This book presents a range of activities for writing instruction that develop different composing skills, attend to the social processes of reading and writing, involve the peer group in evaluating and responding to drafts, focus on different types and formats of writing, and stimulate these activities through diverse techniques and methods. The ideas presented are organized in four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of writing: writing processes (pre- and free writing, beginning-level developmental work, generating ideas, organizing paragraphs, cohesion); academic writing (paraphrasing and summarizing, synthesizing, revision, examination writing, portfolios); expressive writing (stories and narratives, fables and proverbs, biography, poetry and verse, journals, descriptive writing); and personal correspondence and business writing. Each idea is described briefly, with information given about appropriate proficiency level(s), specific aims, class time requirements, preparation time, needed resources, procedures, and caveats and options. Contains references for additional reading in some cases. (MSE)