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Contracted Braille Workshop 22:

Shortforms Set 4

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Hadley presents Contracted Braille, Workshop 22: Shortforms, Set 4.

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To begin, make sure you have your braille workbook with you.

If you don’t already have one, call Hadley at 847-784-2816 and we’ll mail one right out to you.

Now, let’s learn another set of shortform words.

Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page.

These are the words “perhaps,” “afternoon,” and “its.”

Above the middle line, you’ll find three rows of braille words. Let’s read the words together.

The first word is “perhaps.”

Now, read the second word, “afternoon.”

And the last word is “its.”

Below the middle line, you’ll find a row of words.

Let’s read these three words together: “afternoon,” “its,” “perhaps.”

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page.

This is “perhaps,” the letter p, the contraction er, and the letter h.

Above the middle line, are three rows of braille.

As you read the braille and work through the activities on these pages, use the Pause button or spacebar to pause for as long as you need to.

Then, select the Play button or press the spacebar again to hear the feedback for that item.

Which row contains “perhaps?”

If you found it in the last row, that’s correct!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the words in the first row and find which one is “perhaps.”

“Perhaps” is the first word.

Now, find “perhaps” in the next row.

If you picked the middle word, that’s right!

Next, where is “perhaps” in the third row?

This time, it’s the last word.

Finally, find “perhaps” in the last row.

It’s the middle word.

Move to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page.

This is “afternoon,” a-f-n.

Above the middle line, you’ll find three rows of braille.

Which row contains “afternoon?”

If you found it in the middle row, you got it!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the first row and find which word is “afternoon.”

Did you say the first word is “afternoon?” That’s right!

Now, find “afternoon” in the next row.

It’s the middle word.

Which word is “afternoon” in the third row?

This time, “afternoon” is the last word.

And finally find “afternoon” in the last row.

Here, it’s the middle word.

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page.

This is “its,” x-s, as in “eating its lunch.”

This shortform uses the alphabetic wordsign x for “it” and the letter s.

Above the middle line are three rows of braille.

Read these rows and find which one contains “its.”

If you said “its” is in the last row, you’re right!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the words in the first row and find which is “its.”

In the first row, “its” is the last word.

Can you find “its” in the second row?

This time, “its” is the middle word.

What about the third row?

Did you say “its” is the first word? That’s correct!

And finally, find “its” in the last row.

In this row, “its” is the middle word.

Go to the next page.

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Feel the words, “perhaps,” “afternoon,” and “its” in the top-left corner of the page.

Now, find the three phrases near the top of the page.

What does the first phrase say?

The first phrase reads, “perhaps you.”

Go ahead and read the second phrase.

This one says, “nice afternoon.”

How about the last phrase?

If you said, “its shape,” that’s it!

Continue down the page to find three rows of braille.

Read the first row and find which word is “perhaps.”

“Perhaps” is the first word.

In the middle row, which word is “afternoon?”

It’s the last word.

Now, give that last row a try and find “its.”

If you picked the middle word, you got it!

Turn the page.

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Feel the words “afternoon,” “its,” and “perhaps” in the top left corner of the page.

On this page, you’ll find eight sentences.

Once again, use the Pause button or the spacebar to stop the audio for as long as you need to complete an activity.

Then, select the Play button or press the spacebar again to hear the feedback.

Read sentences 1 and 2 and find which one is brailled correctly.

If you said sentence 1, you got it!

In sentence two, the shortforms “perhaps” and “afternoon” are not correct.

Now, read sentences 3 and 4 and see which one is correct.

This time, sentence 3 is correct.

Next, take a look at sentences 5 and 6 and choose the correct one.

Sentence 5 is the correct one.

What about sentences 7 and 8?

Sentence 8 is brailled correctly.

Finally, give that last pair a try.

Here sentence 10 is the correct braille.

Notice the word “it’s” with an apostrophe and “its” without an apostrophe can both use the alphabetic wordsign “it.”

If you’d like to go through the activities on this page again, you can always select Replay.

And if you’d like some help, reach out to a braille expert. We’d love to help!

When you’re ready, move to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page.

These are the words “also,” “across,” and “already.”

Let’s read the three words above the middle line together.

The first word is “also.”

Now, the second word.

This is “across.” And the last word is “already.”

Below the middle line, you’ll find a row of words.

Let’s read these words together: “also,” “across,” “already.”

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “also,” a-l.

Above the middle line are three rows of braille, which row has the word “also?”

If you found it in the first row, you got it!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the words in the first row and find which one is “also.”

If you picked the last word, you’re right!

