Developed by a statewide committee of language arts educators in accordance with "Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards" of the Tennessee State Board of Education, this curriculum framework contains goals and terminal objectives for language arts courses in grades 9-12. The framework covers the disciplines of standard English, English as a second language (ESL), speech, drama, and journalism. Each section contains a brief description of the curriculum "strands" (divisions of skill areas), followed by a list of objectives for the skill areas at each grade level. Standard English skill areas consist of reading (with comprehension, word identification, reference and study, and literature strands); writing (with handwriting, grammar/mechanics, spelling, and composition strands); and thinking and expression (with thinking and organization, listening and viewing, and oral communication strands). ESL skill areas are listening and speaking (with sound discrimination, linguistic structures, communication, and comprehension strands); reading (with comprehension, word identification, reference and study skills, literature, and thinking strands); writing (with handwriting, grammar/mechanics, spelling, and composition strands); and culture (with a cross cultural issues strand). Strands for the speech skill area are thinking, writing, listening, and speaking; drama strands are writing, performance, reading, and critical viewing and listening. Journalism skill areas consist of communication (with thinking and organizing, interviewing and broadcasting, composition, and mechanics strands) and production (with layout and makeup, business management, organization, and career implications strands). (MM)