This is an overview of the books selected for Language Arts by grade. For additional ideas on Language Arts see Enjoying Penmanship.
Language Arts
Grade 1
+Word Mastery (Phonics) by Florence Akin pp 26-64
+McGuffey 1 +A Primary Reader by E. Louise Smythe
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Go to the Library once a week. Learn how it all works.
+McGuffey Speller up to chapter 6
+When appropriate begin writing 1 short story a week.
Grade 2
+Word Mastery by Florence Akin pp 65-109
+McGuffey 2
+English Grammar
+Poems Every Child Should Know by Various
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Children's Dictionaries
+Juvenile Reference Books
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 7-25
Grade 3
+McGuffey 3
+English Grammar
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Poems Every Child Should Know
+Smaller Dictionaries
+Card Catalog
+Magazines
+Keyboarding
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 26-62
+Begin Latin
Grade 4
+McGuffey 4
+English Grammar
+Required Poems for Reading
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Unabridged Dictionary & Encyclopedias
+Card Catalog
+Keyboarding
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 63-99
+Begin or Continue Latin
Grade 5
+McGuffey 5
+Poems of American Patriotism by Matthews
+English Grammar
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 100-134
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+Penmanship
Copywork
+Proverbs: 3 to 6 verses at a time
Grade 6
+McGuffey 6
+English Grammar
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 135-170
+It Can Be Done, Poetry
+Penmanship
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
Copywork
+Continue Proverbs
Grade 7
+McGuffey High School Reader
+English Grammar
+McGuffey Speller Chapters170-201
+Penmanship& Copywork
+Graded Poetry Seventh Year by Various
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desire
Grade 8
+McGuffey Speller, Chapters 202-235
+The Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+Outlines of English Grammar
Grade 9
+Modern Prose & Poetry by Various
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
Character—Boys
+The Young Man's Friend & Guide Through Life to Immortality by John Angell James
Character—Girls
Female Piety by John Angell James
Grade 10
+Composition Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
Grade 11
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+The Exposition of Ideas by Baxter Hathaway
+A Study of Poetry by Perry Bliss
+As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen
Grade 12
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+The Advance of English Poetry in the 20th Century by William Lyon Phelps
+The Exposition of Ideas by Baxter Hathaway
+Word Mastery (Phonics) by Florence Akin pp 26-64
+McGuffey 1 +A Primary Reader by E. Louise Smythe
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Go to the Library once a week. Learn how it all works.
+McGuffey Speller up to chapter 6
+When appropriate begin writing 1 short story a week.
Grade 2
+Word Mastery by Florence Akin pp 65-109
+McGuffey 2
+English Grammar
+Poems Every Child Should Know by Various
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Children's Dictionaries
+Juvenile Reference Books
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 7-25
Grade 3
+McGuffey 3
+English Grammar
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Poems Every Child Should Know
+Smaller Dictionaries
+Card Catalog
+Magazines
+Keyboarding
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 26-62
+Begin Latin
Grade 4
+McGuffey 4
+English Grammar
+Required Poems for Reading
+Penmanship & Copywork
+Unabridged Dictionary & Encyclopedias
+Card Catalog
+Keyboarding
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 63-99
+Begin or Continue Latin
Grade 5
+McGuffey 5
+Poems of American Patriotism by Matthews
+English Grammar
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 100-134
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+Penmanship
Copywork
+Proverbs: 3 to 6 verses at a time
Grade 6
+McGuffey 6
+English Grammar
+McGuffey Speller Chapters 135-170
+It Can Be Done, Poetry
+Penmanship
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
Copywork
+Continue Proverbs
Grade 7
+McGuffey High School Reader
+English Grammar
+McGuffey Speller Chapters170-201
+Penmanship& Copywork
+Graded Poetry Seventh Year by Various
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desire
Grade 8
+McGuffey Speller, Chapters 202-235
+The Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+Outlines of English Grammar
Grade 9
+Modern Prose & Poetry by Various
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
Character—Boys
+The Young Man's Friend & Guide Through Life to Immortality by John Angell James
Character—Girls
Female Piety by John Angell James
Grade 10
+Composition Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
Grade 11
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+The Exposition of Ideas by Baxter Hathaway
+A Study of Poetry by Perry Bliss
+As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen
Grade 12
+Begin or Continue Latin and other Languages as desired
+The Advance of English Poetry in the 20th Century by William Lyon Phelps
+The Exposition of Ideas by Baxter Hathaway