VeritasMama Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I am looking for a public domain compostition book for upper elementary. Anyone have any recommendations and/or reviews? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I can't give an opinion on usefulness, but here are some of the freebies I've collected: http://www.currclick.com/product/48886/The-Pennington-Manual-of-Style?it=1& http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/Start/contents.htm https://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeritasMama Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thank you for the links, they look like great resources. Anyone else have a public domain composition book they have found useful? I'm thinking along the lines of Classical Composition. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 "public domain"? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeritasMama Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Books published before 1923 are automatically in the public domain, and many of them are available free online through various sites. Here is one I found, but I haven't had a chance to look through it yet: http://manybooks.net/titles/websterw2809728097-8.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeritasMama Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 I just found Composition for Elementary Schools, by Hosic and Hooper. Anyone seen this before and have any thoughts? http://books.google.com/books?id=xPUAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52-IA1&dq=composition+elementary&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=composition%20elementary&f=false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 "public domain"? :confused: vintage. There are many threads on here of vintage LA books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 There are many threads on here of vintage LA books. :iagree: William Henry Maxwell has a series of composition books from elementary to high school. This is the thread with links to his books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeritasMama Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for the link, I think this may be what I am looking for. Thanks for the "vintage" tag , I couldn't find much when I searched for public domain books. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 vintage. There are many threads on here of vintage LA books. Oh, the OP wants a text that teaches composition. I was thinking of a "composition book" as those black-and-white sewn *composition books* that Spalding and Beautiful Feet Books use, and trying to figure out why public domain would have anything to do with that. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeritasMama Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Oh, the OP wants a text that teaches composition. I was thinking of a "composition book" as those black-and-white sewn *composition books* that Spalding and Beautiful Feet Books use, and trying to figure out why public domain would have anything to do with that. :lol: I don't know why I didn't think of that, I guess I was about as clear as mud :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenninMN Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I like First Lessons in English by William Henry Maxwell followed by The Progressive Composition Lessons by Ida Brautigam volumes 1-3. These are all on Google book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeritasMama Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 I like First Lessons in English by William Henry Maxwell followed by The Progressive Composition Lessons by Ida Brautigam volumes 1-3. These are all on Google book. Thank you, I really like the looks of First Lessons. Can I ask you why you prefer the Brautigam books to the rest of the Maxwell series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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