Intended for high school composition instructors, this book resolves the seeming contradiction between creative, expressive writing and formal exposition and argumentation by presenting a teaching method that treats creative writing as a necessary--if not sufficient--cause for exposition. The first two chapters describe a sequence of short fiction writing assignments based on James Moffett's spectrum of discourse (recording/drama, reporting/narrative, generalizing/exposition, theorizing/argument), then discuss the progression from fiction writing to increasingly abstract exposition and argumentation. The third chapter discusses building this four-step sequence around the themes of a literature work being studied, while the fourth chapter describes assignments for taking students from "recording" present events to "theorizing" or developing an argument. A concluding chapter explores the use of this sequence in content area classes. Appendixes include a discussion of the importance of composition theory, a course outline, and notes from "Teaching the Universe of Discourse" by James Moffett, the book which provided the framework for this instructional sequence. (HTH)