WALC 4: Everyday Reading

WALC 4 Everyday Reading - Book

Ages: 16-Adults
Grades: 11-Adult

From signs to appointment cards and credit card bills, here are 35 categories of functional reading tasks and comprehension questions in one convenient book.

Written in the best-selling format of the Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition series, these activities have:

• easy-to-read format
• simple, concise language
• consistent progression of complexity within and between tasks
• application to a wide range of acquired cognitive-language disorders

The activities represent reading requirements clients encounter every day. Each reading category is depicted in several styles with true-to-life graphics. Corresponding stimulus questions prompt clients to look for information and interpret a variety of formats.

Reading tasks include: Signs, TV Listings, Announcements, Notices, Theater Ads, Grocery Ads, Gift Certificates, Coupons, Billboards, Product Labels, Prescription Labels, Directions, Recipes, Menus, Order Forms, Newspaper Ads, Classified Ads, Market Reports, Newspaper Articles, Invitations, Appointment Cards, Messages, Catalogs, Tables of Contents, Abbreviations, Index, Directories, Charts, Schedules, Maps, Claim Tickets, Receipts, Applications, Bills, and Bank Statements.