Language arts course statements for grades 7 through 12 are presented in this curriculum guide. Content areas for each grade level are as follows: grade 7--reading, writing, and spelling, with certification required in reading; grade 8--reading, writing, and spelling; grade 9--writing, speaking, and listening, with certification required in each area; grade 10--writing (description, narrative, and exposition); grade 11--writing (exposition and third person form); and grade 12--writing and literature. Course statements are provided for the following areas: reading and writing analysis, speech, drama, basic skills, journalistic writing, the novel, the short story, poetry, language study, college preparatory English, senior English, Shakespeare, school yearbook, school newspaper, global studies, humanities, reading, and writing. The statements indicate grade level, length of course, term hours, and prerequisites and provide course overviews and goals. (HOD)