This book is designed to help make writing a pleasure for both you and your students . . . to convince departments that skill-based instruction is the most effective way to develop methodologies . . . and to turn the classroom into a community of explorers who find writing essential to developing thought. It's packed with strategies to help you teach students how to write effectively, and it explains how you can use a widely varied program of writing and alternate approaches to teaching structure, research, punctuation, and analysis to help students become more effective writers.

• Makes writing instruction accessible to teachers and students through an emphasis on inductive approaches to composition
• Includes a practical CD-ROM with downloadable handouts, assignment sheets, and dozens of samples of student writings
• Covers a wide variety of topics, such as how to teach writing, how to present a wide range of writing formats, and how to develop a scope and sequence program
• Uses a lively, humorous, and entertaining style to engage readers