LANGUAGE ARTS

About the Instructor
Marilyn Carlow has been teaching at Red Cloud since 1987. Before that she taught at Shannon County schools. She grew up on a farm near Long Lake, South Dakota, in the north central part of the state. Marilyn graduated from Eureka High School in Eureka, SD. Marilyn went on to attend Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD, receiving her Bachelor of Arts Degree with an English major and a history minor. Marilyn's husband Mike is a self-employed contractor. Marilyn and Mike have five children: Mike Jr., Michelle, Mikki, Amanda, and Artie. Marilyn and Mike thoroughly enjoy their twelve grandchildren.

Curriculum
Language Arts is attended by sixth, seventh and eighth grades. The main focus of the students is on different types of writing: Expression, Description, Narration, Exposition, Persuasion, Reports, Creative Writing, and Response to Literature. Grammar, mechanics and usage are studied in connection with the writing.