo's Composition. I *really* like the looks of it, esp. the sections on sentence variations. The sentences themselves are not as picturesque as Wheeler or Maxwell. Nevertheless, certain sections, if not the entire book, are definitely worth the printing. My only problem with all these goodies is how to incorporate them into our day. We can't do them all! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 This thread is so great. Medieval Mom, I am downloading page by page. After 19 p, it gave me a 4 min time out. Will go back to it later! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 This thread is so great. Medieval Mom, I am downloading page by page. After 19 p, it gave me a 4 min time out. Will go back to it later! Thank you. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Bumping this up for those that maybe interested in vintage English programs so they can find what they need without breaking copyright laws on other products. :D Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyMom Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Bumping this up for those that maybe interested in vintage English programs so they can find what they need without breaking copyright laws on other products. :D Enjoy :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Bumping this. Is anyone else looking at or using vintage grammar/comp right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Is anyone else looking at or using vintage grammar/comp right now? We're still using Practical Lessons in the Use of English and School Composition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'm reading through the Progressive Composition Lessons and learning so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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