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  • Our English: A textbook in Composition and Grammar Book Two

    Document thumbnail: Our English: A textbook in Composition and Grammar Book Two
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1922 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Formerly Supervisor of English in Charleston, West Virginia and Also Teacher of English in the Lincoln School of Teachers College. Preface states text regards language as a living, growing thing, and follows Dr. Charles Sears Baldwin that the teaching of composition should be promotive and not merely corrective. Aims to stimulate desire to speak and write, and uses children's actual realities and projects and group work. Uses terminology recommended by the Joint Committee on Grammatical Nomenclature (appointed by the NEA), the Modern Language Association of America, and the American Philological Association. Part one includes chapters on organizing a club, the study of pictures, how to become more rapid readers, reading for meaning, use of the dictionary, civic study for the club, outlining a subject for speaking or writing, and as well as chapters on grammar. Part two includes chapters on the paragraph, contributions to the school paper, the sentence, subject and predicate, making ourselves clear, making a booklet, letters and social notes, invitations, telling a story, expression of feeling, words without organic connection with the sentence, idioms, summary of punctuation, the use of capitals, business letters and forms, and more chapters on grammar. Includes examples from well known authors. The Schultz Archive copy includes the preface, TOC, and a selection of pages from throughout the text that relate to composition.
    Creator/Author:
    Laidley, Mary Fontaine
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/30/2020
    Date Created:
    1922
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • English Grammar in American Schools Before 1850: A Dissertation

    Document thumbnail: English Grammar in American Schools Before 1850: A Dissertation
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1922 printing of text previously printed in the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Bulletin, 1921, No. 12. A dissertation from the University of Chicago on the study of English grammar in American education before 1850. The study aims to trace the course of the rise and fall of grammar teaching, including the changing educational ideals and theories. It also aims to systematically arrange the varying methods of instruction used from 1750 to 1850 and relate these to changing views of grammar. It further aims to show how grammar was interrelated with declamation, oratory, composition, and literature. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Lyman, Rollo La Verne, 1879-1937
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/20/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/30/2020
    Date Created:
    1922
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0