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Changing seasons : a language arts curriculum for healthy aging / Denise L . Calhoun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calhoun, Denise L., 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Care.
- Older people.
- Older people--Communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (150 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Effective communication enhances qualityof life.InChanging Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging , Denise Calhounprovides a language-based, interdisciplinary program to help older adults improvetheir communication skills.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61249-529-X
- OCLC:
- 1065391400
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