Curriculum Guides; Writing Across the Curriculum IDENTIFIERS *Curriculum Emphases; Curriculum Management

Developed by the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and written by classroom teachers, this document provides guidelines for a kindergarten through grade 12 English/language arts curriculum. Following a discussion on the philosophy and implementation of an English/language arts curriculum, the guide presents sections on three different aspects of language arts--modes (listening, reading, speaking, and writing), content (language and literature), and functions (imagining, feeling, informing, controlling, and ritualizing). For each section, a brief discussion of the section's topic is followed by a list of goals for the discipline. Preceding the learner outcome pages for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12, an annotated learner outcome page explains the format of the sectio', listing the focus, learner outcome (goal), grade level, instructiona