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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793178703321

Autore

Calhoun Denise L. <1949->

Titolo

Changing seasons : a language arts curriculum for healthy aging / / Denise L . Calhoun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Purdue University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-61249-529-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 pages)

Disciplina

649.8084/6

Soggetti

Older people - Care

Older people - Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the program -- Curriculum goals -- Curriculum content -- Curriculum implementation -- Tips for facilitators -- How to use this book -- Oral language -- Strategies for activities and lessons -- Getting started -- Warm-up activities -- Lessons -- Listening -- Speaking -- Vocabulary building -- Written language -- Activities -- Lessons and steps for various writing styles -- Expository writing -- Descriptive writing -- Persuasive writing -- Narrative writing -- Folklore -- Poetry -- Seasonal activities -- Abstract art activities -- Appendices -- Appendix a. additional idioms, commonly misspelled words, food words, and recipes -- Appendix b. questionnaires -- Appendix c. graphic organizers -- Appendix d. sample daily and weekly plans -- Glossary -- Resources -- About the author.