Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this guide contains instructional objectives for the area of ninth grade English. Included in the guide are (1) an overview of objectives for eighth, ninth, and tenth grade English; (2) an instructional objective checklist providing all objectives and subobjectives and identifying those that are tested by various standardized achievement measures; (3) instructional resource sheets containing summaries for use in teaching a number of subobjectives; and (4) objectives for student performance in using grammatical and mechanical skills, in applying literary elements and techniques, in writing and in locating, organizing, and interpreting information. Extensive appendixes contain a list of instructional films, a vocabulary list, a recommended reading list, and a statement of minimum standards for student performance for the state of Florida. (FL)