The purposes of the basic rhetorically-focused writing module presented in this document are to aid classroom instruction and to furnish a model of ideas and simplified techniques for developing other writing modules. Contents of this document are an introduction, a discussion of the journal as a writing form, an outline overview of the model, and five units: communication, prewriting, writing, revision, and aids. Each of the first four units contains several lesson plans, a discussion of theory, and suggested classroom resource materials. A list of references for further reading concludes the thesis. (JM)