THIS COURSE DESCRIPTION RECOUNTS A FOURTH-GRADE TEACHERS EXPERIENCE OF MOTIVATING AND ASSISTING INNER-CITY SLUM CHILDREN TO DEVELOP COMPOSITION SKILLS AND INCLUDES THE THREE UNITS SHE TAUGHT--(1) "LEARNING TO BE SPECIFIC" AND "LEARNING TO DESCRIBE SENSE IMPRESSIONS," (2) "LEARNING TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE," AND (3) "PLAYING WITH WORDS." INDIVIDUAL LESSONS IN THESE UNITS CONTAIN STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC AIMS, DESCRIPTIONS OF TEACHING PROCEDURES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS OF WRITING MODELS UTILIZED, TRANSCRIPTIONS OR SUMMARIES OF TEACHER-CLASS DIALOGUES PRELIMINARY TO WRITING, AND REPRINTS OF GROUP- AND INDIVIDUALLY-AUTHORED STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY WALLACE W. DOUGLAS AND THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTIONS TO INDIVIDUAL UNITS PROVIDE THE READER WITH GUIDANCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE RATIONALE OF THE INSTRUCTION AND IN INTERPRETING THE STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. SEE ALSO TE 000 124 AND TE 000 126 THROUGH TE 000 129. (RD)