This language arts curriculum guide for grades 10-12 begins with a statement of the language arts goals of knowledge, skills, and values to be addressed in each section. The instructional components are sequenced according to objectives, and most of them are keyed to present resources in the Shawnee Mission (Kansas) school district. The following components are covered: sentence organization, paragraph organization, composition organization, parts of speech, sentence analysis, colons and semicolons, capitalization, utilizing language as a means for expanding and ordering, paragraph development, metaphor, revising notes, figurative language, and vocabulary development Also included in this document are specifications for criterion-referenced testing related to the instructional components. (TS)