Intended as a guideline for English language learning and teaching and emphasizing individualized instruction, this booklet contains objectives for language arts. Objectives in the booklet--general, program, instructional, and enabling--are identified by a numbering code and organized according to the general objectives: (1) to appreciate the need to comprehend spoken standard American English, (2) to appreciate the value of speech, (3) to appreciate literature as a significant and rewarding human activity, and (4) to write standard American English for a variety of purposes. Program, instructional, and enabling objectives, categorized in the booklet according to the general objectives, present suggestions for learning activities, specific skills on which to focus, and a chart indicating grade levels from kindergarten through grade 12 for the objectives. (EL)