Informative writing tries to approach the writing course from the student's point of view. It tries to recognize areas where students are willing to work hard and also areas that they are tired of repeating. Its most distinguishing features is that it emphasizes writing activities rather than explanations. Recent research and my experience suggests that students learn and remember more from "workshop" classes, were they are busy writing and helping each other with writing, than they do in either "lecture" or "discussion" classes, in which they read and discuss model essay or chapters from a textbook. The most unusual chapter in the book is the chapter on grammar, "Sentence Sense," which teaches students grammar and punctuation through their construction of their own sentences.

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