Includes bibliographical references and index. A view of writing and students -- Effective training -- The Nature of writing -- Students: Disaffected and engaged -- Implications for teaching -- Some Basics for thinking about teaching writing -- Life experience and teaching -- Integrating theories for teaching writing --Paradigm split -- Landscape of knowledge -- Teaching composition -- Environments for active learning -- Vygotskian Perspective -- The Composing Process -- Procedural knowledge -- The art of planning -- Inventing Gateway Activities -- Sequencing -- Reflection in planning and teaching.