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Contracted Braille Workshop 24:

Shortforms Set 6

Opening

Hadley presents Contracted Braille Workshop 24: Shortforms Set 6.

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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 shortforms.

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

These are the words “thyself,” “oneself,” “altogether,” and “always.”

Above the middle line, you’ll find four rows with words. Let’s read them together.

The first word is “thyself.”

Now, let’s read the second word.

This is “oneself.”

Now, the third word, “altogether.”

And the last word, “always.”

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

Let’s read these words together. “Thyself, oneself, altogether, always.”

Turn the page.

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

This is the word “thyself,” the “th” groupsign, and the letters y-f.

Above the middle line are 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.

Which of the rows above the middle line contains the word “thyself?”

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

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

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

If you picked the last word, you got it!

Now, find the word “thyself” in the next row.

In this row, “thyself” is the first word.

Next, find the word “thyself” in the third row.

This time, it’s the second word.

Finally, find the word “thyself” in the last row.

“Thyself” is 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 the word “oneself,” the dot 5-o contraction and the letter f.

As you learned earlier, the dot 5-o contraction is the word “one.”

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

Which row contains the word “oneself?”

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

Below the middle line are four rows of braille.

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

“Oneself” is the second word.

Next, find the word “oneself” in the second row.

This time, it’s the last word.

Where’s the word “oneself” in the third row?

In this row, it’s the first word.

Finally, find “oneself” in the last row.

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

Turn the page.

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

This is the word “altogether,” a-l-t.

Above the middle line are four rows of braille.

Which row contains the word “altogether?”

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 says “altogether.”

The second word is “altogether.”

Now, find “altogether” in the second row.

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

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

This time, it’s the last word.

Finally, find “altogether” in the last row.

In this 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 the word “always,” a-l-w.

Above the middle line are four rows of braille.

Which row contains the word “always?”

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

Below the middle line are four more rows of braille words.

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

The last word is “always.”

Find the word “always” in the next row.

It’s the second word.

Now, read the third row and find which word is “always.”

This time, “always” is the first word.

Finally, find “always” in the last row.

If you picked the third word, you found it!

Turn the page.

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Read the words, “thyself,” “oneself,” “altogether,” and “always” in the top left corner of the page.

Next, read the three rows of words near the top of the page.

Which row of words is in this order: oneself, altogether, thyself, always?

Did you say the last row? That’s it!

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

What does the first sentence say?

The first sentence reads, “The repair is going to cost altogether more than I can afford.”

Now, read the second sentence.

This one says, “Be true to thyself in every choice in life.”

How about the third sentence?

If you read, “He has always been a good friend to me,” you got it!

Finally, what does the last sentence say?

It says, “It is not good to think only of oneself.”

Move to the next page.

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Here are three more shortforms.

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

These are the words, “themselves,” “yourselves,” and “ourselves.”

Above the middle line, find the first word and let’s read it together.

This is “themselves.”

Now, let’s read the second word.

This is “yourselves.”

And the last word is “ourselves.”

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

Let’s read these words together: “themselves, yourselves, ourselves.”

Turn the page.

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

This is the word “themselves.” It uses the contraction for “the” and the letters m-v-s.

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

Which row contains the word “themselves?”

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

Below the middle line are four rows of braille words.

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

“Themselves” is the first word.

Next, find the word “themselves” in the second row.

Did you pick the last word? If so, you got it!

Now, find “themselves” in the third row.

This time, it’s the last word.

Finally, find the word “themselves” 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 the word “yourselves,” y-r-v-s.

Just like the word “yourself,” “yourselves” contains the shortform yr for “your.”

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

Which row contains the word “yourselves?”

Did you find “yourselves” in the first row? That’s it!

Below the middle line are four more rows of braille.

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

If you picked the middle word, you got it!

Where is the word “yourselves” in the next row?

It’s the first word.

Now, find “yourselves” in the third row.

In this row, “yourselves” is the first word.

And finally, find “yourselves” 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 the word “ourselves,” the groupsign ou and the letters r-v-s.

Above the middle line are three rows of braille.

Which row contains the word “ourselves?”

