This curriculum guide for the teaching of composition at the fifth grade level includes lessons in six categories: Observing, Recalling Experiences, Character Identity, Feelings, Time/Space Relationships, and Using Imagination. Additional lessons are included for fifth grade students. The lessons include a statement of purpose, a description of primary and/or secondary skills that are objectives of the lesson, a resume of the lesson, and directions for preparing and teaching the lesson. Some lessons include a suggested dramatic activity. Illustrations and graphs accompany some of the lessons. A demonstration tape to accompany one of the lessons in the section entitled "Recalling Experiences" is included. (See related document CS 200 511 and CS 200 513.) (DI)