This guide identifies significant language arts objectives and then designates, in terms of the typical or "average" student, the grade level at which each concept or skill should be introduced, then reinforced, and finally mastered. Specific objectives are listed for the following language arts areas: listening, speaking, reading readiness skills, vocabulary and word attack skills, reading comprehension, reading rate, reading in content areas, spelling, handwriting, composition, grammar, study/library skills, literature at the primary and intermediate levels, literature at the upper elementary and secondary levels, and elective courses at the senior high school level. The guide includes a list of recommended novels and plays for grades seven through ten; an appendix offers a suggested technique for the study of spelling, a list of common prefixes and suffixes, a basic outline form, and a description of the SQ3R--survey, question, read, recite, and review--method of study. (GW)