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Paper 3: Attitudes toward the Elderly in the US and Elsewhere—A Biographical and Explanatory Synthesis

Date: 3/27/12

Preliminary Writing: A Memorable Old Person

I. Prompt 1:

In order to capture the tone of your voices toward the elderly or senior citizens, (those aged 65+), write as much as you can on your views, thoughts and feelings about this age group. In other words, express yourself on what comes to your mind (logically, emotionally and ethically) when you think of the elderly.

Create a table of ideas/features about the elderly

|What they are (adjectives or attributes) |How they feel about themselves and |What they have/possess |What Young people say about them |

| |the world |(Material/spiritual possession) |What they call them |

| |(emotions) | | |

|strong, hard, Smile, 60s sexagenarian(7th | happy, responsible, uncomfortable,| | Balloon grandma, retire, grandpa, grandma, |

|decade), 70s septuagenarian(8th decade), 80s |workless, better, hopeless, | |adorable, cute, |

|octogenarians, 90s nonagenarians, 100s |confuse, sad, | | |

|centenarians, short, huge, tart, crusty | | | |

II. For Wednesday 3/29/12:

Prompt 2: Identify an elderly (65+ years old) person worth remembering in your extended family (grand- or great-grandparent preferred) or...