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  • Practical Composition: With Numerous Models and Exercises

    Document thumbnail: Practical Composition: With Numerous Models and Exercises
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    1869 printing of the 1869 copyrighted text. The author is credited as a faculty member of the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Striving for simplicity and practical instruction, this text approaches teaching composition through steps of preparation rather than asking students to immediately write compositions. The chapters cover oral composition, formation of sentences, incorrect composition, punctuation, preparing composition, copying compositions, poetry and prose, elements of correct composition, style, figures of speech, criticism, and newspapers and magazines. Lessons use models and exercises. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Harper, Mary J.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1869
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Practical Composition: With Numerous Models and Exercises

    Document thumbnail: Practical Composition: With Numerous Models and Exercises
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    Description/Abstract:
    Composition guidebook beginning with oral composition, then the basic elements of writing (punctuation, etc.), before full essays. Includes chapters on correct and incorrect composition.
    Creator/Author:
    Harper, Mary J.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Created:
    1869
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Rand-McNally English Grammar and Composition

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    Description/Abstract:
    1898 copyrighted text. The second of a two-book course for students in seventh and eighth grade—see first part: Primary Grammar and Composition. The preface states the book aims to be concise, using brief and clear definitions, and to use ample illustrations of its principles from works by masters of English. Exercises are used for practice in parsing or for discussion. Part one is devoted to the treatment of the sentence as a whole; part two develops matters of etymology, as well as phrases and clauses; part three covers syntax as well as capitalization, punctuation, and rhetorical figures; part four cover prosody and kinds of composition. The Schultz Archive copy contains the preface, TOC, pages 260 – 301 (covering kinds of composition and the style and art of composition), and the topic index. The copies are of varying quality, some of which are difficult to read.
    Creator/Author:
    Hall, William D.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/24/2020
    Date Created:
    1898
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Outlines of a System of Object-Teaching: Prepared for Teachers and Parents

    Document thumbnail: Outlines of a System of Object-Teaching: Prepared for Teachers and Parents
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    1867 printing of the 1866 copyrighted text. The author (spelled "Hailman" here) is credited with a Master of Arts and is the Principal of the English and German Academy in Louisville, Kentucky. The introduction is by James N. McElligott, who is credited with a Doctor of Laws in English degree. McElligott's introductions explains that the text doesn't make the errors of some object-teaching that focuses on facts without order, but rather provides mental discipline through following the indications of nature and the laws of mind. In the author's words, the principal aim of school education is to teach students how to form ideas and how to express them. This theoretical treatise on education covers object lessons, development of the faculties, grammar, geometry, and natural history. The text includes illustrative examples. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hailmann, W. N. (William Nicholas), 1836-1920
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1866
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Lessons in Language: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar

    Document thumbnail: Lessons in Language: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar
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    1871 printing of the 1871 copyrighted text. No information on the author is given, although the author is presumably one of the publishers. The preface explains that twelve-year-olds should be able to speak and write accurately, avoid vulgarisms, and detect errors. While most methods of teaching grammar incorrectly focus on memorization, this text is interested in teaching the practical use of language. This is done through observation (or perception) of correct models, imitation of those models, and finally construction of correct sentences. Observation of correct sentences is guided with questions. The text is organized into punctuation, objects, pictorial illustrations (pictures), brief narratives, poems to be rewritten into prose, letter writing, longer narratives, and activities of classifying words. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hadley, Hiram, 1833-1922
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1871
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Lessons in Language: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar. Part I

    Document thumbnail: Lessons in Language: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar. Part I
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    1876 printing of the 1876 copyrighted text. A revised edition of the "popular" 1871 text. Preface explains it strives to teach children to use language, and is meant for nine, ten, and eleven-year-olds. The work is divided into two parts: part one for the year when students read the Third Book in a series of readers, part two for the succeeding year. Students are meant to write in response to the book's questions, the teacher is meant to correct these answers, and students are then to revise them. Illustrations are used to teach children through observation and to teach them facts of natural history. Part one is organized into chapters covering punctuation, words classed by use, errors, descriptions, comparisons, , objects, pictures, and genres (poetry, prose, letters, receipts, advertisements). Questions and sample teacher-students conversations are used throughout. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hadley, Hiram, 1833-1922
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1876
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Grammar Made Easy, for Beginnings

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    1852 printing of 1852 copyrighted text. An elementary text on grammar written in a simple and attractive style by an experienced teacher. The text expects students to commit definitions to memory and parsing is thought to useful for mental discipline. Chapters cover orthography; etymology—nouns, articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, recapitulation, verbs' moods, tense; conjugations of the active verb "love," the neuter verb "be," and the passive verb "be loved"; and regular and irregular verbs and participles. The final chapter has exercises in etymology. Aside from the preface and note to teachers, the text uses second-person to address students directly. Each lesson has questions for the teacher to ask in the margins and ends with an exercise. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete 108 page text.
    Creator/Author:
    Guernsey, Sara L.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/24/2020
    Date Created:
    1852
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Catechism of English Grammar: or easy lessons for beginners, comprising the principle definitions, &c., used on the subject of English grammar

    Document thumbnail: A Catechism of English Grammar: or easy lessons for beginners, comprising the principle definitions, &c., used on the subject of English grammar
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    Description/Abstract:
    1866 printing. An introductory work, consisting chiefly of definitions to be committed to memory. The appendix contains sounds of letters, rules of spelling, and lists of irregular verbs, and figures of speech. The book follows the orthography, etymology, syntax, prosody structure. Each lesson uses a catechistic (question/answer) structure. The Schultz Archive copy contains the preface, TOC, and first nineteen pages of the text.
    Creator/Author:
    Grote, G. W.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/23/2020
    Date Created:
    1866
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Familiar Tales for Children

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    1841 printing of the 1841 copyrighted text. The preface explains that too much emphasis has been given to teaching children facts and not enough to teaching morality. The stories in this collection are meant to teach children morals in simple enough language for them to understand. The collection contains 28 different stories with titles such as Carelessness, Anger, Candor, and the Fruits of Infidelity. Other stories have titles such as Snakes, More about Birds, and The Holiday. The text contains a few illustrations, but they are dark and details are difficult to make out. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Griffin, Sarah L. (Sarah Lawrence)
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/03/2019
    Date Created:
    1841
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Labor-Saving System of English Grammar

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    1841 copyrighted text. The author is credited as the author of Grammar Simplified. A grammar handbook designed with a new method to impart a knowledge of grammar in a much shorter time than previous texts, and it is explicitly for families and private learners. The text uses parsing lessons, a section of false grammar corrected (broken into many rules). The appendix contain notes to syntax. The Schultz Archive copy contains a few pages (presumably) from each of the various sections of the work. Some of the copies cut off the text in the margins.
    Creator/Author:
    Greenleaf, J. (Jeremiah), 1791-1864
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/23/2020
    Date Created:
    1841
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0