Project LIFTS (Learning Improvement through Teaching Strategies) was designed to serve adult basic education (ABE) students enrolled at Johnson County Community College (Kansas) who are diagnosed as having a specific learning disability. These students enrolled in Basic English, a pre-General Educational Development Test preparation class, and were taught particular learning strategies designed to increase grammar and writing skills. Basic components of the Sentence Strategy used in the class were to test the student's current ability; describe what the student should do; model (demonstrate) the strategy; provide verbal rehearsal, skill practice, and feedback; and test to measure growth. Modifications to make this strategy appropriate for adults included developing materials to teach entry-level skills and making the adaptations to the existing strategy: development of grammar lessons, focus on mutual discussion in verbal rehearsal, omission of compound-complex sentences, and postponement of paragraph writing. The second phase of Project LIFTS provided other ABE instructors with an inservice program through development of a videotape. Project LIFTS students indicated satisfaction with progress and confidence in their writing skills. Instructors were equally positive. (YLB)