The present study aimed at identifying the impact of the teaching literary texts using guided discovery method and its influence on acquiring literary appreciation skills of grade ten general education female students in oman. ; To achieve this aim, the researcher tried to answer the following questions: 1. what is the achievement level of grade 1. female students in literary texts ? Y. What is the impact of applying the directive discovery method on grade ten female students' achievement in literary texts? r. to which extent do grade 1. female students have literary appreciation skills? 1. What iş the impact of using the directive discovery method on helping grade ten female students acquire the necessary literary appreciation skills? In response to these questions, the researcher followed the following procedure: 1. Accumulating a list of literary appreciation skills supposed to be found in grade ten literary texts. Y.Designing the appropriate syllabus accompanied by some activities. . Designing an achievement test to evaluate the students' achievement in literary texts and the extent to which the students have acquired literary appreciation skills. A sample of grade ten female students was selected to achieve the aims of the study. The sample was divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was taught literary texts using the directive discovery method and the control group was taught literary texts using traditional methods. The experiment lasted for nine weeks or Y. lessons for each group. At the end an achievement test was administered to the two groups. The study revealed some significant statistical differences between the two groups in their achievement in literary texts and acquisition of the literary appreciation skills in favour of the experimental group. Based on these results, the researcher put forward some recommendations such as encouraging educational supervisors and teachers to use the directive discovery method to teach literary texts which will aid students in acquiring literary appreciation skills. Further studies were suggested such as investigating the impact of using the directive discovery method with other grade levels and the difficulties that hinder Arabic language teachers from applying the directive discovery method in teaching literature.