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Contracted Braille Workshop 23:

Shortforms Set 5

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Hadley presents Contracted Braille Workshop 23: Shortforms Set 5.

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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 look at another set of shortform words.

Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page, these are the words, “although,” “almost,” “together,” and “itself.”

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

The first word is “although.”

Now, read the second word, “almost.”

The third word is “together.”

And now, the last word, “itself.”

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

Let’s read these words together: “itself,” “together,” “almost,” “although.”

Turn the page.

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

This is the word “although,” a-l and the “th” groupsign.

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

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

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

Read the rows of braille above the middle line and find which row contains “although.”

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

Below the middle line are four rows of words.

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

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

Now, find “although” in the next row.

In this row, “although” is the third word.

Next, find “although” in the third row.

This time, “although” is the second word.

Finally, find “although” in the last row.

Here, it’s the first word.

Move to the next page.

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

Above the middle line are four rows of braille, which row contains “almost?”

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

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

In the first row, which word is “almost?”

The second word is “almost.”

Next, read the words in the second row and find “almost.”

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

Now, find “almost” in the third row.

This time, “almost” is the second word.

Finally, find “almost” 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 “together,” t-g-r.

Above the middle line are four rows of braille. Which row contains “together?”

Did you find it in the last row? That’s it!

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

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

“Together” is the second word.

And which word is “together” in the second row?

This time, it’s the last word.

Now, find “together” in the third row.

In this row, it’s the first word.

Finally, where is “together” in the last row?

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

Go to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is the word “itself,” x-f.

Above the middle line are four rows of braille. Which row has the word “itself?”

If you found “itself” in the second row, that’s right!

Below the middle line are four more rows of words. In the first row, which word is “itself?”

“Itself” is the third word.

Now, find “itself” in the next row.

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

How about the third row? Which word is “itself?”

This time, it’s the last word.

And finally, where’s “itself” in the last row?

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

Turn the page.

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Feel the words “itself,” “almost,” “together,” and “although” in the top left corner of the page.

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

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.

Which column has four words in this order: although, itself, almost, together.

If you said the first column, you’re right!

Now, continue down the page to find four braille sentences.

What does the first sentence say?

If you read, “My friend and I decided to cook together,” you got it!

Now, read the second sentence.

This one says, “Together we chopped and diced almost like professionals.”

What about the third sentence?

The third sentence reads, “Although it wasn’t fancy, it smelled great!”

Finally, read the last sentence.

This one says, “The meal itself was delicious, almost as good as a famous chef’s.”

Nice job!

Move to the next page.

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Here are four more shortform words.

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

These are the shortforms, “myself,” “herself,” “himself,” and “yourself.”

Did you notice that all of the shortform words using “self” end with the letter f?

Above the middle line, find the first word. This is “myself.”

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

The third word is “himself.”

And now, the last word, “yourself.”

Below the middle line is a row of words.

Let’s read these words together, “myself,” “herself,” “himself,” “yourself.”

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “myself,” m-y-f

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

Which row has the word “myself?”

If you said “myself” is in the second row, you found it!

Below the middle line are four rows of words.

In the first row, which word is “myself?”

“Myself” is the third word.

Now, find “myself” in the next row.

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

In the third row, which word is “myself?”

This time, “myself” is the last word.

And where is “myself” in the last row.

It’s the third word.

Go to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “herself,” h, the “er” groupsign, and f.

Above the middle line are four rows of braille. Which row contains “herself?”

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

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

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

“Herself” is the last word.

Now, find “herself” in the next row.

This time, “herself” is the second word.

Which word is “herself” in the third row?

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

Finally, find “herself” in the last row.

It’s the first word, again.

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “himself,” h-m-f.

Notice that this word uses the shortform “him” that you’ve already learned, plus the letter f.

Above the middle line are four rows of braille. Which row contains “himself?”

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

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

In the first row, which word is “himself?”

If you picked the first word, you got it!

Next, find “himself” in the second row.

In this row, it’s the third word.

Now, read the third row and find “himself.”

This time, “himself” is the last word.

Finally, find “himself” in the last row.