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

Below the middle line are four rows of braille words.

In the first row, find which word is “ourselves.”

“Ourselves” is the middle word.

Now, find the word “ourselves” in the second row.

This time, “ourselves” is the last word.

Where’s “ourselves” in the next row?

In this row, it’s the middle word.

Finally, find “ourselves” in the last row.

If you picked the last word, you got it!

Move to the next page.

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Read the words “themselves,” “yourselves,” and “ourselves” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page, you’ll find two columns with three words in each column.

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.

Now, read the two columns and find which one has the words in this order: ourselves, themselves, yourselves.

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

Continue down the page to find three sentences.

What does the first one say?

If you read, “They treated themselves to ice-cream sundaes,” you’re right!

Now, read the second sentence.

This one says, “We were instructed to complete the project by ourselves.”

Finally, read the last sentence.

The last one reads, “I’m beginning to understand what you’ve gotten yourselves into.”

Turn the page.

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Read the words “thyself” and “themselves” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page are five rows of braille words.

Read the shortform at the beginning of the first row.

Now, read the three spelled-out words in the rest of the row and find which one is correct for the shortform at the beginning.

If you said it’s the first word, “always,” you got it!

Now, check out the second row and find which is the right word for the shortform at the beginning.

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

How about the third row?

Did you pick the middle word, “themselves?” That’s it!

And what about the shortform in the fourth row? Which is the correct word for this one?

It’s the last word, “altogether.”

Finally, read the last row and find which word is correct.

The middle choice is right, “yourselves.”

Continue down the page to find three sentences.

What does the first sentence say?

This says, “To thyself, be true.”

How about the next sentence?

This one reads, “One must have time to oneself.”

Next, read the third sentence. What does it say?

If you read, “We gorged ourselves on ripe plums,” you got it!

If you’d like to try again with any of the activities on this page, you can always select Replay and do the page again.

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

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Read the words “ourselves” and “yourselves” in the top left corner of the page.

On this page, you’ll find six numbered sentences.

Read sentences 1 and 2, and find which sentence is brailled correctly.

Did you choose sentence 2? If so, you got it!

Sentence 1 has the words “themselves” and “yourselves” written incorrectly.

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

Sentence 3 is correct.

Sentence 4 uses the letter t instead of the ou groupsign in the word “ourselves.”

Finally, read sentences 5 and 6 to find which one is written correctly.

Sentence 5 is right.

Sentence 6 has errors in the words “altogether” and “always.”

Turn the page.

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Read the words “altogether” and “always” in the top left corner of the page.

Near the top of the page are four rows of shortforms.

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

The middle word is “themselves.”

Now, read the words in the second row and find “always.”

If you said the last word is “always,” that’s right!

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

The first word is “altogether.”

And in the last row, which word is “yourselves?”

The middle word is “yourselves.”

Continue down the page to find three sentences and read the first sentence.

This sentence reads, “To be oneself is to be confident in thyself.”

Now, read the next sentence.

This one says, “We ourselves must clean the mess.”

Finally, read the last sentence.

If you read, “They themselves must decide to wipe it clear altogether,” you’re right!

Move to the next page.

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Read the word “themselves” in the top left corner of the page.

On this page, you’ll find a list that describes five tasks to be done at a work site and which employees should do them.

Let’s look at the different tasks and find the shortforms that are used.

Read Task 1 and find what shortform words are included.

Did you find the shortforms “first” and “themselves?” That’s right!

Now, read Task 2 and find the shortforms used.

Task 2 includes “ourselves” and “altogether.”

How about Task 3?

The shortform “always” is used here.

Next, read Task 4 and identify any shortforms.

This one includes “oneself.”

Finally, what shortforms are used in Task 5?

This last one has the shortforms “yourselves” and “thyself.”

Writing a task list like this is a great way to practice using the shortforms you’ve learned.

When you are ready to complete this workshop, select Next.

Completion

Congratulations! You’ve learned another set of shortform words.

If you have questions about using these shortforms, or anything else you’ve learned or would like to learn, reach out to a Hadley braille expert at 847-784-2816. We’re happy to help.