Subjective engagement and cognitive skills are important for various aspects of writing skills. For the work of writing to be efficient, the student must be able to function in both a rhetorical and productive situation, defined in terms of subject, function, and audience. The processes of writing--defined as planning, translating, and reviewing and revising--require that the student readers in the classroom, the school, and the wider society. Three pages of references conclude the report. (GJ)