Where’s “also” in the next row?

In this row, it’s the middle word.

Now, find “also” in the third row.

This time, “also” is the first word.

Finally, find “also” in the last row.

It’s the middle word.

Go to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top-left corner of the page. This is “across,” a-c-r.

Above the middle line, you’ll find three rows of braille. Which row says “across?”

If you found “across” in the second row, you got it!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the words in the first row and find which one is “across.”

In the first row, “across” is the last word.

Find “across” in the second row.

Here, it’s the middle word.

Next, find “across” in the third row.

This time, “across” is the last word.

Finally, where’s “across” in the last row?

If you picked the first word, that’s right!

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “already,” a-l-r.

Above the middle line, you’ll find three rows of braille.

Which row contains the word “already?”

If you said it’s in the last row, you found it!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the words in the first row to find which one says “already.”

“Already” is the first word.

Now, find “already” in the next row.

If you chose the last word, that’s right!

Next, find “already” in the third row.

This time, “already” is the middle word.

And where is “already” in the last row?

It’s the first word.

Move to the next page.

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Feel the words “across,” “already,” and “also” in the top-left corner of the page.

Above the middle line, you’ll find three rows of braille.

Read the three rows and find the row that has these three words in this order: “already, also, across.”

If you said the middle row, you got it!

Below the middle line are three phrases.

Go ahead and read all three phrases.

Now, which of these phrases uses the word “already?”

If you said the last phrase, that’s right!

In which phrase can you find the word “also?”

The middle one includes “also.”

And which phrase includes “across?”

It’s the first one.

Turn the page.

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Feel the word “already” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find five uncontracted words.

Read the word in the first row.

What’s the shortform for this word?

If you said afn, that’s right!

This is the word “afternoon.”

Now read the second row. What’s the shortform for this one?

This one is alr.

What about the word in the third row?

If you said al, well done!

Now, give the last row a try.

This one is acr for the word “across.”

Continue down the page and you’ll find four sentences.

What does sentence 1 say?

This one says, “Painting can be slow, but have you already finished the hall?”

Next, read sentence 2.

If you read, “Donna cooks well and can also make delicious desserts,” you got it!

Go ahead and read sentence 3.

Sentence 3 says, “Across the valley you will also see Mount Rainier in the distance.”

And what about sentence 4?

This last one says, “Mark is already here, and Dan will also come to help me move across town.”

Now, let’s look at those sentences again.

Which shortform word do you find in sentence 1?

Sentence one includes “already.”

And what shortform is in sentence 2?

This one has the word “also.”

Now, try sentence 3.

Did you find “across” and “also?” That’s right!

Finally, what shortform words are in sentence 4?

This sentence includes “already,” “also,” and “across.”

If you’d like to practice these again, feel free to replay the page and try again.

And if you’d like some help, you can always call to chat with a braille expert.

Go to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page.

These are the words “above,” “necessary,” and “great.”

Above the middle line, find the first word.

This is “above.”

Now, let’s read the second word, “necessary.”

And the last word is “great.”

Below the middle line, you’ll find a row of words.

Let’s read these words together: “above,” “necessary,” “great.”

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “above,” a-b-v.

Above the middle line, you’ll find three rows of braille.

Which row contains “above?”

If you found it in the first row, that’s right!

Below the middle line are four rows of words.

Read the words in the first row and find which one is “above.”

“Above” is the middle word.

Now, find “above” in the second row.

If you picked the last word, you got it!

What about the third row? Where’s “above?”

This time, “above” is the first word.

Finally, find “above” in the last row.

In this row, it’s the last word.

Move to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “necessary,” n-e-c.

Above the middle line, there are three rows of braille. Which row says “necessary?”

If you said the second row, you found it!

Below the middle line are four rows of words.

Read the first row to find which word is “necessary.”

“Necessary” is the last word.

Now, find “necessary” in the next row.

This time, it’s the middle word.

And where is “necessary” in the third row?

In this row, it’s the first word.

Finally, find “necessary” in the last row.

If you picked the last word, that’s it!

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is the word “great,” g-r-t.

Above the middle line are three rows of braille.

Find the row that contains “great.”

Did you say “great” is in the last row? That’s correct!

Below the middle line, you’ll find four rows of words.

Read the first row to find the word “great.”

If you chose the middle word, you got it!

Where is “great” in the second row?

In this row, “great” is the last word.

Now, find “great” in the next row.

It’s the last word again.

And finally, find “great” in the last row.

This time it’s the middle word.

Go to the next page.

