Developed as part of a high school quinmester unit on sentences, this guide provides the teacher with teaching strategies for a study of the acceptable patterns of kernel sentences and transformation, identification of rhetorical styles in prose and poetry, and the application of these principles to produce a variety of effective sentences. The course is designed to improve certain composition skills by giving students practice in choosing and producing a variety of effective sentence elements and structures. The guide is arranged by performance objectives with the suggested teaching strategies listed under each objective. Appended is a list of student and teacher resources including books and periodicals on language and composition. (HOD)