A RATIONALE IS PROVIDED IN THIS INTRODUCTION FOR AN 11TH-GRADE ENGLISH CURRICULUM IN LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND RHETORIC. THE SECTION ON LITERATURE JUSTIFIES A SPIRALLY-DEVELOPED CURRICULUM, AN INDUCTIVE TEACHING METHOD, AND AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO PLAYS, POEMS, AND FICTIONAL WORKS AND EMPHASIZES THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF FORM AND CONTENT. IN ADDITION TO A DISCUSSION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS PECULIAR TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION, THE LANGUAGE SECTION INDICATES THE NEED TO LEARN HOW MAN ORGANIZES HIS CONCEPTS INTO A LANGUAGE SYSTEM AND HOW TOOLS OF THAT SYSTEM CAN BE USED TO CREATE AND UNDERSTAND SENTENCES. THE RHETORIC SECTION EXPLORES THE NATURE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE ART OF PERSUASION. SEE ALSO ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160, ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832, TE 000 195 THROUGH TE 000 220, AND TE 000 227 THROUGH TE 000 249. (JB)