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Feel the words “great,” “necessary,” and “above” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find three rows of braille.

As always, select Pause while you read. Then, select Play when you’re ready.

Read the first row and pick the word that’s brailled correctly for “necessary.”

If you chose the last word, you got it!

On the next row, which word shows “great” brailled correctly?

It’s the middle word.

And in the third row, find the correct way to braille “above.”

The last word is correct.

Continue down the page to find a short story.

Go ahead and read the story, and then we’ll look at a few questions.

Now that you’ve read the story, let’s look at a few of the details.

Why does the author stay with Great Grandmother for a few days?

If you said, to help her unpack, great reading!

What were some great experiences of staying with Great Grandmother?

The story says, “talking with her late at night” and “watching the sunrise.”

Finally, how many times is the shortform “great” used in the story?

If you said three, you found them all!

If this felt tricky, feel free to replay the page and practice again.

And if you’d like some help, you can always call to chat with a braille expert.

When you’re ready, turn the page.

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Feel the words “necessary,” “great,” and “above” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find two columns.

Which column has the words in correct alphabetical order?

If you said the second column, “above,” “across,” “afternoon,” “already,” “also,” you got it!

Continuing down the page, you’ll find four sentences.

What does the first sentence say?

Did you read, “Look above the door for the bird nest?” That’s it!

How about the second sentence?

This one says, “Jan spent more time than necessary fixing the wreath above the mantle.”

Now, read the third sentence.

The third sentence says, “Frequent exercise is important for great heart health.”

Finally, read the last sentence.

This one reads, “Going above the necessary expectation is a great business model.”

Move to the next page.

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Feel the word “great” in the top-left corner of the page.

You’ve learned that shortforms must stand alone, but a few words have special rules.

The shortform “great” can be used wherever the letters g-r-e-a-t are found.

And remember, if you’re in doubt about using a shortform in a longer word, you can check the Appendix 1 Shortforms List that was included with this set of workbooks.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find three rows of braille.

Read the first row and find the word “greatness.”

“Greatness” is the last word.

In the next row, which word is greatened?

It’s the middle word.

And in the third row, find the word “greathearted.”

Did you say it’s the first word? That’s right!

Continue down the page and you’ll find five sentences.

Go ahead and read all five.

Now, which sentence contains the word “greatness?”

If you said sentence 5, you got it!

Which sentence has the word “Greathall?”

Sentence 2 includes “Greathall.”

And in which sentence do you find the word “Greatwell?”

“Mr. Greatwell” is mentioned in sentence 4.

Where did you find the word “Evergreat?”

It’s in sentence 1.

Finally, which sentence uses the word “greatcoat?”

This one is in sentence 3.

Turn the page.

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Feel the word “necessary” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find three sentences.

Go ahead and read the first sentence.

This sentence reads, “Be sure not to bring unnecessary items on a camping trip.”

Note that “unnecessary” can use the shortform nec.

You can check the Appendix 1 Shortforms List when in doubt.

Now, read the next sentence.

This one says, “It is necessary to update your driver’s license every 4 years.”

Finally, read the last sentence.

The last sentence reads, “A higher priced item is not necessarily the best quality.”

Now, look back at the three sentences and find which two words can use the shortform nec.

If you said, “necessary” and “unnecessary,” you’re right!

Continuing down the page, you’ll find four more rows of braille.

Read the first row and find the correct way to braille “aboveboard.”

Did you choose the first way? That’s it!

Now, find the correct braille in the second row.

The second way is correct for “greathearted.”

How about the third row? How should “midafternoon” be brailled?

The second way is correct again.

Finally, how should “greatness” be brailled in the last row?

This time, it’s the first way.

Go to the next page.

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Let’s do some more practice reading shortforms in sentences.

On this page, you’ll find some ideas that can be helpful if you have medications or vitamins to keep track of.

Go ahead and read the full page, and when you’re done, we’ll look at some questions.

Now, let’s look at a few questions about what you read.

Where can you keep information like the dosage for your medicine and which doctor prescribed it?

If you said a chart will help, great reading!

What are some important things to know about your medicine?

You’ll want to know about any drug interactions or side effects.

And what will help you plan ahead for refills?

Sorting your medicine for the week will help.

You’ve learned a lot of contractions and many of the braille shortforms, which can help make your reading and your writing faster.

When you’re ready to complete this workshop, select Next.

Completion

Congratulations!

You’ve learned another set of shortform words.

If you have questions about using these short-forms, or anything else you’ve learned in these workshops, reach out to a Hadley braille expert at 847-784-2816. We’re happy to help!