Designed to help elementary and middle school language arts teachers structure a comprehensive objectives-based composition program, this guide attends to fundamental rhetorical concepts that should enable schools to effectively use existing resources while extending the range of instructional potentials in areas not often included in commercially produced materials. The guide is premised upon the importance of rhetorical concepts, processes, and forms in effective composition; it delineates objectives and activities in selected major composition areas; and it includes guiding questions and definitions for writer self-evaluation. An appendix contains student monitoring sheets. (FL)