Eighth Grade English Composition (1920)
Practical composition skills with emphasis on clear communication. Grammar instruction continued alongside increased attention to creative expression.
4
Hours/Week
8
Skills Expected
Roaring Twenties
Era
Practical communication gained emphasis. Junior high school movement changed writing instruction. Standardized testing began affecting curriculum.
Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
Scientific education and standardized testing emerged. Junior high schools became common.
- Clear, effective handwriting
- Paragraph and essay structure
- Different modes of writing
- Grammar and usage
- Vocabulary building and word choice
- Business and social correspondence
- Note-taking and summarizing
- Basic research writing
- English in Action series
- Tressler's English in Action
- Palmer Method Handwriting
Free Resources (6)
Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition
Classic grammar textbook teaching sentence structure, parts of speech, and composition through systematic exercises.
Reed-Kellogg Sentence Diagramming
The famous sentence diagramming method that taught generations of Americans to analyze grammar visually.
AmblesideOnline (Free Charlotte Mason Curriculum)
Free online Charlotte Mason curriculum with book lists, schedules, and nature study guides.
Internet Archive - Historical Textbooks
Massive collection of scanned historical textbooks from 1800s-1900s. Free to read and download.
Premium Curricula (5)
Harvey's Grammar (Mott Media Reprint)
Reprints of Harvey's classic grammar series with answer keys.
Memoria Press Classical Curriculum
Complete classical curriculum based on the Trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric). Uses many historical texts and methods.
Classical Conversations
Classical homeschool community program using memorization, discussion, and rhetoric. Based on historical Trivium model.