The curriculum guide was developed to serve hearing impaired children at the Kendall Demonstration School elementary/middle school in Washington, D.C. An introductory section explains the philosophy/rationale of the language arts curriculum which emphasizes the development of spoken, signed, or written language. The next section offers suggestions for using the guide in program planning. Essential classroom practices for reading, writing, and through-the-air (signed/spoken) language. A section on scope and sequence lists instructional objectives for the entire program keyed to instructional level. The major portion of the document lists, for each objective, student target behaviors, suggested teaching strategies and activities, suggested materials, and evaluation methods. The reading program stresses reading awareness, understanding the reading process, literary content, and reading/study strategies. The writing portion covers objectives concerned with the writing process, writing objectives, and evaluation procedures. The section on through-the-air language describes the Kendall Communicative Proficiency Scale as well as criteria questions (to determine student placement). Also included are a glossary, references, and appendixes (e.g. theoretical rationale for the reading and writing program; a discussion of tuning in through-the-air language, suggestions for lesson planning, an overview of the retelling modified miscue analysis form, and reading of stories and a checklists). (DB)