It’s the second word.

Move to the next page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is “yourself,” y-r-f.

This word uses the shortform “your” that you’ve already learned, plus the letter f.

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

Which row contains “yourself?”

Did you find it in the third row? That’s it!

Below the middle line are four more rows of words.

Read the words in the first row, and find which one is “yourself”

“Yourself” is the second word.

In the second row, which word is “yourself?”

This time, it’s the last word.

How about the third row, where’s “yourself?”

This time, “yourself” is the first word.

Now find the word “yourself” in the last row.

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

Turn the page.

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Feel the words, “yourself,” “herself,” “himself,” and “myself” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find four phrases.

Again, for each phrase, select Pause to read and then Play to get the feedback.

What does the first phrase say?

The first phrase reads, “do yourself a favor.”

Now, read the second phrase.

This one says, “disguised herself.”

How about the next phrase?

If you read, “helped himself,” you got it!

Finally, what does the last phrase say?

This one says, “all by myself.”

Continue down the page to find two columns of words.

Which column has these words in order: herself, himself, itself, myself, and yourself?

Did you say it’s the second column? That’s right!

If you found any of these to be tricky, feel free to replay the page or reach out to a Hadley braille expert with any questions you have. We’re happy to help!

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

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

Now, find the six rows of braille near the top of the page.

In the first row, read the shortform at the beginning of the row.

Now, read the three spelled-out words that follow and find which one is correct for the shortform at the beginning.

If you said it’s the middle word, “although,” you got it!

Now, do the second row. Which is the right word for the shortform at the beginning?

This time, it’s the last word, “itself.”

How about the third row?

In this row, it’s the first word, “almost.”

And which word is correct for the fourth row?

The last one is correct, “yourself.”

What about the fifth row? Which word spells out the shortform?

It’s the middle word, “together.”

And now, the last row, which word is correct?

The first word is right, “himself.”

Continuing down the page, you’ll find a paragraph.

Go ahead and read the full paragraph.

Now, let’s read it together. It reads, “When you have time for yourself, how do you like to spend it? Although visually difficult, a puzzle, itself, can be fun. That’s what I choose myself. Julie herself likes to read books, while Michael himself chooses biking almost every time. Together we can come up with many different ideas. What are yours?”

Turn the page.

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

You’ll find three rows of braille near the top of the page.

Read the first row and find which word is correctly brailled for “togetherness.”

The first word correctly uses the shortform “together” and the groupsign “ness.”

In the second row, which phrase is correct for the phrase “himself/herself?”

The second one is correct, because shortforms are not used next to the forward slash.

In the last row, which is the correct way to braille, “do-it-yourself?”

The second phrase is correct, because alphabetic wordsigns and shortforms can be used with the hyphen.

Continue down the page to find four fill-in-the-blank sentences.

Read sentence 1 and the two words below it.

Then, choose which word correctly completes the sentence.

Did you choose the second word, “almost?” That’s right!

Now, the sentence reads, “Wait! I’m almost done.”

Next, read sentence 2 and the choices below it and find which word completes this sentence.

The first choice, “myself,” works here.

How about sentence 3?

The first word is correct, “also.”

Finally, read sentence four and find which word completes it.

The first word is right again, “its.”

Move to the next page.

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Feel the title, Do-It-Yourself, in the top left corner of the page.

Do you ever wonder what kinds of things other people take on as do-it-yourself projects?

Read the list of ideas on this page, and then we’ll look at some questions.

Now that you’ve read the list of projects, let’s look at a few questions.

What could you do with an old dresser?

You could simply paint it.

What could be built in the garage?

Did you say shelves? That’s right!

Teaching yourself language can be fun. What language can Maki speak?

Oui, oui, it’s French!

And what project could you do if you wanted to grow your own food?

You could design your own garden planter.

Great reading!

You probably have many of your own ideas that could be useful do-it-yourself projects.

Why not think of something you might like to do and try it out?

And if you’d like some tips on adapting your project, contact a Hadley braille expert.

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

Completion

Congratulations! You’ve learned eight more shortform words.

If you have questions about using these shortforms, 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!