Its aim is to help students write various types of compositions from grades six through the first years of secondary school. It will be helpful for students at higher levels of education who have had difficulty with writing in earlier years.

The resource contains many work sheets which can be used individually by students or in groups. Many of these worksheets are most useful if completed by pairs of students. It is also advisable for students to discuss the ideas generated by the worksheets in larger groups.

Much of this resource is written from a students perspective, teachers may give students the pages which they need to use as they write their compositions at home.

These lessons are a companion piece to How to Write a Paragraph and How to Write an Essay. 

Lesson One: What is a Composition? 

• Definition, Paragraphing, Unity and Coherence, Transitions, Types of Compositions

Lesson Two: Writing an Exposition 

• Purpose, Techniques of Explanation, Newspaper Reports, Fact and Opinion, Essays, and Reports

Lesson Three: Writing a Narrative 

• What is Narration, The Elements of Short Story Writing, The Guiding Principles of Short Story Writing, Differences between Narration and Exposition, Creating Suspense

Lesson Four: Writing a Description 

• Factual and Literary Description, Techniques of Literary Description: Specific Detail, Precise Nouns and Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs, Imagery, Words which Suggest Sound

Lesson Five: Using the Writing Process 

• Prewriting, Writing the First Draft, Editing and Revising, Writing the Final Copy

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