This guide for teaching composition in grades 4-6 (1) objectives for a curriculum in written composition, (2) sequence charts which relate subject content for each grade to basic understandings about composition, (3) illustrative learning experiences, and (4) units for teaching specific skills. The units for each grade are "Structuring a Composition,""Paragraph Development,""Informal Correspondence: Personal Letters,""Formal Correspondence: Business Letters,""Stories and Plays,""Poetry as a Writing Form,""Factual Reporting,""Definition,""Figurative Language,""The Dictionary,""History of the English Language,""Morphology,""Sentence Structure," and "Usage and Dialect." (Each of these units is also published as an individual bulletin for grades K-6. Price lists for the bulletins may be obtained from Prof. Mary Tingle, 312 Baldwin Hall, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 30601.) (JS)