Designed to assist teachers in small schools with the improvement of curriculum and instruction and to help smaller districts without curriculum personnel to comply with Washington's Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law, this guide contains language arts curriculum materials for grades 9-12. Learning objectives are correlated to the Goals for Washington Common Schools and to broad K-12 language arts program goals. The format consists of a sequential list of student learning objectives related to a specific area of the language arts curriculum, followed by pages which feature one or more of the objectives and which include activities, monitoring procedures, and possible resources to be used in teaching the objectives. Grade recommendations for teaching the objectives at the secondary level are very broad, reflecting that courses are often non-graded or that students must enroll in some basic courses to meet competency or graduation requirements. Where applicable, the relatedness of an objective to other curriculum areas is shown. Particular effort has been given to correlating the materials with the areas of Environmental Education and the use of the newspaper in the classroom. Broad language arts scope areas for grades 9-12 include language, mechanics, written expression, listening and speaking. (CM)