This curriculum guide is designed to help teachers plan a course of individualized instruction in language arts skills for seventh and eighth grade below-average learners. The guide includes a list of teacher objectives, a list of student objectives, a description of three diagnostic tests in reading and listening skills, and some examples of student interest inventories. The major section of the guide provides teaching objectives and strategies in perceptual motor skills, word identification skills, comprehension skills, and oral reading skills. An appendix describes supplementary activities for "Making English Live," for developing listening skills, and for role playing and dramatic activities. Four suggested units of study (in pop music, folklore, speech, and mass media) are also described in the appendix. A bibliography is included. (Author/DI)